Butter Verses Margerine

Roma: I checked snopes, and most of this article is true. Parts are not. Thanks for sharing it Winnie.

My grandparents were cattle ranchers who lived off the land in a wilderness area. They always taught us to avoid any water that did not have any life in it because that was a sign that something was wrong. From them I learned that we who have attended college have much to learn.
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

The book learned Naturalists lobbied for cows to be removed from federal land because they said they were not natural. The old ranchers pointed out that cattle were introduced for an important reason. The buffalo had been destroyed causing the grass to grow tall, and during dry seasons rampant forest fires plagued residents. The ranchers said if you remove the cattle, you need to reintroduce buffalo to prevent forest fires.

But alsa the Naturalists thought themselves too smart to listen to those uneducated ranchers., and removed the cattle from federal lands. Result...forest fires as the ranchers predicted. No one has all the answers, and the wise man listens.
From Winnie
> >> >> This is interesting . .. .>>

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 Y OU 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 Me dical 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')!