Butter vs Margarine

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’)!    
                                                                           
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.                                                                    

Joshua Rubin

www.eastwesthealing.com