Will eating half a stick of butter a day make you smarter?

[Iuvenalis]

http://www.kk.org/quantifiedself/2010/10...rter-i.php

[Louis_Martin]

I didn't read it, but I'm going to say yes.

[Iuvenalis]

I think Seth Roberts (UC Berkeley) was the first that I saw that looked into this phenomenon.

[AntoniusMaximus]

now is it a straight up stick of butter or can I  use the butter for other things, they weren't very specific

[Iolanthe]

I believe it.

People who use Crisco or vegetable oil instead of butter in general are not very bright. (But maybe that's a cause rather than an effect.)

[orate]

I don't know. But it sure will make you fatter!

[miss_fluffy]

Sugar makes you fat, not butter.

[orate]

Sugar makes you fat, not butter.

carbs have 4 calories per gram

fats have 9 calories per gram

Not to discount the problems that eating an overabundance of sugar will cause, but fats have more calories per gram and can also make you fatter if you eat an overabundance of them.  ;D

[Iuvenalis]

Sugar makes you fat, not butter.

carbs have 4 calories per gram

fats have 9 calories per gram

Not to discount the problems that eating an overabundance of sugar will cause, but fats have more calories per gram and can also make you fatter if you eat an overabundance of them.   ;D

Excess calories ≠ getting fat.

That is all.

[Iuvenalis]

I think Seth Roberts (UC Berkeley) was the first that I saw that looked into this phenomenon.

Ah yes, here's that:
http://www.kk.org/quantifiedself/2010/09...ic-and.php