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Across the Fence:  Pass the butter please!  |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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 Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 03:44:47 AM
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Pass The Butter ... Please.
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?
Both have the same amount of calories.
Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine.
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 and 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 .
Triples 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 times..
Lowers quality of breast milk.
Decreases immune response.
Decreases insulin response. 
Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC... and shares 27 ingredients with PAINT 
These facts alone were 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 open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice 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? |
Edited by - yarnmamma on Jun 07 2010 03:46:08 AM |
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 05:56:22 AM
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| Oh my goodness! I knew it was "suspect", being man made but had no idea just how badly it can affect our health. Absolutely LOVED your last sentence, too! Thanks for sharing this with everybody, Linda. Have a great day! Nance |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Sue Feely
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Sue
Buffalo
New York
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 09:12:49 AM
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| I had heard this before, in fact, several years ago when I was only 44 I had a heart attack. Afterward I attended rehab and that was discussed margarine vs. butter, they say butter is better! Still today people ask me why I eat butter and not margarine! |
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1143 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 12:12:54 PM
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First of all, I can't imagine why anyone would want to eat food that is made in a laboratory anyway. Secondly, margarine tastes terrible in recipes...it just really does! Bleech!
FarmGirl #1390
www.mylittlecountry.wordpress.com |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 1:01:16 PM
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Linda, I'm old enough to remember those packs of white stuff with the little orange "tablet" in the center. You broke the tablet open and massaged it around in the white stuff. I want to do more research on the turkey subject. Makes sense that if the turkeys died that they would feed it to humans. LOL
Betty in Pasco |
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Thweattheart
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Julie
New York
NY
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 1:01:52 PM
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I will always choose the "real" thing over anything artificial and after reading your post it just reminds me of why...
Julie~ If not me...then who?
If not now...then when?
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
2914 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 1:50:10 PM
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So those "butterball" turkeys are really margarine balls? ugh!
Cindy
"There is more to life than increasing its speed". Mahatma Gandhi
Visit my blog at http://www.farmerinthebelle.blogspot.com/ |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 6:53:19 PM
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OH WOW! thanks for the info.......and with corn on the cob season just 'round the corner, I'll continue to buy BUTTER!
So is the spreadable butter equally as bad as margarine?
If so I'll be purchasing a few of those corn on the cob ear cradles and just melt my butter in one of these!
In some recipes I do not substitute margarine for butter. If calories are the deal breaker, i'll usually just consume less!
and the real thing is for sure far tastier! |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 8:07:43 PM
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My Grandma always uses margarine, even though I tell her that there's really no difference and that butter is actually better for you! I think that's disgusting about the whole plastic thing!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2010 : 05:54:05 AM
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Thanks so much for this info. It's getting to where you just don't know what to eat. All natural is the way and if you know where it's from.
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2010 : 07:41:29 AM
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i love this post. if God did not make it i usually do not eat it. i am a little higher risk. i am the canary in the mine with my dna flaw. i always like learning the trivia of a subject. the details. so knowing about turkeys is enlightening. makes me wonder what they feed them now. i do grow mt own. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2010 : 12:20:40 PM
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Wow! I had no idea. Sure appreciate the info!
Love...always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Cor 13:7
Living Simply & Naturally
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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cheneygal
True Blue Farmgirl
503 Posts
Suzie
Cheney
Wa.
USA
503 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2010 : 9:08:17 PM
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Linda, I'm SO glad you posted this, my late dh had a heart attack about 15 yrs. ago, his cardiologist recommended we start using butter instead of margarine and we did. I have a neighbor down the road who suffered a slight heart attack a couple yrs. ago, her dr. told her to stay away from butter and use the "fake stuff", she's pretty hard headed and I cannot for the life of me convince her that "real" is better than margarine, or the artificial spreads. I did forward this to her and she said it made sense, but also confused her.....oh well, I tried, and I'm so glad I still use the real thing!!
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Lin
True Blue Farmgirl
807 Posts
Lin
Sioux City
IA
USA
807 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2010 : 9:19:04 PM
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Linda, thank you so much for posting this information! I've told so many people over the years that margarine is the equivalent of plastic and some of them look at me like I've got 4 eyes....or the funniest one is the sympathetic look as if to say "poor thing, she's lost it completely"!! I didn't know about the turkeys and I didn't know about the fly/bug test. I absolutely love your last statement!!! I will pass that info onto several! Thank you! Hugs and Smiles, Lin
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Edited by - Lin on Jun 11 2010 9:21:06 PM |
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ramonaj
True Blue Farmgirl
118 Posts
rhonda
gibsons
british columbia
Canada
118 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2010 : 08:03:55 AM
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Just say no to Frankenfoods. Real butter all the way!
happiness to all sentient beings |
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