This is a post to fill in the long absent... OMG looking at the calendar, it has been 2 months since I went hiking at Nepal. Missing the place so much and that reminded me that I have not post anything bout the trekking experience. Soon...
Lets talk bout margarine today... and why we shouldn't consume them. Its interesting to learn bout these facts. From the origination of margarine to the reason why we should avoid the food. Does it even qualified to be categorized as food? Read on....
First thing first, I don't come out with this story ok. So if there's any facts that wasn't all that true or misleading or offending anyone, I would like to apologize in advance. I just read it somewhere and share it here.
Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. Omg, when I read the line, fatten the bird? So it does fatten human as well ya? When it killed the turkeys (omg, omg, are we going to get killed too?), 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. They have even come out with some clever ideas by adding flavorings. Now the battle of the margarine and butter is just bout to begin...
Both have the same amount of calories... Now you might be thinking eating either ones gives you the same amount of fats (if you're a health freak) you might as well opt for the cheaper ones. Butter is generally more pricey. In fact, butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8grams compared to margarine at 5grams.
Research from Harvard Medical Study shows that eating margarine increase heart disease in women (specifically) by 53%, wtf... compared to eating the same amount of butter. Whereby, butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because it has been added in.
Apart from that, butter tastes much better than margarine (this I must agree, i like the creamy buttery taste, while margarine only has the oily taste). Butter can enhance the flavor of other foods as well. Another plus point is, butter has been around for centuries while margarine has been around for less than 100 years.
And now, let's go to the cons of margarine:
- very high in trans fatty acids
- triples the risk of coronary heart disease
- increases LDL (bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL (good cholesterol)
- increases the risk of cancers up to 5 times
- lowers the quality of breast milk (take note breastfeeding mommies)
- decreases immune responses
- decreases insulin responses
And here's the most disturbing fact... the most interesting part...
"margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC and shares 27 ingredients as the PAINT"
These facts alone were enough to have one to avoid margarine for life and anything that is hydrogenated. (it means hydrogen is added, in changing the molecular structure of the substance).
You can try by doing this experiment. Open a tub of margarine (or take a scoop of it) and leave it open at your garage or shaded area. Do the same to the butter... so that you can do the comparison. Within a couple of days you will notice these:
- no flies not even those pesky fruit flies will go near margarine
- the margarine won't rot nor smell differently because it has no nutritional value; nothing will grow on it. Not even those teeny weeny microorganisms will find that home to grow.
- the opposite can be seen on butter tho
Why? because margarine is near plastic. You might as well melt the take-away containers and spread that on your toast next time...lol... joke
Here's a photo to show the results of the experiment
Now, choose wisely :)
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