Choose Butter...

I will never use margarine ever again and haven't now for many years because I know exactly how's it's made...

I know organic butter is a bit expensive but it's well worth the health benefits even if it hurts your wallet...

I cook predominately with rice bran oil, for the occasional stir fry I use peanut or sesame oil...I use cold pressed olive oil for salads and organic butter for everything else eg, toast, scrambled eggs, white sauce, homemade cakes or muffins and occasional homemade biscuits etc...

Please give me some feed back after reading this article below..if in doubt do your own research...will you still use margarine after knowing how it's made???

In faith
Kath : )



(NaturalNews) By now, you may be wondering if you read right after seeing the article headline. For many years, people have been brainwashed into thinking that margarine is healthier than natural, organic raw butter when it comes to food preparation.

While butter is a 100% natural food product, margarine is 100% man-made. This is a substance that you would never ever eat again if you knew how it was manufactured, and what it consisted of. All margarines and margarine products are made of vegetable oils which have been heated to extremely high temperatures. This causes the oils in the margarine to become rancid. Once that is done, a nickel catalyst is added to them, along with hydrogen atoms, to ensure that the oils solidify. The really shocking part is that deodorants and colorants are then added to it in order to mask the horrible smell and highly unappetizing grey color of the unfinished product. (By the way, nickel is a highly toxic heavy metal, and no matter what, amounts of it will remain in the finished product.) The final solidification process creates harmful trans-fatty acids, which are highly carcinogenic.

Margarine contains other extremely harmful ingredients such as free radicals, emulsifiers, preservatives, free radicals, artificial flavors, bleach, soy protein isolate (MSG), sterols, and hexane, as well as many other artificial and synthetic ingredients. Hexane in itself should never be consumed, as it is derived from crude oil. Sterols are estrogen compounds which can cause endocrine problems and also have the ability to contribute to sexual inversion in animals. BHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene) is used as a preservative in most margarine products. What is really concerning about this ingredient is that it is also linked to symptoms and side effects such as abdominal pain, dizziness, nausea and vomiting. It may also cause liver problems. Being highly combustible, it may also not be a wise idea to consume BHT if you intend spending time near any fires or sources of open flames.

Many people believe that by consuming margarine, they will lower their cholesterol levels. Cholesterol is actually needed by our bodies in order to maintain intestinal health. It also assists with brain and nervous system development in children.

Butter is a lot better for us than margarine because it contains the following ingredients that are needed by our bodies in order to help us function optimally. It contains vitamins A, D, E and K in their natural forms. It contains a category of fatty acids known as glycospingolipids, which help to prevent gastrointestinal infections, especially in children and the elderly. This is why it is important for children to only consume organic, raw full-cream dairy products. Butter also contains selenium as well as iodine which is utilized by the thyroid.

Butter also helps to prevent many diseases and conditions which are major cash cows for big pharma: such as arthritis, cancer, osteoporosis, heart disease (those consuming butter were 50% less likely to develop heart disease as opposed to those who consumed margarine products), thyroid health, asthma, fertility problems and obesity (the CLA and short-and-medium chain fatty acids found in butter also help to prevent weight gain, making it a far better option health-and-taste wise to have on your dinner table).



Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031497_raw_butter_health.html#ixzz1xw3OPAlm

I'm back...and I'm posting another blog on sugar..

Hello,

I took a break for a couple of months from writing blogs because I just didn't feel like writing...

Last night I watched 60mins and they presented a story on sugar..I was appaled that a registered Nutritionist said that 10 teaspoons of sugar per day is a "moderate" amount of sugar...umm hello you have got to be kidding...I've worked along side Dentists who have lectured patients for eating 30-40 teaspoons of sugar per week...now that's just the sugar they willingly add to coffee, tea, toast etc, not the hidden sugars...the hidden sugars are in just about everything that comes out of a packet, processed foods, cereals, biscuits, cakes, rice crackers, tomato sauce, bbq sauce, spagetti sauce...I could go on and on but you get the picture...

So if you want to continue to eat copious amounts of sugar go ahead...Dentists are getting richer and your getting poorer not to mention sugar can cause so many medical issues, type 2 Diabetes, it weakens your immune system, can cause food allergies, it increases your risk of cancer and heart disease..

I just googled the effects sugar can have on your body and I'm amazed with so much education out there we still continue to believe sugar is "ok" we have done all the fad diets, "low carb diet" low fat diet" so why are we still fat???

If you missed the 60mins story last night I encourage you to go to the website and watch it...low fat and high sugar diets are not the answer..I was so pleased to hear a professor say during the story that sugar is as addictive as hard core drugs, eg cocaine and heroin..

They even did a test with the reporter from 60mins, I can't remember her name but very interesting to see just what happened to her brain whilst they accessed her sipping COKE..

Sugar is a short fix to make you happy...but really at the end of the day considering the medical risks not to mention your Dental bills is it worth it???

I use small quantity's of honey or stevia when I have "sugar" this is a simple table below about sugar however there is a so much more information on the web...check it out for yourself..

In faith
Kath : )

Sugars 101 -- Basics of How to Avoid Confusion on this Important Topic

It is easy to become confused by the various sugars and sweeteners. So here is a basic overview:

• Dextrose, fructose and glucose are all monosaccharides, known as simple sugars. The primary difference between them is how your body metabolizes them. Glucose and dextrose are essentially the same sugar. However, food manufacturers usually use the term "dextrose" in their ingredient list.
• The simple sugars can combine to form more complex sugars, like the disaccharide sucrose (table sugar), which is half glucose and half fructose.
• High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose.
• Ethanol (drinking alcohol) is not a sugar, although beer and wine contain residual sugars and starches, in addition to alcohol.
• Sugar alcohols like xylitol, glycerol, sorbitol, maltitol, mannitol, and erythritol are neither sugars nor alcohols but are becoming increasingly popular as sweeteners. They are incompletely absorbed from your small intestine, for the most part, so they provide fewer calories than sugar but often cause problems with bloating, diarrhea and flatulence.
• Sucralose (Splenda) is NOT a sugar, despite its sugar-like name and deceptive marketing slogan, "made from sugar." It's a chlorinated artificial sweetener in line with aspartame and saccharin, with detrimental health effects to match.
• Agave syrup, falsely advertised as "natural," is typically HIGHLY processed and is usually 80 percent fructose. The end product does not even remotely resemble the original agave plant.
• Honey is about 53 percent fructose[2], but is completely natural in its raw form and has many health benefits when used in moderation, including as many antioxidants as spinach.
• Stevia is a highly sweet herb derived from the leaf of the South American stevia plant, which is completely safe (in its natural form). Lo han (or luohanguo) is another natural sweetener, but derived from a fruit.