What spreads??

[megga]

As I cant have my sandwich's with out marge on, I thought I'd ask you food savvy if yyou can recommend "A least bad for you" one.

 

[Mark T]

We use Flora!

Although, my mother uses Benecol for my father.

 

[Kaylz]

butter all the way here!! lol, I know of people that use mayo instead though x

 

[Pine Marten]

We use Anchor spreadable butter, and normally have ordinary butter in the fridge too. We used to use Benecol, and occasionally Flora, but I like the taste of both Anchor spreadable and 'proper' butter 🙂

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Butter here

 

[Amigo]

I’ve always used Pro-active (obviously believing the cholesterol lowering hype) but lately have bought lighter Lurpack. Unfortunately, it’s hard to go back to anything else after Lurpack on your toast.

I’ll see if the Cholesterol has shot up next review however.

 

[chaoticcar]

Is the lighter Lurpack the one that has rapeseed in it ?
CAROL

 

[Drummer]

I don't buy 'lighter' anything - lower fat is not a good option as far as I can see, and for many spreads it means buying water.
As I don't eat bread I don't need something to spread but for cooking and baking it makes a difference to the end result - and my husband hates to have soggy toast.

 

[Amigo]

Is the lighter Lurpack the one that has rapeseed in it ?
CAROL

Yes I believe it is Carol. I don’t normally buy ‘lighter’ either @Drummer but sometimes there are additional health conditions that require greater consideration of fat content. Also, Lurpak Spreadable Butter contains 724 calories per 100g, compared with 543 calories per 100g of Lurpak Spreadable Lighter.

 

[Drummer]

I spent almost two years eating low fat products to reduce my cholesterol - I reached 264lb in weight and did not lower my cholesterol by anything significant.
When i went back on low carb, I had lower cholesterol. I have also dropped over 40 lb in weight.

 

[Amigo]

I spent almost two years eating low fat products to reduce my cholesterol - I reached 264lb in weight and did not lower my cholesterol by anything significant.
When i went back on low carb, I had lower cholesterol. I have also dropped over 40 lb in weight.

I don’t choose low fat products Drummer but I am trying to lose more weight and I actually like the taste of the lighter Lurpack with reduced calories.

 

[Stitch147]

Good old butter for me too.

 

[Drummer]

I don’t choose low fat products Drummer but I am trying to lose more weight and I actually like the taste of the lighter Lurpack with reduced calories.

Is it working?
I was put on low calorie diets by my doctors and never lost much weight at all - I went to slimming clubs and gained weight on calorie controlled diets - on a low carb diet the weight just vanishes. I think there is something wrong with the information we are given about calories and weightloss.

 

[eggyg]

I went to Weightwatchers about 20 years ago and stopped using any spread on my bread but use the lower fat mayo, mind you the amount I put on the butter/ spread would probably be better for me! 😉

 

[Vince_UK]

Go with good old fashioned butter

 

[Amigo]

Is it working?
I was put on low calorie diets by my doctors and never lost much weight at all - I went to slimming clubs and gained weight on calorie controlled diets - on a low carb diet the weight just vanishes. I think there is something wrong with the information we are given about calories and weightloss.

You’re preaching to the converted here Drummer. I’m also a fan of low carb but if I can shave off calories from well liked products, then I will. I’m not sold on the unrestricted high fat regime for renal reasons and not all fats are created equal. I lost a significant amount of weight after diagnosis, have never used meds and got my Hb down to lower than yours so something must be working! 😛

 

[Mark Parrott]

I get Bertolli. It looks like a solid lump of butter but has olive oil added which makes it spreadable straight out of the fridge. Sadly, it's not easy to get hold of. Morrison's sell it but Tesco have stopped selling it for some reason.

 

[trophywench]

Tesco's sell their own brand Olive spread, that's probably why ..... we thought it looked so pale it was more like lard and was tasteless - whereas Tescos OB one tastes of something. We use it in cooking where we need it - but butter on bread!

There's been a lot more than enough scientific proof that dietary fat doesn't have any effect whatever on blood cholesterol so if medics were still saying it does I wouldn't believe any other word they said to me either!

 

[Jeandp]

I am going to try making my own spreadable butter by mixing room temperature butter with extra virgin olive oil. I will let you know how it goes.

 

[Mark Parrott]

Sometime we make our own too, using whipping cream & a Kilner butter churner. It's fun but works out more expensive than buying it ready made, despite the massive increase in butter prices recently.