They say there are no 'accidents'...

My husband sent me this forwarded email...

Quote:

> FOR YOUR INFORMATION..... Pass The Butter ... please .
> 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 fats at 8 grams compared to
> 5 grams. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in
> women by53% 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
> afew 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 nutritional 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')!

End quote.


I truly hate passing on bad news. What good does it do to make people feel bad?

I would far rather talk about what is better, and hope that it pulls people into happier, more wholesome ways.

But this may be connected to brain chemistry...especially when we consider all the false and substandard fats used in the 'food' industry today.

I was 11 years old when the margarine industry gave in to the dairy industry, and put the coloring into a little ball inside a kneadable plastic bag...so we shouldn't forget it isn't butter.

And then, of course, the dairy industry began conserving butter fat...to sell at the highest prices.

You would not believe the lengths these industries go to, to get paid more for less.

Would you believe 'storage' butter, where the stuff is three years old, and the 'rind' has to be peeled off before they mix it with fresh butter, for the taste?

That's why they salt butter, for taste appeal. Most people don't realize that they reach for more butter, when what they really want is the sodium...and THAT because they are missing the real mineral salts...which are not IN their foods because the soil micro organisms are not protected in our growing soils.


Now, I wasn't there when these policies were decided...nor was I there to see how these came into practice. But I spent 30 years closely connected to the grocery business.

Certain wholesale price levels are only available to large stores and chains that move X quantities of high butterfat products, or fluid ounces of milk. The little store, the so-called mom and pop store, doesn't have a chance to get those prices, and the profit percentages possible from them.

And, here, I am only talking butterfat...containing whatever the grower has decided to put into the animals.

Also, it isn't the farmer to blame.

The farmer no longer knows how to farm. All he knows is what salesmen have told him.

The wisdom of his forefathers on the land is a distant memory...besides, he only gets a pittance for what he is able to produce, anyway.

Henry Fonda starred in "The Grapes of Wrath." Well worth seeing.

Steve Allen wrote "The Land is Our Table." Ditto.

Now we have things like 'genetic mutilation' and Auxigro and irradiation. Then there is the whole mess called shipping...and the 'shelf-life' of varieties...and when things are picked...and what is done at borders.


You can uncover your eyes now...I won't talk any more about negatives.


Get to your local organic growers' association, and heritage seeds, and save your yard and water supply.

Your family and your neighbors need you.

And think about how your body has protected you all these years.

Wonderful things...bodies.

F.