And follow my own common sense, after research. I also know how to read a scientific abstract and ask, "OK, why didn't they ask THIS question?"

Most scientific studies are very focused which is fine but, unfortunately, they then extrapolate the results to include things they shouldn't include. I.E. originally research indicated saturated fats were bad for you because people with diets high in sat fats developed arterial plaque, yada, yada, yada and died of heart attacks. Well, the latest research I read is that they finally broke sat fats down into categories and have discovered that eating beef is not the culprit as they originally suggested but that it's processed meats like hot dogs. (Common sense dictates one would not want to make a diet relying heavily on beef, particularly fatty beef.)

OK, now my question is, have they also looked at how the processed meats are cooked? Are all processed meats bad or is it just when they are grilled or fried or broiled (these types of preparation have already been linked with causing cancer)? Also, what about all-beef Kosher hot dogs? I like eating Kosher products; you know the quality and preparation are going to be excellent and they will not be contaminated with additives.

And then, IS it the sat fats or some additives that they put into the meat when processing? What they don't know is criminal when they come out and make sweeping condemnations of a food and have the public running scared. Of course, the media and their need for sensationalism, can share the blame on this.

BTW, I still eat butter, unsalted since I'm on a low sodium diet, but I refuse to not eat butter. It is a natural product and I'm not giving it up to be replaced by man-made commercial products which, incidentally, have salt in them. I'll chose nature over man-made almost any day.