Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. It is made of cottonseed OIL (now it's deadly canola,) with the seeds cleaned by toxic carcino-chemical hexane, given shelf life by hydrogenating it, i.e. by boiling it so long that it turned sludgey when cooled, and then hardened into a brick. SEE THE FULL UGLY STORY here. 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 so maybe you do eat it but 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. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study. BUT GUESS WHAT? 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. The oil
you're never supposed to eat. 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. (flouride in water or toothpaste also does
that, so we have increased suceptibility to disease, lessened 'fight' response.
Margarine Decreases insulin response. Turns you into a type II diabetic.
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 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?
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