True or False...

[L.F. Cox]

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 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 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.
   
And here's the most disturbing fact...HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING! 
   
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).     
 
Open 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?

[guesswho]

Some of it sounds believable but I'm saying false on the one molecule away from plastic, that don't sound right

[Old Gobbler]

I've always wondered what"  popcorn butter " is made of ..... It's like hydraulic oil or something -stuff is nasty , I think it's melted down margarine 

[lonnie sneed jr.]

True, because I have had several doctors tell me that it is one chemical away from being plastic.

[jakesdad]

Ive read somewhere else where it was only one molecule away from being plastic,but not sure if it is true.

[rem 300]

Don't know if its true or false but just threw it away   

[VA_Birdhunter]

I have also heard about it being one molecule away from plastic many times....which is why I only use butter now. 

[tomstopper]

True, because I have had several doctors that it is one chemical away from being plastic.

I have heard this from medical professionals as well. Butter only in our house.....

[BigMick]

http://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/healthy-living/healthy-eating/food-for-a-healthy-heart/replace-butter/myth-busting-butter-versus-margarine

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/butter-margarine.htm#.UxRwIfldWPY

[FANMAN]

Water is "one molecule away" from being explosive hydrogen gas.

Wow...I will avoid that stuff from now on.    Lol

[FANMAN]

This thread is proof that this has been a LONG winter............Come on spring!!!!!!!!

[J Hook Max]

Butter is made from milk. Margarine is made from Vegetable Oil. I know this from working in a Vegetable Oil refinery back in the 70's.

[captpete]

Here is another one:

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