[blparent] Pass the butter please!

Sun May 20 18:58:10 UTC 2012

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

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:05 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Pass the butter please!

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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