Question

1. Sunee’s doctor has told her to eat a nutritious diet low in fat, cholesterol, and salt and high in complex carbohydrates. Help her evaluate the butter substitutes listed below in the two columns on the right based on the criteria on the left. What conclusion can you draw from your evaluation?

2. SUBSTITUTE	MARGARINE (1 tbsp)	TABLE SPREAD (1 tbsp)
   #1 Low in Fat	17% Fat	11% Fat
   #2 Low in Cholesterol	0% Cholesterol	0% Cholesterol
   #3 Low in Salt	4% Salt	5% Salt
   #4 High in Complex Carbohydrates	0% Complex Carbohydrates	0% Complex Carbohydrates

Answer 1

Well, both of them contain fat, the lowest fat container is table spread with only 11% compared to the margarine's 17%. Now, both of them contain salt, being margarine the one with a slightly lower content of salt content. None of them has complex carbohydrate or cholesterol wo we will have to ignore those factors.

The best choice for Sunee is the table spread, it has a greater advantage in reducing fat consumption (6% of difference) than the disadvantage in salt consumption (only 1% of difference).