[blparent] Pass the butter please!

[David Andrews]

Come on everybody, you clearly know this is off topic -- so why do 
you do it.  Unless the margarine is blind it isn't for discussion here.

Dave

At 06:08 PM 5/17/2012, you wrote:
>So there are different types of Margarine but just one kind made in this way
>is enough to watch-out for the product and be more on the defense when
>purchasing such altered and man-made food items.  I wasn't sending this out
>to everyone as gospel that we should hurry up and send out to everyone we
>know, but I merely found it interesting and thought how it's good to educate
>ourselves on how disgusting some of the "food" items are that companies
>expect us to eat which we do as a whole because we're too trusting.  Just
>because something's being sold in a grocery store here in America doesn't
>mean we should eat it and if we base our purchases upon that state of mind,
>then we're in trouble.  I truly and firmly believe that obesity is on the
>rise, not just because of people's poor eating habits and lack of exercise
>but it's also largely based on what's put into our foods and how things are
>processed and-or manufactured.  The bottom line is that the more natural and
>less processed we get our foods the better and that's the only message I was
>sharing here.  Of course there are a million different studies out there
>warning us against this and that, but have we ever seen a study that says
>that margarine is good for us?  Just a thought.
>
>Erin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Gabe Vega Via Iphone4S
>Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:34 PM
>To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>Cc: Blind Parents Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [blparent] Pass the butter please!
>
>I like your line of thinking sir. Thank you for this well-written response.
>I knew that something being sold every day to everybody for years cannot be
>that bad and on the brink of killing us all.
>
>Gabe Vega
>Sent from my iPhone
>(623) 565-9357
>
>On May 17, 2012, at 12:24 PM, "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net> wrote:
>
> > yeah real old, do a little more reading. It is kind of true, but it
> > depends on what margarine your looking at.
> >
> > http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/butter-vs-margarine/AN00835
> >
> > http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/prevention/askdietician/margarine.
> > aspx
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp
> >
> > I really like the part about being one molecule away from being plastic.
> > Even a very slight change in the molecular structure of a substance
> > can make a huge difference. o2 is the oxygen we need for life, but o3
> > is ozone, which is considered poisonous. You going to stop breathing
> > because the oxygen you need to survive is 1 molecule away from a poison?
> >
> > Some would argue that all products containing vegetable oil are bad
> > for you, and you should only use lard and tallow for cooking.
> >
> > No matter what you decide to eat someone is going to come up with some
> > research that says it is bad for you.
> >
> > now if you want to be careful of something, watch out for dihydrogen
> > monoxide.
> >
> > http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
> >
> > Michael
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> > On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:33 PM
> > To: NFB blind parent listserv
> > Subject: [blparent] Pass the butter please!
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> >
> >
> > This is some interesting and amazing facts about margarine and butter
> > that I thought you'd all like to read since we're always concerned
> > about putting the right things in our children's mouths as well as our
>own.
> >
> >
> >
> > Enjoy,
> >
> >
> >
> > Erin
> >
> > 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
> > colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you
> > like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings....
> >
> > 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
> > flavours 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.
> >
> > 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 withPAINT 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 find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic .
> > Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?