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Sent to my e-mail today and thought I’d share after reading these messages :lol:
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).
You can try this yourself:
Purchase 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 nonutritional 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?
Share This With Your Friends…..(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.
Pass the BUTTER PLEASE@A.Groanup wrote:
Sent to my e-mail today and thought I’d share after reading these messages :lol:
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).
You can try this yourself:
Purchase 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 nonutritional 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?
Share This With Your Friends…..(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.
Pass the BUTTER PLEASEWow….. OK I will stick with the lurpak :shock:
:shock:
* adjusts shopping list
Just to say that a lot of that is true for the older margarines, but the newer margarines that are vegetable based, e.g. Bertolli (previously Olivio) have natural ingredients and no hydrogenated fats or trans-fatty acids, both of which are worse that saturated fats. The important thing is to read the ingredients list and the nutritional analysis.
Having said that, I still use unsalted butter – I prefer something that is more natural and has more flavour, which in turn means I use less of it. However, if you use a spreadable butter, check that it is still 100% butter…some of the spreadable butters have “vegetable oils” added to make them spreadable, and some “vegetable ols” have been heavily processed and are not good for you! The best spreadables are 100% butter and have been whipped to make them spreadable.
you cant beat being lurpak :P
President unsalted spreadable for me :P
thanks jen.. I was not on a calorie counting diet, as in tradtional living on lettuce leaf. This was an avoidance of certain saturated fats etc.Benecol worked for me,, IT had too as my cholesterol level was alarmingly high. I doubt it was placebo in a psychosomatic world. I have went from sky high to Normal,, in fact ” fine ,well done” in a matter of 3 months. Yes it was boring, but i had a determination. I realise its early days and will have to watch my diet forever more. IF this entails eating the giblets of pheasants. i would give it a try. I even went on a blinking holiday and managed to get Fibre and non sat fats into my body.
It has became a frame of mind.. Lard never killed anyone ( allegedly) > i did this for health reasons and managed to lose weight into the bargain.so therfore i rate Benecol. one drink of raspberry flavour in morning.
hell i should be paid for advertising :) I made a joke yest at doctors about benecol..but heck its helped ! I even get a natural morning jobbie :)
Yes :lol:
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Marlon Brando found a good use for a packet of Stork 8)
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