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Pass The Butter Please
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 coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with so many clever new flavorings
DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine an d 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.
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 (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..
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:
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 weeny micro-organisms will not 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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Jul 22, 2008 11:36 AM
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Now that was a tease title. ![]<img border=](http://community.tvguide.com/images/emoticons/devil.gif) ">
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Jul 22, 2008 11:38 AM
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Well, I knew that would get you in here John so I could pinch you! *Pinch*
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Jul 22, 2008 11:39 AM
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It brought back "Last Tango in Paris" flashbacks. 
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Jul 22, 2008 11:43 AM
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I worked (my last job) with a Nurse Nutritionist - an expert in diabetes. I gave up ever eating margarine when she told me the "one molecule away from being plastic" thing. I try not too eat tons of butter, but it is so much better for us - like most natural things are. I am even getting better about baking with unsalted butter. I knew margarine was white. When I was a very little girl my mom used to buy it and it came with a yellow tablet you smooched into it to make it look yellow - it looked like lard. Marci might remember it - probably everyone else is too young.
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Jul 22, 2008 11:49 AM
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Mannie, when did you start working for the National Butter Foundation? 
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Jul 22, 2008 11:59 AM
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33 minutes before you asked!
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Jul 22, 2008 12:00 PM
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When I was a very little girl my mom used to buy it and it came with a yellow tablet you smooched into it to make it look yellow - it looked like lard. Marci might remember it - probably everyone else is too young.
I do remember that, Cindy--UGH!! Thanks for the info, Mannie. It will be butter for me from now on.
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Jul 22, 2008 12:00 PM
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Wouldn't that be the National Dairy Association? I didn't know butter had it's own foundation??? Do they grant money do you think?
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Jul 22, 2008 12:02 PM
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Wouldn't that be the National Dairy Association? I didn't know butter had it's own foundation??? Do they grant money do you think?
Probably not otherwise we would've asked them for some by now!
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Jul 22, 2008 12:05 PM
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Yikes! I hardly ever use butter or margarine anyway, but that is just weird.
Mannie is the new Official Butter Spokeswoman.
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Jul 22, 2008 12:24 PM
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Gee, thanks Megan. I'll wear my banner and crown with honor.
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Jul 22, 2008 1:01 PM
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Here's your Crown, isn't it pretty?
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Jul 22, 2008 1:03 PM
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Oh that is sick!! And I use margarine (becel) as I was always told butter was bad for you!!
Thanks!
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Jul 22, 2008 1:04 PM
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