Butter vs. Margarine

[Guest guest]

A friend of mine just sent me this little tidbit on butter vs.

margarine. Have any of you ever heard of this? Personally, I don't use

much of the stuff, so when I do, I use butter, but know a lot of people

who swear by margarine. This is worse than ketchup on filet mignon and I

didn't think there could be anything that came quite as close. : )

Regina

Butter vs Margarine

VS

DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

Butter

Has the same amount of calories as margarine, although butter is

slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other

foods. Butter has many natural nutritional benefits.

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.

Margarine

Very high in trans fatty acids... triples risk of coronary heart disease

and coronary artery disease in men and can increase heart disease by

over 53% in women eating the samed amount of butter (taken from a recent

Harvard Medical Study.)

Increases total cholesterol and LDL (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....

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being

PLASTIC. This fact alone should encourage folks to

avoid margarine for life, as well as anything else that

is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added,

changing the molecular structure of the substance).

Try this test yourself: leave a tub of margarine 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 . 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?