Butter vs. margarine

Comparison:

• 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 instead of butter can increase by 53 % the risk of coronary heart disease in women, according to a recent medical study at the University of Harvard.
• Eating butter increases the absorption of many nutrients found in other foods.
• Butter has many nutritional benefits while margarine has a few 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 less than 100 years.

More about margarine:

• It is very high in transgenic fatty acids. (Yes, those which scientists discovered recently that are terrible and some governments began banning).
• Triples risk of coronary heart disease.
• Increases total cholesterol and LDL (bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL (good cholesterol).
• Increases fivefold cancer risk.
• Lowers quality of breast milk.
• Decreases immune response of the organism.
• Decreases insulin reaction.

And here's the most disturbing factor: Margarine is just ONE MOLECULE far for being PLASTIC!

This fact alone is sufficient to avoid using margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, which changes the molecular structure of substances).

(www.veinformativo.org)