Thank you for opening the door for conversation about this. Personally I do not have much faith in the American Heart Association. It is a financially driven concern that thrives if people remain unhealthy. They do not know what they are doing if they did their recommendations would not change all the time.
I personally follow the Weston Price foundation recommendations regarding nutrition. https://www.westonaprice.org/
As @Loki so accurately stated, "The brain is largely saturated fatty acids, and the cholesterols in these kinds of oils is not the same as what ends up clogging the heart - the sticky cholesterols are synthesised in response to excessive blood sugar levels from a high carb diet."
A vegan and vegetarian diet is detrimental to brain health.
I eat an obscene amount of butter and coconut oil and my cholesterol levels are so impressive (HDL 80 and anything above 35 is considered good) that physicians have contacted me regarding my eating habits so they can learn and share it with their patients.
Yes I love butter and cream and eat it raw from my Amish friends - totally yummy :) I agree with you !
Raw is the best way for dairy.
It’s important to remember that in its earlier dietary advice the AHA played a big role in elevating margarine and other trans fat products over butter and saturated fats, though they now are completely against them. So the presence of margarine and low-fat cream cheese (at their meeting) is a sign of the long lingering effect of the AHA’s past bad advice.
You are blessed with good friends!!! Nothing better than raw milk and butter!!!!!
so true