To say that butter is basically young cheese?

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DD (5) loves butter on her toast so I spread a thick layer, maybe the thickness of a 2p coin. She loves it.

Cue DH whinging, saying it's bad etc.

Aibu to think it's fine, basically like cheese? Good fat, bit of protein etc

Ok I'll bite first. Butter is 80% fat, so a tablespoon is about 12g. Does that sound about right for the amount you'd put on a slice of toast? A 5 year old needs about 45g fat per day but that should mainly be from healthy sources, fish, eggs, milk, nuts etc etc. Cheese is about a third fat so much lower than butter. Apart from them both being dairy you can't really compare.
You're starting your daughter on a very unhealthy habit, I'd pay attention to your DH if I was you.

Butter is made from cream. Cheese is made from milk. Butter has much more fat, and lacks the good bacteria that cheese has.

I laughed out loud at the thread title.

Context is everything. It's once a week and she eats hand-strained tofu, quinoa and oranges the rest of the time? Great. She eats four slices a day and no fruit or vegetables and is overweight? Not great.

its really not a healthy habit for a 5year old

Butter and cheese are not the same. Both are made of milk but butter is churned and cheese is ripened curd. Butter is mainly fat. Cheese is fat and protein.
I love butter but as an occasional treat

Nothing wrong with butter being thinly spread in the slightest.

Cheese may have more fat but:

A) there's not much inherently "wrong" with fat like in a good quality butter (ie without loads of additives).

B) you eat cheese in much larger amounts per serving than butter.

Now raisins, there's a problem food...

*thickly! Thickly spread 🤦🏼‍♀️

Mmm, butter. What's wrong with it? I've been eating 2p-thick butter on toast, usually with jam, most days for well over 40 years. Slim and fit. Sugar is the enemy, not fat.

Butter is absolutely fine.

It's made from the cream from on top of the milk.

Milk is a super food.

Cheese is made from milk and cream

Margarine is vaseline with yellow dye and salt added.

I use butter in preference to marg or spread but when you think that 2 tablespoons of butter has the amount of saturated fat an adult should have in a day then putting that much on toast for a child is probably too much. But as MrsTerryPratchett says context is everything and if everything else about her diet is fine then probably she'll be fine. Everything in moderation, even sugar. I don't think we should ban or outlaw foods for children but it's never too early to show them correct portions and balance. Tbh I'm quite partial to thickly buttered toast myself, just not everyday.

It's not a good fat. It's still a saturated fat, it's not like you are spreading her toast with an avocado. I'm not saying don't do it, no hand wringing here, but honestly, when parents say "oh they love it" like this is the answer to any objections, I do think, so? There really negligible protein in such a small amount too. So, if you want to give it to your daughter, it's not the worst thing, but don't do it on the grounds that there are any health benefits, otherwise you're as daft as people who think that French fries are the healthiest thing at McDonalds because of all the things in the meal, they have the fewest calories.

This is what google is for. Or do you also think it is basically cheese?

Based on the title, I thought this was going to be the best AIBU of all time.
I'm disappointed to see its a pretty reasonable line of questioning!
Anyway, my two pence worth...
I've always eaten good quality fat (which to me includes butter) in any quantity I like, but have absolutely point blank refused to ever eat margarine or anything else 'engineered'.
I'm slim, fit, robust and healthy.

Butter is fat and water. Minute amounts of protein.

What like an "Imature" cheddar 🤣😂🤣😂

I have butter on butter, and I have lived to tell the tale.

Butter is absolutely fine. Some fat is healthy for children, and butter is rich in the fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E, as well as calcium. I doubt you are putting as much as a tablespoon on one slice of toast.

What does butter become when it's grown up then? Mature cheddar?

Sorry

but have absolutely point blank refused to ever eat margarine or anything else 'engineered'.

Suggested reading:-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature

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Whey to go.

All things in moderation ! As long as not fried I'm butter I actually think younger children need a certain amount of fat in their diet. Rather than artificial things like margarine which I don't think has any benefits at all and tastes disgusting.

No it becomes midge ure cheddar everybody knows that