Cholesterol And Margarine

Cholesterol And Margarine

Do you know that Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys?

But 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.

Margarine was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.

Lower Cholesterol - Butter versus Margarine

Now you know! How do you like it? However, they have come out with some clever new flavorings....

Can you tell the difference between margarine and butter?

This is very interesting! They both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams, compared to 5 grams for margarine.

According to a recent Harvard Medical Study - eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% compared to eating the same amount of butter.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they were 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.

More about Margarine

1. It is Very High in Trans fatty acids.

2. It Triples your risk of coronary heart disease.

3. It increases total cholesterol and LDL which is the "bad" cholestero, and lowers HDL cholesterol, the "good" cholesterol.

4. It increases the risk of cancers up to five times.

5. It lowers the quality of breast milk.

6. It decreases the immune response of human being.

7. It decreases insulin response.

And the most disturbing fact is:

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC. It shares 27 ingredients with PAINT.

I am sure these facts alone were enough to have you avoid margarine for life and anything that is hydrogenated.This means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance.

Good Fats, Bad Fats and Your Heart Attack

Open a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a few days you will notice a many 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 nonutritional 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.

Or Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast? Of course not! So avoid Margarine at all costs!

Cholesterol And Margarine