Pass the butter ~ ~ ~ This is interesting.

[Adatise]

> Pass the butter ~ ~ ~ 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 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 avoid 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 micro-organisms 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")!

[draggar]

Originally Posted by Adatise

> Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC.

I've always been a fan of butter anyway but this statement means nothing - it's just a scare tactic.

Water (regular drinking water) is one molecule away from hydrogen peroxide.

Table Salt (NaCl) + Water (H2O) is the same exact thing as Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) + Hydrochloric acid (HCl).

Carbon Dioxide, which is needed for plant life, is one molecule away from the very deadly carbon monoxide.

We need Oxygen in its O2 form to be able to breathe. If we breathe in ozone, O3 (just one more oxygen molecule) - we'll suffocate.

Carbon is the best for putting out fires yet when you add hydrogen you get fuels: Methane (CH4), Butane (C4H10), octane (C8H18), etc.

The best:

Oxygen in its liquid form is the most flammable substance.

Hydrogen was used in some nuclear weapons and is highly reactive.

Put them together and you get water (H2O).

[Adatise]

Interesting. Thanks.

[Bionic]

I just skimmed the wikipedia entry on margarine and it seems to check out, almost as much saturated fat as butter and high in trans fatty acids which are worse.