Margarine or sour cream...which one overall is the lesser evil?

[Prof_Don]

I went to Golden Corral tonight for a family dinner, and I went to go make my baked potato. Can't have a steak w/o a baked potato, right? :)

I put some cheddar and some bleu cheese (sprinkles of both), and I noticed they didn't have actual butter.

There was sour cream (imma presume it's the regular full-fat kind)...and there was margarine.

Now I know that some people will think "i wouldn't put neither one; too many calories in neither one"...and that's probably true for you.

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So the ? is...in your honest opinion, which one is the "lesser evil" nutritionally? Please vote, share your thoughts, and rate the question.

Thanks for your input. :)

P.S. I have my own ideas about which one is the "lesser evil"...but I'm not gonna say that now. I don't wanna skew the votes. :)

Margarine is the lesser evil

Sour cream (regular) is the lesser evil

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Thanks for your input, everyone. 8-)

[Anonymous]

Margarine is a poison, it's molecule is close to plastic. It's 100% marketing bullsh*t saying it's healthy. Research why canola oil (margarine first ingredient) is very unhealthy and why saturated fat (butter) is actually healthy. Many doctors are even admitting it now. I haven't eaten it in years and switched back to good healthy butter. It's a fact based on science, not an opinion from stupid food industry politics.

Sour creme is a fermented dairy product, which is probably more healthy than not. Many cultures who where healthy lived on fermented dairy products like kefir and cream. HOWEVER, most sour cremes have high fructose corn syrup and corn starch in it, another one other worst food ingredients you want to avoid. Try to get it with out that.

[Ugliness]

Close call. Margarine that has palm oil is evil. A vicious allergen and one of the most notorious hydrogenated fats on the market. But if you're not allergic to it, then bone appateet. But I don't like sour cream either so... butter makes it taste much better naturally.

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haha sorry I'm getting carried away, aren't I?

[Darkfairie17]

I would have to say that Sour cream is the lesser of the two evils. I don't eat margarine, too many chemicals. Bring on the butter!

Butter is fine as long as you are not having it on everything and everyday. I only eat butter when I have popcorn, which is less than once a week. So it's fine. Butter is basically just cream, a natural product that our body can digest.

I have heard that our bodies have no idea how to deal with margarine, as our ancestors didn't eat it. Plus most margarine has soy in it. Soy isn't the best thing in large quantities, and soy is in everything!

[Darkfairie17]

Ps. I am a tiny bit jealous you went to the Golden Corral, I have heard many good things about that place! I just haven't been yet :(

[siquetumeamaste]

I've heard awful things about margarine, so I would say sour cream. From things I have learned in health class, I would say it's probably better to have a little bit of real butter or sour cream than to put some kind of butter substitute on your food... who knows what they put in that stuff!

[sephora]

ahah you are worried about lesser evils when you are at golden corral?

have you ever tried "I can't believe its not butter" it is so good, you should try it sometimes.

[WeaponZero]

I think that it doesn't matter in this particular scenario because going out to eat (which is something you shouldn't do all that often) should be seen as an opportunity to treat yourself. =) I only go out to eat once every couple months but when I do I don't give a damn about nutrition even though other times I am VERY strict about it.

[kheserthorpe]

When they first invented margarine, they were thinking they could use it to feed to chickens. Unfortunately, it caused them all to die.

Just saying.

Sour cream is real food, yeah it has some fat, use it in moderation. In moderation, its perfectly fine.

[TheDigitalSaint]

Sour cream is the lesser of the two evils.

Even flies won't land on the M-bomb:

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[Confused614]

You were eating a steak, put cheddar and bleu cheese on it already. Does the nutritional value of either really matter? Margarine and sour cream have about the same amount of calories at about 30 a serving.

[Snow123]

Nutritionally speaking, I'm pretty sure sour cream is the lesser evil :p

But personally, when it comes to potatoes I like butter or margarine the best. Sour cream is best left to nachos imo :)

[DebiPie]

I wouldn't touch margerine with a ten foot pole. That's nasty sh*t. You might as well go suck down some melted plastic. Only my opinion.

[--phil--]

if you are out for dinner at a restraunt you shouldn't really worry about the nutrition jsut treat yourself. but at other times sour cream would be better for you nutritionally wise

[Anonymous]

I said sour cream just because if I had to choose that's what I like on my potatoes better...but usually I would put both. YUM!

I probably would've skipped the bleu and gone with bacon bits instead though. Mmmmm...now I'm hungry!

[angelx]

What's in margarine anyway? I say sour cream because they taste so yum and they don't look very fatty to me (:

[starlight124]

Sour cream is awesome, lesser evil

Margarine is yuckyy

[kasiecakes]

I said margarine simply because I don't like the flavor of sour cream. So I guess I'm a little biased...

[DiamondKutt]

Sour cream. You should eat real butter instead of margarine.

[Anonymous]

Both are are not very nutritious, but sour cream is better for you. Margarine is basically oils and fat.

[taster]

I prefer butter so I will say that sour cream is the lesser evil..and I like it anyway...(:

[Cryostatic]

Margarine is basically corn oil. I'll take the sour cream.

[Anonymous]

Margarine is not a real food. Someone told me it actually has plastic in it. Have you ever used a stick of margarine to butter your toast and it make your toast soggy? That sh*t's foul man...

[loveispriceless]

eat real butter not margarine. despite what people may say, reall butter is better

[longgone]

Sour cream is real dairy so is inherently better than margarine.

[pookydun]

magine is sworst but no one going to eat a lot of it most people however may eat a lot of sour cream

[Anonymous]

Sour cream is the lesser evil lol