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Wednesday 20 August, 2008
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Butter vs Margarine



Butter vs Margarine
This is interesting . . . . .

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the
turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a
payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this
product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal
so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of
butter. How do you like it?

They have come out with some clever new flavorings.



 



DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and
butter?


Read on to the end...gets very interesting!

Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated
fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams. Eating margarine can increase heart
disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a
recent Harvard Medical Study.



-Eating butter increases
the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.



-Butter has many
nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added!

-Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of
other foods.

-Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less
than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine..

-Very high in trans fatty acids.

-Triple risk of coronary heart disease .

-Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers
HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol)

-Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.

-Lowers quality of breast milk.

-Decreases immune response.

-Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY
INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC. This fact alone was
enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated
(this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the
substance).

You can try this yourself:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within
a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

 * no flies, not even those pesky fruit
flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

 * it does not rot or smell differently
because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny
weeny micro organisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly
plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Share This With Your Friends.....(If you want to "butter them up")!





Chinese
Proverb:

"When someone shares something of value with you and you

benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.

So..., DO IT !







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