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(Message started by: ClusterChuck on Jul 8^th, 2006, 11:24am)

Title: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by ClusterChuck on Jul 8^th, 2006, 11:24am

:o :o :o The following was emailed to me. Is this REALLY true??

Pass the butter ~ ~ ~ ~ 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?

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by BarbaraD on Jul 8^th, 2006, 11:35am

Knew there was a reason I use BUTTER.... Thanks for the insight... But Chuck YOU have way too much time on your hands these days.....

Hugs BD

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by Summerbabe on Jul 8^th, 2006, 11:42am

;;D HMMMM I knew there was a reason I wouldnt touch margarine, my grandfather use to tell us kids always use butter not margarine. yuck , ewwww. love butter though ...love it , thanks for the info...remember that Parkay commercial? What was that shit anyway? It just came to mind...

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by ClusterChuck on Jul 8^th, 2006, 11:43am

on 07/08/06 at 11:35:45, BarbaraD wrote:

But Chuck YOU have way too much time on your hands these days.....

OMG!!! ROFLMFAO!!!
Barbara, darling, if you only KNEW how far from the truth that is!!! haha!!! As it is, I am in my motel room, on a business trip, and I just got up. I worked until about 3 am, having worked straight thru the past 30 hours!!!
I have been on business trips for the past month or more. I have not seen my house for over 3 weeks, and have not slept in my bed for over 5 weeks.

Hmmmm ... I wonder how bad, the warden from hell, has trashed the house>? Hmmm ... What HAS she been doing there????

Chuck

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by pattik on Jul 8^th, 2006, 11:48am

A little more trivia....growing up here in the dairy state, we couldn't even buy colored margarine until I was almost out of highschool. If you wanted "oleo", it would come as a yucky, white substance, with a little dot of food coloring that you would have to squish up yourself to make it look butter-like.
I still prefer butter to this day. ;;D

edited to add: the law here regarding colored margarine was repealed in 1967. [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by LadyLuv on Jul 8^th, 2006, 12:13pm

OH ME God!!!

Thanks Chuck... No more margerine for me...

Lady Luv

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by Karla on Jul 8^th, 2006, 12:24pm

This has some urban legand to it. Below is just an example of some of the lies.

"Some of the "Butter vs. margarine" mailings circulated in 2005 had this preface tacked onto them:
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. "

Contrary to the claim, margarine was not invented as a turkey fattener. It was formulated in 1869 by Hippolyte Mège Mouriès of France in response to Napoleon III's offering of a prize to whoever could succeed at producing a viable low-cost substitute for butter. Mège Mouriès' concoction, which he dubbed oleomargarine, was achieved by adding salty water, milk, and margaric acid to softened beef fat. By the turn of the century, the beef fat in the original recipe had been replaced by vegetable oils.

In 1886, New York and New Jersey prohibited the manufacture and sale of yellow-colored margarine, and by 1902, 32 U.S. states had enacted such prohibitions against the coloration of the spread. (Folks got around this by mixing yellow food coloring into the white margarine.) In 1950 President Truman repealed the requirement that margarine be offered for sale only in uncolored state, which led to the widespread production of the yellow margarine that has come to be the norm.

Go to http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp
and you can read for yourself more info.

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by ShadowLord on Jul 8^th, 2006, 12:26pm

Ya ever notice that the only real selling point for margarine is that it's cheaper than butter... Of course, spreads are even cheaper, but you're not supposed to cook with spreads, because they're even more like toxic waste than margarine, but at least they have better flavouring. I'll just stick with my butter. Mmmmmmmmmmmm... Butter...

PFDAN................................................................ ShadowLord

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by andrewjb on Jul 8^th, 2006, 12:29pm

:),this kind of information needs to be spread around [ no pun intended ].thanks for sharing.andrew

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by Charlie on Jul 8^th, 2006, 1:31pm

I very much remember essentially colorless margarine. I suppose everybody tried the stuff. When you spread the goo, it sorta crumbled on the bread. It was almost flavorless. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/glomfood.gif

I of course, use that spray on shit but I've grown to like the stuff. I use butter for making fudge and cookies about every decade or so. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/flapjack smiley.gif

Charlie

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by Sandy_C on Jul 8^th, 2006, 1:35pm

I bet if you put a stick of butter in a bowl, a stick of margarine in a bowl, and a stick of the popular "spread" in a bowl, and let them sit in a warm room to melt (no nuking) . Then, when all three have melted, put all the bowls in the fridge to re-chill. I would bet

Butter - re-chills back to former consistency of butter
Margarine - re-chills back for former consistency on the top,
with an oil slick underneath.
Spread - you've got a puddle of oil.

I won't touch any "spread" with a ten foot pole. You can't use it for baking, cooking, or just about anything else - and it tastes like eating a spoonful lard. I do use margarine in some things, but there is always real sweet creamy butter in my fridge and on my table. Nothing beats it.

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by Melissa on Jul 8^th, 2006, 2:03pm

Butter kicks ASS!!!

I love butter, yum yum yum!!!

I remember all I used to like was Blue Bonnet, until I met hubby. There's a difference between city food and country food. Glad I made the switch! ;;D

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by brewcrew on Jul 8^th, 2006, 2:13pm

Having lived in the Dairy state all my life, I have only consumed butter (unless it was unknowingly, as in cookies that somebody else baked). It just seems more like the way Mother Nature intended it to be.

That, and margarine tastes like shit and has no tactile mouth appeal.

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by Dissident on Jul 8^th, 2006, 2:48pm

How about this one Chuck...

Pre-mixed chocolate milk is made with the "low end" milk that has the highest blood content!

Heard this many time...not sure if it's true but if it is....EEUWWWWWWWWWWEEEEE!!

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by georgej on Jul 9^th, 2006, 12:18am

on 07/08/06 at 14:48:03, Dissident wrote:

Pre-mixed chocolate milk is made with the "low end" milk that has the highest blood content!

Back in college, I had a summer job where I worked in a potato processing plant. Interesting what they do to make instant mashed potato flakes...

I will NEVER eat instant mashed potatoes again. Never.

Just butter for me, no margarine or spread. Organic food, as much as possible, and very few processed foods. Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. Got to keep up your strength to wrestle with the beast, you know. Plus it makes me feel better.

Only good, rich, dark microbrew beer, and only Canadian whiskey and sour-mash bourbon. None of that Scottish stuff. I don't know how anyone drinks it.

Best,

George

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by Kirk on Jul 9^th, 2006, 2:21am

Well I sure would'nt use margarine on a Salmon.

Title: Re: WOW!! Is this true?
Post by brewcrew on Jul 9^th, 2006, 2:12pm

on 07/08/06 at 11:24:50, ClusterChuck wrote:

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).

I am a "butter only" guy, but this is not a great argument. CO2 (carbon dioxide) is one atom away from being CO (carbon monoxide). One nourishes plants and allows them to create oxygen through photosynthesis (and also propels pellets through my air rifle and whipped cream onto my dessert), the other will kill you in no time flat via suffocation. And they are a lot closer to each other chemically than margarine and plastic.