BUTTER VS MARGARINE
Many do not know this. We all thought that we were saving ourselves with 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. They have come out with some clever new flavorings. How do you like it?
Butter tastes much better and you can use less. Do you know...the difference between margarine and butter? Read on ... 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% more than eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
Unlike margarine, butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few – but only because they are added! Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods. It 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. Triples the risk of coronary heart disease. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol). It increases the risk of cancers up to five fold, lowers quality of breast milk, decreases immune response and decreases insulin response.
And here's the most disturbing fact.... The part that is very interesting! Margarine is but ONE molecule away from being PLASTIC! That’s ok...a lot of other products are one molecule away from being something else – we are a gene or two from being a pig and a few more from being an ape!
This fact alone should be enough to avoid margarine and anything else that is hydrogenated! (Hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance). Try this: 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 us 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? Share this with your friends..... if you want to "butter them up!"