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.
Also check your HDL/Cholesterol ratio, which is total Cholesteral divided by HDL. You want that to be below 4.5-6.4, which is the average heart risk ratio. Considering your age, weight, exercise, and diet, it appears that you, like my daughter (she's 46, I'm 75), have hereditary high cholesterol.eport This | Share this:hereditary cholesterolI am 34 and adopted so my family history is a mystery. I have had high bad cholesterol for 5+ yrs and just decided to see the cardiologist. Although I eat fairly healthy and just ran a marathon a few months back, my cholesterol is 214 (bad one).