Pass the Butter

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 colouring and sold it to people to use in place of
butter.  How do you like it?
They have come out  with some clever new flavourings....    
 
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 for margarine. 
 
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 and 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. 
 
Triples 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 times.. 
 
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... and shares 27 ingredients withPAINT 
 
These facts alone were 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 open in your garage or shaded  area.  Within a
couple of days you will notice 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?   
 

 
Chinese Proverb: 
 
When someone shares something of value with
you and you benefit from it,  you have a  moral
obligation to share it with others.
   
PASS the BUTTER PLEASE