Pass the butter ~ ~ ~ ~ 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 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")! >>
At the end of the day, too much of anything is bad for you. Who can honestly say they drink the required amount of water each day, or eat 5 types of friut or fresh veg and fiber.
Living is bad for you, it just depends on what we eat, drink and how much exercise we do to prolong it.
You would'nt touch hardly any food, if you saw where it came from and how people prepare it, especially in restaurants and processing plants.
Well thats me off my soap box, I'm gonna have a lovely microwave dinner and watch the rugby.!!
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