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Tirau, South Waikato, New Zealand
I am a mother firstly! But I am married to an exceptional man called Tom. We live in a tiny cottage on a dairy farm 2.5 hours south of Auckland, in the South Waikato with 1.100 cows, 4 S. African families who help to run the farm for the Kiwi owners. We love living this simple life, watching the cows, rabbits, Pukekohes, ducks, starlings, etc., growing our own organic veggies, seeing family and friends, going to church and praying. I have a daughter Jenny and Tom has 6 children, 18 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren, so I have been given a lovely BIG family! I am a Bowen Therapist & Emotional Freedom Technique counsellor. I love this work and miss my clients, since moving tothe countryside. I am determined to be healed from metastatic breast cancer. If it weren’t for my faith, my husband, daughter, friends, a huge group of dedicated people praying for my recover, there would be times where I would be less strong. I am so lucky to be blessed with many kind, loving people, who make it possible for me to laugh each day! I hope you too have a wonderful day, filled with blessings showered on you by our loving Father!

Friday, 12 August 2011

TAKE BUTTER PLEASE


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 colorings and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings.

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 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 flavours 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 .
    • 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.... 
                      
                   HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERYINTERESTING!
    • 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).

    You can try this yourself:

    Purchase 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:
     
    • 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')!

    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.

    Pass the BUTTER PLEASE , and forward to family and friends whose health you hold dear...

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