If weight loss is your priority, you should think of eliminating butter and reducing red meat, substituting milk with low-fat milk, and consuming sunflower and olive oil instead of other types of cooking oil.

Butter and foods high in saturated fat are contributing causes to heart attacks and clogged arteries. Heart disease caused by saturated fat claims about 70,000 sudden premature deaths each year in the UK.

The change in dietary habits can reduce the chance of contacting heart disease and encourage weight loss.

Butter has 54 g of saturated fat per 100 g
Margarine has around 27 g of saturated fat per 100 g.
Olive oil low-fat spread has around only 8.3 g of saturated fat per 100 g.

For consumers who are worried about the nutrient level in low fat milk, nutritionists have answered that concern.

Critics like Jamie Oliver are against the idea of the State forming the food police to enforce rules like banning butter and saturated fats.

There are other measures that can be taken to combat heart disease, like eating saturated fats in great moderation, better nutrition and exercising.