Pass the Butter..Please (I had NO idea!!!)

MrsLehman24

Pass The Butter ... Please.

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 colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings....

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 flavours 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).

Open 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?

cmriverside

There must be some butter subliminal ads out today. Everyone is talking about butter.




yum

djshari

FACT: 100% of people who drink water DIE.

lrichardson2360

FACT: 100% of people who drink water DIE.

LOL, THIS ^^

MrsLehman24

Well, I'm trying very hard to eat health and I really had no idea margarine was bad for you. I thought it was the better choice.

WDEvy

I don't know what kind of gross margerine you eat if it's full of transfat..... but mine sure as hell isn't

sa11yjane

Soooooo gross but it doesn't surprise me. I believe that foods shoud always be eaten as close to the natural state as possible so it is therefore quite obvious that butter would be a better choice than margarine. Very graphic descriptions though that made me smile as I squirmed! Thanks for sharing x

MrsLehman24

I was just eating "I can't believe it's not butter". I posted on fb how I cooked my dinner and people were like "OMGawd.... margarine is sooo bad for you"

bacitracin

love butter, hate margarine, but... http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

MrsLehman24

Soooooo gross but it doesn't surprise me. I believe that foods shoud always be eaten as close to the natural state as possible so it is therefore quite obvious that butter would be a better choice than margarine. Very graphic descriptions though that made me smile as I squirmed! Thanks for sharing x

It made me squirm too.. lol

KenosFeoh

My sources claim that margarine was invented as a healthier alternative to the saturated fat of butter, which turns out not to be true.

Not sure where the belief about fattening turkeys comes from.

wareagle8706

I am not sure that "I can't believe it's not butter" is considered margarine. Didn't someone else just post this same thing the other day??

Not to say that ICBINB is good for you, cause all it is is chemicals, but I still don't think it is classified as margarine.

Everyone has known for years that margarine is bad for you with all it's trans fats... it's been common knowledge for a long time now. I'm sorry you're just now finding out.

wareagle8706

My sources claim that margarine was invented as a healthier alternative to the saturated fat of butter, which turns out not to be true.

Not sure where the belief about fattening turkeys comes from.

This.

kellybean14

Margarine used to be dyed pink so people knew that it wasn't a real food. That changed a while ago (thanks, FDA), but the fact is it's not a real food product. None for me, thanks!

PhearlessPhreaks

Some of this is myth, some of it is true. There was a thread on this a few days ago. And, so, I reiterate my bottom line- both are unhealthy in excess (like nearly everything) but, butter tastes better, and it's more natural. That's all the reason I need.

Aviva92

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavours of other foods.

This is a matter of opinion. I like the taste of margarine better than butter.

I already knew that margarine was less healthy than butter though.

zaph0d

:laugh:

naticksdonna

love butter, hate margarine, but... http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

I hate margarine, too but

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this!!

Pixi_Rex

Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Sure why not as long as it doesn't taste like plastic.

MaigreKacie

Dang I just bought a tub of margarine cause it was a dollar

EvgeniZyntx

I thought this thread was going to be about "Last Tango in Paris" ... Disappointed.