loosingthepounds's Journal

Pass The Butter ... please.    
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>         &n bsp; This is interesting . . . . ..
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> Margarine  was originally manufactured to fatte n  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.   
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>  DO  YOU KNOW.. the   difference between margarine and butter?  
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> Read on to the end...gets very interesting!   
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> Both  have the same amount of calories.
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> Butter  is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8  grams  compared   to 5
grams.
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> Eating margarine can increase  heart disease in women by 53%  over  eating the
same amount of butter, acc ording to a recent  Harvard  Medical Study.  
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> Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in  other
foods.
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> Butter  has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few   
> only  because  they are added!
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> Butter  tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of 
other foods.
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> Butter  has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less
than 100 years.
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> And  now, for Margarine..
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> Very  high in trans fatty acids.
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> Triple  risk of coronary heart disease.
> Increases  total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and  lowers
HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)
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> Increases  the risk of cancers up to five fold.
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> Lowers  quality of breast milk.
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> Decreases immune response.
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> Decreases insulin response.
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> And  here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT  IS  VERY
INTERESTING!
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> Margarine  is but ONE MOLECULE away  from being PLASTIC..   
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> 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 th e  substance).   
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> You  can try this yourself:
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> 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:
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>  *  no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it  (that  should
tell you som ething)
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>  *  it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional  value;
nothing will grow on i t. 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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> Share  This With Your Friends.....(If you want to "butter them   up")!