Pass 
                        the Butter, Please .
                            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; it gets very interesting!   Both
                        have the same amount of
                        calories. Butter is slightly higher
                        in saturated fats at 8
                        grams 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 chol esterol 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 nutritional
                         value; nothing will
                        grow on it. Even those teeny weenie 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?  & nbsp;Share This
                        With Your Friends (if you want to 'butter them
                        up')! Chinese
                        Proverb: 'When someone
                        shares something of value with you and you benefit from
                        it, you have a moral obligation to share it with
                        others.'

Thanks to Barnabus!