Pass The Butter ~ ~ ~ ~ This is interesting . . . .

[Billy Barooooooo]

Pass The Butter ~ ~ ~ ~ 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.... AND 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")!
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[Fish2006]

There is a reason margerine is uber-cheap at the store, while butter still costs between $2.50 and $5.00 per box. It is way better for ya.

Or, you could just dispense with butter altogether and use olive oil, and actually drop your cholesterol

Sorry man - you hit a chord. Nutrition is my latest thing I am doing. Figure it will save a ton of coin down the road in medical bills.

[snowman]

very good. i never knew this

[xHeroOfTheDayx]

Wow.... definitely won't be eating any margarine any time soon... Always been a butter man, myself.

[JohnnyMapleLeaf]

As a former chef, of course butter is the only way to go...it's all about the flavour.

Are all these stats for "hydroginated" margerine?
I was always informed that "non-hydroginated" margerine, which is now readily available, is a decent substitute (although I don't buy it). But you gotta read the small print to make sure it is non-hydroginated.

Recently I have been buying Gay Lea "Spreadable Butter Blend". It is a mixture of butter and Canola Oil (the healthiest oil), so it tastes exactly like butter, is easily spreadable out of the fridge (like margerine) but is supposedly healthier than butter and margerine. I think Land o lakes does it in the US.

And that is my butter contribution for the day here....i'm now off to my mustard forum for some posting...

[bigbag12]

margarine is also one chemical compound(scientific letters wise) away from being plastic.

[beermantm]

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.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: The Butter Truth

[Billy Barooooooo]

Leave it to you beerman!

I check before I posted and couldn't find anything about it being a urban legend!!!


BB