Ahh, butter, every foods favorite thing to swim in and our favorite ingredient. Of course, many butters, especially artificial ones, can have a high amount trans fat. Even in real  butter, saturated fats are high. Recently, a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found that swapping out saturated fats which are found in butter, full-fat milk, cheese and meats for an equivalent amount of polyunsaturated fats which are found in fatty fish and some vegetable oils, as well as monounsaturated fats found in avocados, olive and peanut oils, or carbs from whole grains resulted in dramatic decrease of coronary heart disease. 

Scientists also concluded that refined carbs are just as bad as saturated fat. New research comes just days after a report found that Americans are eating more full-fat products like whole milk and butter, both of which contain saturated fat. 

Much new research has further showed that the effects of saturated fat can be confusing. 

A controversial study released last year from Ohio State University published in the journal PLOS One found that doubling or tripling the amount of saturated fat in a person's diet doesn't increase the amount of saturated fat in the blood. Researchers from that study believe that saturated fat isn't as bad as previously thought. 

Saturated fat increases your cholesterol and may even cause inflammation in your body, but refined grains are associated with higher triglycerides (i.e. fat in your blood) and glucose levels, as well as inflammation.

So starting with butter and dairy products in general, there are healthier options to choose, while still enjoying the taste.

Grass fed butter are incredibly healthy for you. This is real butter but the cows are actually wandering the pasture, eating foods they naturally want to eat such as grass. From this, grass fed butter is free of the fillers that can be put even into real butter (we're not talking about margarine here.) 

Grass-fed butter is actually high in Vitamin K and Vitamin K2 helps de-calcifies our arteries. Vitamin K1 is found in plant-based foods and Vitamin K2 found in animal products. Vitamin K2 works to keep calcium from building up in the arteries.