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6. Margarine

Almost all margarines are made with high processed vegetable oils, and although that might sound healthy, it’s not. This means that margarine contains large amounts of very unhealthy trans-fats. These types of oils were virtually nonexistent in our foods until the early 1900’s when new machines and chemicals made it possible to extract oils from rapeseed (canola) and corn.

Butter is a natural substance, as is coconut oil, but vegetable oils cannot be obtained other than through a chemical process which, while removing oil from these vegetables, removes any healthy attributes that these veggies had to begin with. Don’t forget, also, that canola, corn, and soy are almost exclusively GM products. When changing these vegetable oils into margarine they must undergo another process called hydrogenation, which makes these oils solid at room temperature. During this process is when those dangerous trans-fats are created. Yum, nothing like chemically processed, overheated, deodorized margarine on your toast in the morning!

Whipped butter is a much healthier, natural option but if you can’t bear to part with your margarine, try using a reduced fat margarine in a tub that contains no trans-fats.

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One Comment

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   Horseman

   Jan 30, 2015 at 1:47 pm

   There is bacon out now with no artificial ingredients or nitrates. I’m starting to wonder about the research that goes into some of these articles.