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This is interesting.. Make mine BUTTER Please!!!

> DO YOU KNOW...
>
> The difference between margarine and butter? 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.
> 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 is 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?
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