Nutritional breakdown of butter. The better fed that cows are, the healthier their butter should be. One tablespoon of butter contains 100 calories, 12 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 grams of trans fat, 31 mg of cholesterol, 0 grams of carbohydrates, and 0 grams of sugar. Butter is made of simply pasteurized cream.
A multitude of genes you have inherited from your parents are involved with cholesterol metabolism. A defect, or mutation, in any of the genes that regulate cholesterol production, transport and utilization in your body can affect blood cholesterol.
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) 3 Inherited bowel cancer In about 5 to 10% of people with bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer), the development of the cancer is thought to be due to a strong inherited factor. This factor is usually an alteration (mutation) in a gene which has been inherited from a parent.