Margarine

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, rather than waste all that money spent on the research they found they could make it taste similar to butter. 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. 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. 

Margarine is.......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.......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:


1) no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)


2)  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.

Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Butter may add fat to your body; however, in moderation, it won't kill you!

NOTE: There are some whole food margarines on the market now that are not harmful. Please read your labels very carefully. 

Are you NORMAL?

I have been a vegetarian all my life…so I must be  healthy, right? Then why, in my mid 40s, was I low on energy, having joint pain, and allergies? I was getting older so those things are normal, right? They are not  NORMAL, they are COMMON. About 15 years ago I decided I needed to be healthier than just a vegetarian. I started eating more fruits and vegetables and whole grains, stepped up my exercise (I parked further from the store and  danced while I vacuumed), and I purposefully removed the junk from my diet.  Within weeks I had more energy, within months my joint pain went away and my allergies practically disappeared. As a bonus my hair was thicker and my nails were no longer splitting.  Getting the junk out consisted of removing toxins from my diet: white flour, white sugar, white chemicals (MSG, Aspartame), white oils (hydrogenated oils) and dairy. Nobody is perfect and these still slip into my diet on occasion;  however, if I am able to keep them out of my daily life, the old ailments do not  return. I am now NORMAL, which, it seems, is very UNCOMMON. Won't you join me?

***To stay 'Normal' I added Juice Plus to my daily life. "Eating" 26 fruits, vegetables, grains and berries every day, consistently, has given my body what it needs to thrive. I am feeling younger and more energetic as I age.*** For more information about Juice Plus go to: www.gale4.juiceplus.com