Read This.....about Butter Vs Margarine..
Decorating By lastingmoments Updated 13 Jun 2006 , 3:33pm by JulieB
A friend sent this to me i thought it was interesting......and thought maybe you all would be interested as well! I dont know if ayone has posted this before or not....Or even claim to have done the research on this.....just was given to me so i thought i would share!
-Nancy
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")!
Do you think the guys who invented margarine are the same guys who invented Twinkies? They seem to have the same properties!
Theresa 
Here is a link to the "snopes" on the butter versus margarine thing....part of it is true and part of it is not. It is interesting to read. I always check out "stories" that are sent to me or that I find on this site (snopes.com) to see where they originated from and whether they are actually true or not.
Butter vs. Margarine facts
All I can say is eeeeeeuwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!! What other freakish trivia do you know? Tell us something about Crisco! We won't tell anyone, promise.
Here is a link to the "snopes" on the butter versus margarine thing....part of it is true and part of it is not. It is interesting to read. I always check out "stories" that are sent to me or that I find on this site (snopes.com) to see where they originated from and whether they are actually true or not.
Butter vs. Margarine facts
very interesting......Ive never heard of this site ....its good thing to know.
Here is a link to the "snopes" on the butter versus margarine thing....part of it is true and part of it is not. It is interesting to read. I always check out "stories" that are sent to me or that I find on this site (snopes.com) to see where they originated from and whether they are actually true or not.
Butter vs. Margarine facts
I love Snopes...I use it to confirm or deny many things people send me in emails. So many things people believe to be true are just old wives tales or urban legends. (For example, the story was that the reason Mr Rogers wore long sleeves and a sweater was to cover up his tattoos he got while being a member of Special Forces in the military, but that was a complete fabrication.) We all need to be sure if something is true before we pass it along as truth.
Here is a link to the "snopes" on the butter versus margarine thing....part of it is true and part of it is not. It is interesting to read. I always check out "stories" that are sent to me or that I find on this site (snopes.com) to see where they originated from and whether they are actually true or not.
Butter vs. Margarine facts
Me too...I check everything!
You know, it's interesting. I used to have health problems, not serious, just enough to not feel good...... I went to a Applied Kinesiology practitioner, like a holistic doctor. She said to switch from margarine to butter. I did. Those little health problems are all gone. Now I'm not saying it'll cure whatever ails you, but butter is very good for you. I only eat butter, not margarine.
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