Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. when it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research 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 colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter !
Do You Know... the difference between margarine and butter?
- 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% compared to 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 flavours 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 and triple the risk of coronary heart disease.
- Increases total cholesterol and ldl (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers hdl (the good cholesterol)
- Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold and lowers the quality of breast milk.
- Decreases immune response and insulin response.
And here's the most disturbing fact:
After hydrogenation (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance) margarine is but one molecule away from being plastic..
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 tiny micro-organisms 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?
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