BUTTER OR MARGARINE?

[Kitchen Witch]

This is for real and we should all heed this warning.



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Subject: Butter is better

JUST TO BUTTER YOU UP ...(YOU WISH)
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?

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 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")!

[b-man]

I have to respectfully disagree with any post which suggests margarine is less healthy than butter. First and foremost...why is it, leading heart and general health authorities, recommend cutting out butter? Becasue of the "fat" composition which can lead to cholesterol issues, and sodium content, which can increase blood pressure.... it's a little more than coincidence!

As with any other manufactured food product or by-product, there are well received consumer products, and not so well received products. In the area of margarine related products, Becel Margarine is one of the highly "physician-recomended" products. It does NOT contain high levels of sodium, transfats, nor is it hydrogenated. Quite simply put, it is the misinformed and anti-margarine proponents that try to paint the entire margarine industry with the same brush. I'll stack physicians like Dr. Wilber Keon (now retired), who is well known as a world leader in heart related illnesses, transplants, and a proponent of healthy eating and living, up against ANY AND ALL the anti-margarine types...any day!

Unfortunately, there is a lengthy history of heart related illness in my family. My mom, two of her brothers and a sister suffered heart attacks. It is interesting that the cardiac specialist in all cases, insisted on the elimination of butter, and highly recommended Becel Margarine. In one of these instances, it was Dr. Keon that made the recommendation.

As for margarine not breaking down and rotting, or flies not decending upon an open container...of course not. Margarine contains vegetable oil, not saturated animal fat! And besides, what sort of test is it, that determines a food by-product's health related wellness or effectiveness, by flies decending upon it? Think about that one!

As far as margerine's molecular structure being one molecular component away from plastic ... so it is that carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) and oxygen (O2), differ by one molecule... one can be deadly, and the other is a necessity for living. So suggesting that one molecule differance, as being a factor to consider, is about as helpful to the consumer as suggesting melting tupperware and spreading it on your toast would not be a likely decision anyone would make. Neither warrant any further consumer consideration.

Now, this post was not designed or intended to offend, be critical nor condescending toward anyone!!!! I respect the fact that K/W posted an article which is obviously designed and intended to be helpful. And K/W, like anyone else, is welcome to their own views, opinions and decisions. Actually K/W has had many, many quality recipes and posts...that goes without saying! So this is not a personality or character conflict issue, whatsoever. My follow-up post is merely food for thought (no pun intended), or, the other side of the fence ( so to speak ). If you have ANY concern about margerine, direct your questions and concerns to your family physician, or Registered Dietician...ask specifically about Becel. Be an informed consumer and not a gullible consumer!

B-man