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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 for margarine. 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 and only because they are added! Butter
taste 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, triples 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
times.. 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... and
shares 27 ingredients with PAINT. These facts alone were
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 open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of
days you will notice a couple of things:
1. no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near
it (that should tell you something)
2. It does not rot or smell differently because it has no
nutritional value; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny
weenie micro-organisms 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? |
