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.
High cholesterol that is hereditary, or familial hypercholesterolaemia, results in high levels of LDL, otherwise known as bad cholesterol. These increased levels begin at birth, causing heart attacks at an early age.igns include a family history of high LDL levels, which is anything greater than 169 mg/dL, and a family history of early heart attacks, which for for men is in their 40s or 50s, and for women in their 50s or 60s. Waxy deposits of cholesterol in the skin are yet another indication.