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[MissKBuff]

I know we all know that butter is better, but I found this to be an interesting read...

Pass The Butter:

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.

They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

DO YOU KNOW...the difference between margarine and butter?

Read on to the end...gets 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 and lowers HDL 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.

If you leave a tub of margarine in your garage or shaded area,

Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

* No flies, not even fruit flies will go near it...

It does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value

* Nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weenie 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?

[gator_mclusky]

Very true.....

[catadrioptic]

I haven't used margarine for at least 14-15 yrs. I didn't like the artificial butter taste to begin with and now all this new research is coming out about it. I'm glad I trusted my taste buds!!

[piotr]

ever see margarine before they add the colouring agent? LOOKS LIKE ENGINE OIL !!! urgh...

although i do have a little time for those margarines with the added anti-colesterol chems or plant sterols or whatever they are...

PIOTR

[MissKBuff]

I haven't used margarine for at least 14-15 yrs. I didn't like the artificial butter taste to begin with and now all this new research is coming out about it. I'm glad I trusted my taste buds!!

Yep! Taste buds are usually pretty trust worthy

[Razor D]

this is so true ..first time i read it, me and my aunt put a brand new pot of country crock on a fence post .. not even the flys or ants touched it , never touch the stuff again ..we only eat real butter or evoo

[MissKBuff]

this is so true ..first time i read it, me and my aunt put a brand new pot of country crock on a fence post .. not even the flys or ants touched it , never touch the stuff again ..we only eat real butter or evoo

I was wondering if that would actually happen, but I believe it! So gross...what is evoo?

[tight booty]

I remember when everyone was saying that margarine was sopose to be better for you than butter! I tried it and couldn't stand it and basically gave up both butter and margarine. That was quite a few years ago and I had just started training. But then research started coming out and it was in fact the opposite to what they had been saying! I do really like the taste of butter though and "natural is best"!

[ItalianMuscle]

Nice info..