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Re:Researchers have found more evidence that butter is heart... by emptybits on Monday February 13, 2017 @08:35PM (#13640501)
I'm not sure the study had much to do with butter. It mentions butter just once but leaves it very unclear how much butter was actually involved (versus "shortening").

The study talks extensively about "shortening" which is primarily a vegetable-based product now AFAIK. FWIW, the Wikipedia article tells us "the term "shortening" seldom refers to butter, but is more closely related to margarine."

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Re:Researchers have found more evidence that butter is heart... by burkaman on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @09:22AM (#13643638)
Yeah it's very confusing. Maybe these words meant something different in 1968.
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