Did you know?-Margarine was originally intended to be food for turkeys.
-It killed the turkeys so they stopped using it.
-The people who invented margarine needed to recoup their investment so they put flavorings in the margarine and marketed it as a replacement for butter.
-Margarine is very high in trans fatty acids.
-It triples the risk of coronary heart disease.
-It increases total cholesterol. It increases bad cholesterol (LDL) while decreasing good cholesterol (HDL).
-It nearly quintuples the chance of getting cancer.
-It lowers the quality of breast milk.
-It decreases immune response.
-It decreases insulin response.
-Margarine is one molecule away from being plastic!
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