5 Surprising Side Effects of Eating Too Much Butter

A classic cooking staple, butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. This versatile ingredient can be dressed up or down. You can use as-is, perfect for slabbing over a piece of toast or melting it to coat a pan.  Or, you can mix it into other ingredients, dressing up the flavors for recipes. Perfect for sauces, marinades, and more.

If you don't know how to part with butter, then you'll want to listen up. We spoke with The Nutrition Twins, Tammy Lakatos Shames, RDN, CDN, CFT, and Lyssie Lakatos, RDN, CDN, CFT, authors of The Nutrition Twins' Veggie Cure and members of our medical expert board, to discuss the goods and the not-so-goods of eating too much butter. For more on the effects of foods, check out Ugly Side Effects of Eating Too Much Ranch.

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