Butter or margarine?

Answer 1

lets see here......

butter has too much fat-will clog your arteries
and you will die from a heart attack.

margarine on the other hand, is made from chemicals
that will give you cancer
and you will die from that.

lets go for lard or shortning ..........

Answer 2

In my opinion, BUTTER FOR SURE and here's why:
Margarine is one molecule away from being plastic! That's scary, huh?

Read this that I found, it will prove to you what I stated below. I hope I have helped!!

The difference between butter and margarine?

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 flavours of other foods. Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

Now for Margarine, very high in trans fatty acids triple risk of Coronary Heart Disease, Increases total and LDL ( This is the bad Cholesterol), Lowers HDL cholesterol and this is the good one, Increases the risk of cancers by up to five fold, lowers quality of breast milk, decreases immune response, and decreases insulin response.

And here is the most disturbing fact......

Margarine is but one molecule 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 food.)

You can try this for 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, smell differently... Because it has no nutritional value, nothing will grow on it, even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not find a home to grow... Why?

Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

click source below for even more info...

Answer 3

Butter, definitely. Though margarine doesn't have the cholesterol, it is unnatural and the body does not know how to handle it. My chem book in high school said that hydrogenated oils (which margarine is made of) caused cancerous cell deformations when fed to lab animals in their food on a daily basis. Since hydrogenated oil is in SO many processed foods-cookies, crackers, chips, sauces, confections, candies- it can at least be kept out of our homemade cuisines. Of course too much cholesterol (as in butter) is bad for us- but that's why it's important to use everything in moderation. Butter has been used for thousands of years, and since it's natural, it's better for your body. I would rather walk off my pounds than have to deal w/ cancer.Tastes better, too.

Answer 4

Butter, I like the real thing. Besides have you read how much junk they put in margarine.

Answer 5

Butter for baking, margarine for everyday use

Answer 6

Butter. It's fat, but not nearly as bad as the fats in margarine.

Answer 7

Butter. Margarine contains trans-fats which some believe are carcenogenic (cause cancer).

Answer 8

margarine for most things, but butter for cookies

Answer 9

Margarine. Butter is made up of animal fat. Eww. Or if you prefer, "I can't believe it's not butter"

Answer 10

I use margarine because it has less fat. My man likes butter too.

Answer 11

Depends. If you are baking, butter. If not, I use margarine.