>> DO YOU KNOW the differences 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 as 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 IS THE PART THAT IS MOST DISTURBING
>> Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC...
>> Margarine is initially BLACK, but it is DYED YELLOW to look like
butter.
>>
>> These facts alone should be enough to have anyone avoiding margarine
for
>> life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is
>> added, changing the molecular structure of the substance)..
>>
>> **EXPERIMENT: 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)...and it does not rot or smell differently....
>> Because it has no nutritional value, nothing will grow on it... even
>> those 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?
>>
>> Also http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1046
>>
<http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1046>
>>
Just wondering what peoples opinions were on this. Ive switched to butter now!!!!

Hi BB.
Is this somehow allegorical or should we read this 'straight up'? --Bahai9--

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No, it is not an allegory, it was sent to me from a health concious friend, who got it from new scientist magazine, after reading it, ive switched to butter, it tastes better anyway!! what do you think?

Snopes.com is a good place to research Urban Legends. This Margarine vs Butter email is an old one. Since that email the makers of margarine have changed their products.

Here is a good place to read up on this:

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

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Thanks for the info., lightkeeper. i didnt realise it was an old debate. i'll check out that website, it will be good if margarine is ok now, as my son prefers it to butter! Guess that brings an end to this thread then!

Just to end this thread, thought id let you know that i have decided to eat both margarine and butter, so i get the best of both worlds! thanks for all the contributions!!

Purely anecdotal evidence, but my body does not like margarine. Normally we use unsalted butter, but today we ate a commercially prepared garlic-toast loaf that was made with margarine. About ten minutes after we got up from the dinner table I had a severe coughing fit.

Specifically, I think I'm allergic to canola oil which is the primary component of most margarines nowadays. Things cooked in canola make me queasy. I have no problem at all with sunflower/safflower oil. (Haven't done a full assessment of soybean oil, but I regularly eat tofu without any problems.)

Interestingly, there IS a little test you can do that will show that at least some creatures do NOT like margarine...put a little on a plate and leave it where flies, ants, and other insects can get to it, then just watch. I've done this several times, and have never found a single insect that had any interest at all in the margarine, whereas they do like butter. (I have had insects like moths and millers get caught in it, though, and they naturally die because of the oils that prevent them from breathing.)

Now, insects operate off instinct...it makes me wonder why they instinctually avoid the margarine?