The origin of margarine...

[mauzip]

Got this from Wu/Tang Corp...



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?

[Vegasmac25]

cool info homie.

[UAK]

I can't believe it's not butter 


Although a great deal of the information given in the e-mail is valid, one bit of intelligence is nothing more than hyperbole tossed in by the author in an effort to make his point more strongly. The claim that some comestible is but a "single molecule away" from being a decidedly inedible (or even toxic) substance has been applied to a variety of processed foods, but that type of statement (even if it were true) is essentially meaningless. Many disparate substances share similar chemical properties, but even the slightest variation in molecular structure can make a world of difference in the qualities of those substances.

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

[ToOoOoN!!!]

i always liked butter over margarine

[Da WCC Hopar!]

i always liked butter over margarine

same here man i dont think anything can make food taste better then butter

[Suga Foot]

I don't use either

[coola]

i always thought margarine was just dodgy coloured lard.. but why would anyone use margarine anyway ?

[Shahizzle]

ill stick to good ol peanut butter