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Why I like butter.

Lennycorn

Lennycorn

Just see the truth
I just received this from a friend and thought I would pass it along.

Butter VS Margarine -
What you DON'T Know

>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Share This With Your Friends.....(If you want to "butter them up")!
 
yeah but what are the other 8 million things we don't know about that are like that? personally i think butter tastes like crap on everything and margarine is delicious but that's just cause it was what i was raised on.
 
I always thought it interesting how margarine, before it is bleached and tinted a yellow colour, resembles greyish grease used to lube parts. Yum! ;)
 
I love butter! I eat butter every day! I've always thought that margarine tastes disgusting; like creamy vaseline! How can someone NOT like butter?
Mmmmm....butter. (drool)
Cool facts. Thanks.
 
Interesting post, Lenny.

Personally, I prefer lard. Pure, unadulterated lard. Would eat it by the handful if I could :) And I can even make soap with it!


Seriously, though, I guess I'm a butter person. I actually don't use it much. I usually will eat a dinner roll plain. IMO, certain things require butter and other things don't. Can't say that I remember ever trying margarine. Then again, I've never tried head cheese either :rolleyes:
 
I use real butter for most things. I think it just makes the flavor of most things that require it that much better. It just tastes...real. Now if I could find someone with a cow so I can make butter like I used to as a child. *sigh*

I was raised on margarine, but even I like butter better.

And an interesting factoid...a tub of Shed's Spread Country Crock that rolled out of a bag of mine in the trunk stayed in the trunk for 3 weeks before I found it..and when opened, looked the same as it did when brand new. So the plastic thing doesn't surprise me in the least.
 
I didn't know a lot of those facts, but I'm not surprised either. When I first moved in with my ex, I went through his bachelor pad fridge. There was a tub of margarine in there that had "expired" six months previously. I opened it expecting fuzz or a funky smell. but it looked brand new!
 
Interesting... I've been using the margarine, b/c butter's more expensive. But after reading this thread I'm kind of grossed out. Oh well, I can always go without toast and use olive oil for cooking :rolleyes:
 
Store brand butter is really cheap. You can always make your own by using milk, a little salt, and shake it in a jar. I got that from Bill Nye the science guy (I think). It actually worked. I don't remember the exact method though.
 
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