butter versus margarine
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So are you saying that real butter is better for you than mrgerine? I have been using Shedds country crock light. What about that?0
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Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.
Really? Really?
[The answer is no]
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp
Just for an easy place to look.
How about a little research before posting false information? Is that really too much to ask?
Really [Yes] watched how it was made and that was almost a direct quote.0 -
Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.
People are still perpetuating this myth as fact? Seriously? BOTH statements here are just plain wrong.. Margarine was not invented to fatten turkeys AND, it's not one molecule away from being plastic. Why do people insist on using such a silly argument to justify their use of butter???? What's wrong with just saying "butter tastes better and it's natural therefore that is the product I choose" ?
Hm, watched the show how it';s made and that was almost a direct quote.0 -
i have to say after all this argument about the margarine being 1 molecule away from plastic...i heard the same thing. I heard it from somebody who like real butter!!!!!!!!! lol! My granny who passed away. She fried her eggs in bacon too!!!!!! Even after hearing her say that...i stil am stubborn and buy margarine. I grew up with it, and ate it for years. I figure i am 37 now, and still alive!!!!!!!!!0
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Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.
Even if margarine were one molecule away from being plastic... so? Water is one molecule away from being hydrogen peroxide, but that's not a very good reason to stop drinking it.
(As for the turkey bit: nope, known myth.)0 -
Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.
People are still perpetuating this myth as fact? Seriously? BOTH statements here are just plain wrong.. Margarine was not invented to fatten turkeys AND, it's not one molecule away from being plastic. Why do people insist on using such a silly argument to justify their use of butter???? What's wrong with just saying "butter tastes better and it's natural therefore that is the product I choose" ?
Hm, watched the show how it';s made and that was almost a direct quote.
Consider that in chemistry, many things are only one molecule from other things. It's not really that huge of a deal for something to be "one molecule" from something else. That ONE molecule makes a HUGE difference.0 -
Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.
People are still perpetuating this myth as fact? Seriously? BOTH statements here are just plain wrong.. Margarine was not invented to fatten turkeys AND, it's not one molecule away from being plastic. Why do people insist on using such a silly argument to justify their use of butter???? What's wrong with just saying "butter tastes better and it's natural therefore that is the product I choose" ?
Hm, watched the show how it';s made and that was almost a direct quote.
"How it's made" did this episode on how butter is made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8b02SASXY
But has never done an episode on how margarine is made
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_How_It's_Made_episodes
So I'm going to say that you are not correct on the source of that information.
Also there are a ton of things that can be toxic when consumed that are less than one molecule away from perfectly healthy things (including water, other foods, medication). Some things have the exact same chemical formula and are just chirally different for example L-Ascorbic acid and D-Ascorbic Acid or D-Limonene and R-Limonene among many, many others.
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Try whipping up a 1:1 ratio of butter and grapeseed oil. Keep it in the fridge and it spreads like margarine and cuts back on the saturated fat.0
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