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; it 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. Would
you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?
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