Butter vs. Margarine

[aeiou]

I am curious to know if people prefer butter or margarine for daily uses such as baked potatoes, vegetables, toast, etc.

I will start with telling everyone that I prefer the taste and texture of real butter. I prefer not to use any of the current high tech butter substitutions. I feel butter is fine in my diet as long as it is used in moderation.

[Angewl_73]

I LOVE real butter.

On bread, potatoes, when baking.

[Mama Mangia]

Butter - of course - margarine is not good for you.

[oldbay]

Butter. Margerine was created during WWII to make up for the lack of butter and has issues that Mama Mangia mentioned above. Mostly it's made with bad fats -- worse then butter. Now I must say I only use butter sparingly on my vegetables and mashed potatoes. That way I get the taste and limit the fat.

[Mama Mangia]

May I bore you with an email I received a while ago about this???

butter VS margarine

Please see below! This is very good information. Leave off the margarine from now on, I know it's cheaper but not healthy for you.







Subject: Butter

Pass the butter ~ ~ ~ ~ This is interesting.
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 coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

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 fa! ts at 8 gr ams compared to 5 grams.


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 only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors 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.

Triple 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 fold.

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..

This fact alone was 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).

You can try this yourself:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note 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 nutrit ional value; nothing will grow on it Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Share This With Your Friends.....(If you want to "butter them up")!

[pinkperson]

I also prefer butter over margarine. The food tastes well if you fry/top it with butter. Butter is also easier to digest than margarine because it contains natural fat. But you should not also eat/use a lot of butter because it would be bad for your health.

[ButtrflyDreams]

Butter is so much better tasting & it's a whole lot better for you than margerine. I just wish butter was cheaper. LOL

[Sophie]

Wonderful post Mama Mangia.

Well, I prefer butter because margarine makes me nauseous.