Butter vs Margarine
Do you know the difference between butter and margarine?
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?
Both have the same number 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.
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…. HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY
INTERESTING!
Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC…
Margarine 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
weenie micro-organisms 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
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