Margarine any one?
 

Friend sent this a while back and it's a bit gross but interesting and I vow to use nothing but butter for the rest of my life...
Hope you find it informative and find a new respect for butter and who cares if it's fattening...rather be fat then know I'm eating margerine LOL

DO YOU KNOW...The difference between margarine and butter? Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter

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.

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 immune response... Decreases insulin response.

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?

Damn!! :shock:
but I still can't believe it's not butter!!!
:o

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the dang thing even comes in a spray!! :lol:

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Never touching margarine again... :shock:

This is what i use for cooking meat or anything :
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And some "light" butter if butter can be light :o on my bread, but just a little bit :roll: :wink:

I´ve always preferred butter over margarine 8)

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