Margerine or Butter?

[Angel_Eyes]

There's always that debate I hear on which is the "healthier" one. So which is it, margerine or butter??

[sameerb1]

The difference between margarine and butter? 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.

Margarine...

Very high in Trans Fatty Acids. Triple risk of Coronary Heart Disease. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol). Lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers by up to five fold. Lowers quality of breast milk Decreases immune response Decreases insulin response.

The Part that is very interesting! Margarine is but one molecule away from being plastic!!

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).

-Heart doctors recommend butter over normal margarine, but recommend trans fat free margarines over butter.

[Angel_Eyes]

^Did you copy/paste that or is that in your own words? :think:

Thanks anyways. I don't like butter or margerine but I was just wondering.

[Russo_turisto]

margarine is like... yuck!:Sick: i prefer butter, tho it contains more hydrogenated fatty acids, and therefore, is more likely to contribute to atherosclerosis...

[sameerb1]

^Did you copy/paste that or is that in your own words? :think:

Thanks anyways. I don't like butter or margerine but I was just wondering.

Googled and got the information from 3 different sites cuz i wasnt sure about the plastic part...and then put it here...

Google does give you information...its a magician

[sHanna]

Angel_Eyes ... more "eatable" threads :XD:

[Angel_Eyes]

yes, i was hungry. I'm always hungry:bored:

[FAITH86]

Butter is natural
Margarine is fake :p

[jack]

butter all the way ...

[Angel_Eyes]

Interesting. And all this time i heard it as margerine being the "healthier" one.

[Russo_turisto]

How come? It even tastes unhealthier :p

[Angel_Eyes]

I wouldn't really know since I RARELY eat them both!!

[Jihad4Truth]

Margerine is gross.

While butter is great.

[Russo_turisto]

Hey Angel's, isn't it now your turn to calm down?;)

[DarK PrincesS]

Butter KICKS arse!!

[Jeff]

Margerine is gross.

While butter is great.

That about sums it up!

Eating gross stuff all your life so you can stay healthy will KILL YOU DEAD. Just make sure to include something from the three major food groups--salt, fat, and sugar--in your diet every day and all will be well.

[HITMAN]

None of them

I prefer oil

Since the thread initiator didn't specify healthier in what exactly

[Angel_Eyes]

Hey Angel's, isn't it now your turn to calm down?;)

I'm calm :D



None of them

I prefer oil

Since the thread initiator didn't specify healthier in what exactly

Healthier in terms of doing less damage to the body.

[STING]

Olive oil for life. Healthy and tasty ;)

[sameerb1]

there is somthing bad in everything you eat...just eat it with proportions and you should be fine...

even water can kill you for God's Sake...

[mimosa]

Margarine is the devil's work.

I don't use much of either - more olive oil. But if I'm baking or something, or spreading it on bread, it's always butter. Margarine doesn't get into my house. I prefer natural things, not processed synthetic substitutes.

There are always different opinions and pieces of advice about everything you can eat. But the way I see it is if you just eat a mixture of everything natural, you're probably somewhere near the mark for a healthy diet.

I've really cut out most processed foods. There is a supermarket right next to my house, but I probably only spend about 20% of my food expenditure there, if that - things like milk, some kinds of bread, and other things I can't get anywhere else. But the rest of my food comes about 40% each from the greengrocer (fruit & veg shop) and from the fish shop.

[Rossonero]

Margarine sounds so .. British :p

[mimosa]

Er...what do other people call it?!

[minerva]

i'd rather trust a cow than a bunch of scientists in a laboratory.

[HITMAN]

Healthier in terms of doing less damage to the body.

Ok, you are very innocent, I was talking about something totally different

If you are referring to eating, then both butter & margarine are not healthy, both lead to high cholesterol & increae the bad LDL, eventually leading to atherosclerosis

However, some manufacturers have the healthier margarine

[M!nT]

Olive oil for life. Healthy and tasty ;)

yeaaaaah :hyper:


but between butter and margarine, i usually have margarine. why? am not sure really i just usually go with it.

i like olive oil alot too, its the healthiest and good for the skin.