Got this in an email forward from Mer:
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?
• 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 (bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol (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:
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
• it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value; nothing will grow on it, not 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?
Despite reading this, I think I will still be using margarine no matter how nasty it sounds.
KATY:
Seriously, more than half the crap we put into our bodies is probably as bad, if not worse for us. I’m with ya, even reading that, I’ll probably use it out of convenience and such!
Good idea on waiting for your eyes to stabilize too. My prescription had not changed for many years, so I got it done as soon as I qualified! I’m excited for you just thinking about it!
Also, I saw that you linked me and I really appreciate it! I have already linked you all over my site. Thanks again =)
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HI darl* thanks for leaving me the lil msg on xanga. i havent been on that thing for ages. but it was nice to hear from u. ur post on margrine is quite disturbing. *cringes* thank gawd i havent used it for years. so how was ur summer. im so happy its been nice out the past few days. =)
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