Butter & Margarine - which one do you prefer?????

[Andy46]

Pass The Butter . . . please .

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 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?




Andy

[Faithy]

Oh ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! That's so gross!!!

We were brought up on marg but a few years back I decided for myself that I was going to give my children butter instead (or sometimes nothing).. I cant remember why.. something to do with the chemical side of things I think.. but butter in my opinion tastes HEAPS better..

Awesome post Andy!!!

[Annabelle Joy]

I've always preferred and normally used butter. I've known most of the negatives about margarine for quite some time. Butter is a fresh, natural product. Also, when I was young, a dairy marketing organisation put out a bumper sticker that said Butter eaters make better lovers. What better reason for eating butter rather than marg.

AJ

[asy]

Must admit, my mum always bought marg when I was growing up because it "isn't as fattenning as butter" and "it's not going to give you heart disease" etc...

As soon as I left home I started buying butter, never ever buy marg, it's yuck. I do like the softened butter, though...

Even if I very rarely use it. One tub lasts 3-6 months around here...

asy

PS: Thanks for that illuminating fact, AJ, I might have to START using it!!! I wonder if 'things' could GET any better!

[honeybuns]

That is SO disgusting...I've just emailed that info to all my friends & family

[louise41]

I have read those facts about marg and butter before, they are very interesting. My theory is to go with whats natural, so I prefer butter, plus it tastes better. Like so many things the problem really only occurs when things are used to excess. Like ASY I take months to go through it so sometimes I have to throw it away, but it would be the same if I used marg.
Louise

[carrieanne_c]

i like butter and olive oil-margerine grosses me out.

[fornight]

Isn't olive oil spread similar to "Margarine"? It is vegetable oil right?

I did saw some olive oil spread in the supermarket but I think I will definitely indulge in butter when I reach maintenance!

[Hayley23]

Fornight,
I think its really a case of reading the fine print when it comes to margarine/olive oil spreads to see whats in them - i've been amazed at just how much some of them differ. I have stuck with butter as the rest taste really synthetic to me - like licking plastic!

[sundaymorningstaple]

On plastic sheet covers I don't find much difference in using butter or margarine or olive oil. Although coconut oil has the best fragrance for that kind of thing!

[carrieanne_c]

I like toast with olive oil instead of butter or marg straight out of the bottle-thats the Spanish eat it as well!