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Nov 12, 2006
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Found this the other night crusin' around


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 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
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?
 
Wow thats very disturbing to think about. i will have to try the garage eperiment.
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I stopped using margarine a long time ago when I learned about all the bad effects it has.

People used to raise their own vegetables and meats and lived very long, healthy lives. That alone should give you some insight as to what processed foods do to a body. If that doesn't convince you, look around at the extremely high rate of obesity around our country.....mostly caused by junk food and lack of physical activity.

Just some more food for thought.....
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Eric
 
Unless one eats gobs of something, it is usually the wiser choice to eat the full-fat, natural version of the item. Ones body is designed to process it. Forget the lo-fat, lo-sodium, lo/free everythings one finds today. Eat naturally occuring things, eat a wide variety of meats and vegetables and live well!
 
Quit eating margerina about 7 yrs ago for those very reasons. Don't use vegetable oil either.
 
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