Pass the Butter
Pass The Butter ... Please.
>
> 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 whereas 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
> 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?
>
>
Pass The Butter ... Please.
>
> 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 whereas 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
> 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?
>
>