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Butter vs. Margarine

You need to check them out to see whether there are any counterclaims. In the interest of keeping our readers informed, we share this recent piece on butter vs. margarine (contributed by a reader I. Baird), circulating since 2003, as well as some arguments on the other side.

Pass The Butter... Please. (The real butter made from cream.)

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?

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 and also margarine both have the same amount of calories.

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 and popcorn 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 (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 O NE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC.. Do you want to eat plastic?

This fact alone was 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 if you want to waste the money on margarine:

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:

1. no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it(that should tell you something)

2. 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 find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast? Yes, margarine is really plastic-- it is made out of the same oil materials that plastic is made of.

Share This With Your Friends..... says http://www.muriellascorner.com (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." (if you want to....)

Thanks for reading and learning the truth!

Compiled by TM July 2008 ...for your health and wellness.