Pass the Butter Please...

♥Faerie♥

Not sure of the facts behind this, but interesting all the same...



Pass The Butter .. Please .

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 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 .

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:

* 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..


Pass the BUTTER PLEASE

boomersooner806

Oh my gosh. That is crazy! That definitely keeps me FAR AWAY from margarine. I had no idea! Thanks for the great information!

sdirks

1 molecule away from plastic? All I can say is "ew."

Maybe this is the reason by butter-loving French and Russian-born relatives are living into their 100's.

Kath712

Interesting... thanks for posting it.

I don't use much margarine, but this has made me re-think ever buying it again. I like it occasionally on my bagel or bread. We use stick butter for cooking.

Question for MFPers - what is a good alternative to margarine? I like something that will spread easily. Thanks!

mszSHOGAN

FAERIE88 how are you? Long time no talk! Hope your dogs are doing well (and you too!)

Thanks for making me want to go home and throw away my tub of margarine!

lotusfromthemud

Not to be a killjoy, here, but this is only partially true.

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

I don't eat margarine because it tastes yucky. Reason enough for me.

gc2052

Now I know why I have always eaten butter. Since being on MFP I have cut down but it is always real butter when I indulge.

LuckyLeprechaun

I only ever eat butter and my next comment in no way detracts from your info on the heart risks of eating yucky margarine.....but the "1 molecule away from plastic" thing BUGS me big time. Because, chemically,
water is 1 atom away from hydrogen peroxide
AND
water is 1 molecule away from hydrochloric acid (pool acid)
:huh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Chenoachem

I only ever eat butter and my next comment in no way detracts from your info on the heart risks of eating yucky margarine.....but the "1 molecule away from plastic" thing BUGS me big time. Because, chemically,
water is 1 atom away from hydrogen peroxide
AND
water is 1 molecule away from hydrochloric acid (pool acid)
:huh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

As a chemist, this statement always really bothers me too.