[blparent] Pass the butter please!

Mon May 21 01:54:18 UTC 2012

I don't understand!  I thought this list was for blind parents talking about
topics of parenting whether it directly relates to our blindness or not.  If
we only talked about things that our blindness is related to, then our
discussions would be quite limited as parents.  My blindness is a part of
who I am and not all of what I am.  It would be pretty shallow of us to only
discuss things that are connected to our blindness because that would leave
out lots about who we are as people in addition to who we are as parents.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gabe Vega
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 1:41 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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