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  • Butter or Margerine

    I got yet another interesting e-mail from my mother today. How much of this is true??

    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% 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. 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)



    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. And here is 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?

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    Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC...This

    fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life
    How very enlightened. This "margarine is almost plastic omg" line of reasoning detracts from the credibility of the whole thing, it's something the old lady next door might say.

    Edit - http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

    Not that far-fetched at all then...
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    • #3
      Bananas
      Blah

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      • #4
        http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp
        What, there actually is a brand called "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter?" Whoa.
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        • #5
          What is the point of moaning about margarine being artificial and potentially unhealthy? I've got a feeling that margarine is among the least artificial and dangerous things that you eat every day. Ever paused to think what goes into all your favourite foods?
          It may say "flavouring" on the list of ingredients, but I'm sure you'd be more worried if you knew what all of these different flavourings are made of.

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          • #6
            How very enlightened. This "margarine is almost plastic omg" line of reasoning detracts from the credibility of the whole thing, it's something the old lady next door might say.

            Edit - http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

            Not that far-fetched at all then...
            you guys at 'Poly are like the E-mail foward experts, did you just google it or did you already know about that?

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            • #7
              I eat Becel, myself...
              "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
              George Orwell

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              • #8
                Is that normal margerine you're talking about?

                I can't imagine becel light being bad for your health.

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                • #9
                  To tell the truth, I couldn't believe it was not butter.
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                  • #10
                    Parkay...
                    No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                    • #11
                      Is it me, or do people who worry about their health tend to be sicker than those who don't? Or am I confusing a cause-effect correlation here?

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                      • #12
                        Sicker 'physically' or 'mentally'?
                        “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                        - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                        • #13
                          Neither butter or margarine for me.
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                          We've got both kinds

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by The Mad Monk
                            Parkay...
                            Tasteless crap.


                            Becel is where it's at.
                            Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

                            Do It Ourselves

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                            • #15
                              It's all about the butter .
                              “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                              - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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