[blparent] Pass the butter please!

Sun May 20 18:57:33 UTC 2012

Hi,
Please take me off your mailing list.
Thank You Debbie Grace 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gabe Vega
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:41 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Pass the butter please!

I thought about saying something but the last time I tried suggesting
something was off topic, I was condemmed to 9 slashing with a spiked whip.

On May 19, 2012, at 1:04 PM, David Andrews wrote:

> 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?
> 
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