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.
Some inherited conditions include: 1  Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD). 2  Brugada syndrome. 3  Cardiac amyloidosis. 4  Cardiac myxoma. 5  Familial dilated cardiomyopathy. 6  Familial valvular heart disease. 7  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 8  Long QT syndrome.