Butter VS. Margarine
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 weenie microorganisms
will not a find a home to grow.
Why? Because it is nearly plastic.
and spread that on your toast?
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 weenie microorganisms
will not a find a home to grow.
Why? Because it is nearly plastic.
and spread that on your toast?
This was shared with me via e-mail from my Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law, Don and Sandy M. Thank you to them for sharing. Margarine has never been in our home but I know a lot of you use it. Maybe this will give you reason to reconsider.
Cheerily
IJK
Cheerily
IJK
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarine
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although not good for you it was never made as a turkey fattner.
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Dan, I didn't invent this. I just received it in an e-mail. Thanks for checking snopes and posting what you found.
Cheerily
IJK
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