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Paleo Food List > Is Butter Paleo?

Is Butter Paleo?

Yes

by Marla Starr, updated August 29, 2016 Posted on January 27, 2013

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Marla Starr is the founder of Paleo Porn, co-author of Pigskin Paleo and Owner of Starr Fitness. Marla is a Certified Personal Trainer, 200HR Certified Yoga Instructor, a Certified Barre & SUP/SUP Yoga Instructor offering Personal Training & Small Group Fitness classes both in person and virtually. In addition to all of the above she is also the Executive Producer of Minimalism. Please enjoy all the recipes in the Paleo Porn recipe archives!

Many people who live a strict Paleo lifestyle exclude dairy from that lifestyle. Butter is technically dairy, and since dairy is a relatively recent addition to our diet (around the same time we started eating grains) many people feel better without it.

However, people generally avoid dairy for the milk protein and sugar it contains, and butter has only nominal amounts of both. Butter is mostly saturated fat, and it comes from a natural source, so it’s actually very Paleo-friendly.

In addition to being delicious, saturated fat is quite healthy. It is much more stable than unsaturated fat, which means it is less likely to oxidize when exposed to heat or light. Consuming oxidized fat leads to oxidized cholesterol in our blood and that’s the stuff we want to watch out for. It is the oxidized cholesterol that latches onto the interior of our arteries, causing plaque and inflammation, both of which are very dangerous.

Nutrient Content of Butter

The key to living a Paleo lifestyle is eating nutrient-dense foods and butter definitely fits into that category. In addition to the healthy helping of fat, butter (especially grass-fed butter) comes loaded with nutrients, including vitamin A (hence the bright orange color) and vitamin K2 (necessary for transporting calcium from our blood and to our bones).

Mark Sisson has a whole list of reasons to eat butter and why grass-fed is preferable.

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