The Trouble with Margarine ?

Hydrogenated oil products like margarine are rejected by animals. In one experiment, a stick of margarine was left on a windowsill for one year, and no life form would touch it. Birds have been known to reject hydrogenated oils. These altered fats are a plastic food that only humans can be tricked into eating.

Margarine, vegetable shortenings, and all hydrogenated oils:

• Raise total cholesterol levels 20-30 mg%.
• Lower HDL cholesterol and raise LDL cholesterol.
• Decrease quality of a mother's breast milk by lowering its fat content.
• Promote inflammation.
• Create higher levels of circulating insulln and may cause diabetes.
• Increase the number of fat cells and promote obesity.
• Reduce the ability of the body to rid itself of toxins, carcinogens, and drugs.
• Dangerously alter the function of cell membranes throughout the body.
• Decrease immune function.