Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?
certainly not!
Got another of those emails, similar to the Water or Coke one.
Thought i'd share it.
Do you know the difference between margarine and butter?
Read on to the end, it 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 flavours 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) 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 are the most disturbing facts....
HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!
Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC.......And margarine is initially BLACK, but it is DYED YELLOW to look like butter. These facts alone were 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 weenie micro organisms will not find a home to grow.
Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?
Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?
certainly not!
I know, Tupperware is far too expensive!Originally Posted by littleemc-central
Butter beats marg every time, like water beats coke, leather beats plastic (unless you're a vegan), wool beats acrylic, silk beats polyester (unless you're washing your Ceroc clothes).Originally Posted by Cruella
Any info on how they make that spread-from-the-fridge butter? I think I heard that they feed the cows with some disgusting substance, but maybe that's an urban myth?
Don't believe half of it. But I go for a low-fat spread, which you just don't get from butter (legally, both butter and margarine are 80% fat. The key difference is that one is from vegetable fat, while the other is from milk fat.)Originally Posted by Cruella
Hey, water is ONE MOLECULE away from being plastic – a plastic molecule!Originally Posted by Cruella
Who writes this rubbish?
Margarine isn't black – have you seen vegetable oil? What colour is it?
It is impossible to dye something black to make it yellow.
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Didn't say i agreed with it! Make of it what you will. Just after the discussions over 'Water or Coke' thought it would cause a good bit of debate.Originally Posted by ducasi
Could really do with a tongue in cheek smilie! Ooh, look i changed that from black to yellow.
Last edited by Cruella; 4th-January-2006 at 03:47 PM.
Didn't say you did.Originally Posted by Cruella
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
You didn't dye it yellow though did you ?Originally Posted by Cruella
Don't like Margarine, think it's minging and synthetic, can't beat the real thing (butter) spread on nice crusty bread or in your homemade cakes (I haven't made any for ages.)
Originally Posted by Jazz_Shoes (Ash)
when you do .... can i have some?
No probs but gotta warn you, it has been a while... do make a mean cherry madeira, and eve's pudding yummm....Originally Posted by littleemc-central
Next time you visit i'll try and make time to bake something Getting hungry now lol
Originally Posted by Jazz_Shoes (Ash)
me too!!
im visiting again when i teach at the beach ballroom!!
maybe some for them?!!!
Don't think i'll be there We'll work something out heheh better be a good cake eh? x
Ah, you must mean "interesting" spelt B U L L S H I TOriginally Posted by CruellaNonsense. A molecule is one molecule away from being another molecule? Do you mean one atom away from being plastic? That at makes some kind of sense but it's wrong also. And even if it were true, then so what?Originally Posted by CruellaNo it isn't black, it's white. And you can buy the white stuff if you like, it's usually cheaper.Originally Posted by Cruella...er..sorry, which facts? You haven't stated any yet.Originally Posted by CruellaYes it does. It tells me that it's not made of fruit. Luckily I knew that already, because it says so on the label. (Where does this **** come from?)Originally Posted by CruellaMore bullshit I'm afraid. It has plenty of "nutritional value" if by that you mean calories. That's on the label too. The reason nothing grows on it is because (unlike butter) it contains no water. Nothing grows on pure olive oil either - but you don't have a problem eating that.Originally Posted by Cruella
It's so irresponsible to post this kind of crap where people can read it, and a few even stupider people can go "oh, well, I saw it on the Internet so it must be true". And saying "Oh, I didn't write it, I just thought it was interesting" just makes you look foolish and stupid.
Pack it up.
They take butter, oil, and a little water, and mix it all together. Nothing to do with cows.Originally Posted by jivecat
I'd bake you a cake to cheer you up Cruella but I've only got Stork in the fridge (and I don't mean the type that drops babies when they're due)Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo
It always amazes me that you are such an expert on everything.Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo
Honestly can't taste any difference, margarine is healthier, and spreads straight from the fridge, so marg everytime for me.
Unless you're talking brandy butter, mmmmmmm.
And, on the subject of margerine, one (real) reason why you might not want to eat it is because of potential contamination by Nickel and Cadmium from the catalyst used for hydrogenation. I gather one difficulty of producing margarine is reducing this contamination to a "safe" level.
Thanks Rob, but i really need to get back on my diet after the christmas binge. All those chemicals and additives could effect my natural sense of humour.Originally Posted by robd
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