Friday, January 13, 2006
Margarine is bad email.
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?
> > 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?
# posted by space @ 12:05 PM 
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Years ago on the David Letterman show he said "Margarine is a deadly killer." And now I never touch the stuff.
And when I'm through, my legs are as smooth as a freshly zambonied ice rink. (but not nearly as cold.)
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