Butter isn’t the healthiest choice, even if the new dietary guidelines include it
January 8, 2026
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as posted by the channelThe new U.S. dietary guidelines include butter as a cooking fat in addition to olive oil. Previous guidelines encouraged shifting away from butter in favor of vegetable oils. That change has left many people confused. Decades of research suggest that butter raises LDL, or the “bad” cholesterol, compared to plant-based oils, and higher intake is linked to greater health risks over time.
What does that mean for your everyday cooking? Dr. Trisha Pasricha, a physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and The Washington Post’s Ask a Doctor columnist, explains what she tells her patients about butter and heart health.
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