Mom sent this to me, thought you guys might find it interesting.....
DO YOU KNOW..
The difference between margarine and butter?
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?
Butter -
Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams
compared to 5 grams.
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)
Lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol) ....
Increases the risk of cancers by up to five fold...
Lowers quality of breast milk...
Decreases
insulin response.
Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by
53% over eating the same amount of butter,
according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
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