{"id":317,"date":"2017-01-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthiermama.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2017-01-01T14:22:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T22:22:30","slug":"refuse-eat-magarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthiermama.com\/refuse-eat-magarine\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Refuse to Eat Margarine"},"content":{"rendered":"

First lets start off with a history lesson.\u00a0 Margarine was formulated in 1869 by Hippolyte M\u00e8ge Mouri\u00e8s of France in response to Napoleon III’s offering of a prize to whoever could succeed at producing a viable low-cost substitute for butter. M\u00e8ge Mouri\u00e8s’ concoction, which he dubbed oleomargarine, was achieved by adding salty water, milk, and margaric acid to softened beef fat. By the turn of the century, the beef fat in the original recipe had been replaced by vegetable oils.<\/p>\n

Now lets look at the ingredients in a popular margarine today.<\/p>\n

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! 45% vegetable oil spread contains 6g fat (2g saturated fat, 0g trans fat) and 60 calories per serving.<\/p>\n

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INGREDIENTS: PURIFIED WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, PALM KERNEL AND PALM OIL, SALT, LECITHIN (SOY), NATURAL FLAVORS, VINEGAR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR).<\/p>\n

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Soybeans are a big no-no in our home simply because according to the USDA<\/a> 94% of the US crops are GMO.\u00a0 That’s one of the reasons we don’t use vegetable oils in our cooking, most are made from low quality GMO crops.\u00a0 Palm oil is a highly processed oil, it is actually red in color and must be bleached to get the colors we are used to seeing in oil.\u00a0 Natural flavors, who knows what that means.\u00a0 Palmitate, although this can be found naturally in animal fats and plants, this source is most likely again from Palm Oil. Beta Carotene can be found naturally in plants and has a red\/orange color to it.\u00a0 This is most likely a synthetic version.<\/p>\n

All in all there is no real food whatsoever in margarine.\u00a0 That’s why we will never eat it.\u00a0 If you want to read an interesting article on the margarine’s effect on your body read this article<\/a>.\u00a0 In the mean time enjoy this video on how margarine is made, it looks so appealing…<\/p>\n