Your opinion please - butter / butterfat

May 13, 2008

So my main source of calories is butterfat. I've been considering

ordering a large amount of raw butter for freezing purposes to have

some on hand for a while.

I am on a budget so keep that in mind.

I used to eat most of my butterfat from kerrygold or Organic Valley

Pastured butter. Both are obviously pasteurized but cultured. I

don't seem to have a problem digesting either, because when I am

hungry enough I have eaten whole 8 oz. packs (2 sticks worth) without

feeling heavy or anything like that. I get them for about $5.40 a pound.

I've recently started buying pasteurized (not ultra) clover organic

heavy whipping cream, and from all my research clover has excellent

dairy practices. I kefir it for 2 days until it is super thick and

nice and sour. Its taste is excellent and I apparently feel really

good while eating it as I have been eating 4-8 oz of it with almost

every meal for the past month or so. Its obviously very probiotic and

I have been enjoying it very much, and don't seem to have any problems

with the fact that it is pasteurized. To get the caloric value of a

pound of butter it costs me about $6.70.

Now, I have been wondering about raw butter. I can get pastured raw

butter shipped for probably about $11-$12 a pound (includes shipping)

and was wondering if it was really worth it. Its spring butter too.

Is it really worth it to pay nearly double for raw butter if I am

digesting the other stuff fine? What do you think my best option is?

I could afford to buy the raw butter now, but I was hoping to get

some debt paid down from my mercury amalgam removal and such.

I have eaten raw butter extensively when I used to live in PA 2 years

ago, and its taste was superior because of the fact that it had more

moisture, and therefore more whey and flavor and tasted a little like

parmesan cheese, but certainly can't remember feeling any better

eating it compared to pasteurized butter.

I also eat raw egg yolks and get plenty of vitamin A and K2 from diet

and supplements. Plenty of SoCal sunshine too.

Your opinion is greatly appreciated,

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