Today, food companies, many doctors and even some dieticians commonly recommend us to eat supposedly healthy margarine instead of evil butter. But should we listen to them? As always, the first question to ask is, ‘Are margarines or margarine spreads naturally occurring foods?’ The answer is absolutely not. While starting out as a natural product, margarines are artificially manipulated and highly processed. Synthetic or isolated natural ingredients are added by food technologists for the purpose of trying to control specific aspects of health such as cholesterol. However, trying to control individual aspects of health in isolation is a recipe for disaster as our bodies work holistically. All parts are interrelated.

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