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?
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.