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BUTTER could actually reduce your risk of heart disease, scientists say.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having a teaspoonful a day was found to cut the risk of getting type 2 diabetes by a third.<\/p>\n

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Butter could actually reduce your risk of heart disease, scientists sayCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The study, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that butter boosts \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol<\/a> – which helps to remove harmful fats known to cause heart attacks<\/a> and strokes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scientists from Boston University tracked 2,500 men and women over the age of 30 over decades, noting what they ate and how many went on to develop heart disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those who ate five grammes of butter a day or more were 31 per cent less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes<\/a> – usually caused by poor diet and lifestyle<\/a> – than those eating little or no butter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Margarines<\/a> – often promoted as \u201chealthy\u201d alternatives for butter<\/a> – increased the risk of diabetes<\/a> by more than 40 per cent and heart problems by 30 per cent.<\/p>\n

Researchers put it down to the unhealthy \u201ctrans fats\u201d used in margarines from the 1970s onwards – now largely ditched by spread manufacturers.<\/p>\n

Eating a portion of beans a day could also slash<\/a> your risk of deadly heart attack or stroke, new research shows.<\/p>\n

Beans<\/a>\u00a0– whether they’re dried, canned or frozen – can boost heart and metabolic\u00a0health<\/a>, according to scientists.<\/p>\n

Daily portions of\u00a0chickpeas<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0black beans<\/a>\u00a0could serve as a “simple, cost-effective” way to reduce the risk of chronic diseases, they said.<\/p>\n

The new study links chickpeas to improved\u00a0cholesterol<\/a>\u00a0levels, which blacks beans seemed to reduce\u00a0inflammation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A doctor reveals three foods he avoids to protect his liver – and the list often leaves people shocked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUTTER could actually reduce your risk of heart disease, scientists say. Having a teaspoonful a day was found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[967,443,299,105,426,302,211,437,11548,118,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-169535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-diabetes","9":"tag-diet-nutrition-and-weight-loss","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-warnings","13":"tag-heart-disease","14":"tag-nhs","15":"tag-section-healthnews-health","16":"tag-stroke","17":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114651940136810204","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}