Saturday, August 29, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Sleep without guilt
I was sent an email this morning that was a blessing to me. It was talking about how we as homeschool moms lose sleep each night due to worrying about the kids, worrying about lesson plans not being completed, the chores that have yet to be finished etc...It was talking about our bodies needing rest to heal and that God designed us that way. The writer of the email found this verse in the Bible and it brought her comfort in knowing that she could rest at night without the guilt...That is a nice thought..so I wanted to share it will all of you. Psalm 127:2 says "It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. " and Matthew 6:34a says "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself" So maybe we should all let God handle our problems and get some rest! :-) Have a great day and plan to have a restful night.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Pass the Butter ... Please!
Pass the Butter ... Please!
Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they figured out what to do with this product to get their
money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow
coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.
DO YOU KNOW the difference between margarine and butter?
(Read to the end...very interesting!)
Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.
Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.
Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added!
Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.
Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.
(And now, for Margarine...)
Very high in Trans fatty acids.
Triples risk of coronary heart disease. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (the bad cholesterol and lowers HDL (the good cholesterol).
Increases the risk of cancers up to five-fold.
Lowers quality of breast milk.
Decreases immune response.
Decreases insulin response.
(And here's the most disturbing fact!)
Margarine is but one molecule away from being plastic!
This fact alone is enhough reason to avoid margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (which means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).
Try this:
Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things...
* No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies go near it! (That should tell you something.)
* It doesn't rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value. Nothing grows on it, not even those teeny-weeny microorganisms find a home there to grow on. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. (Would you melt your Tupperware and spread it on your toast?)
Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they figured out what to do with this product to get their
money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow
coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.
DO YOU KNOW the difference between margarine and butter?
(Read to the end...very interesting!)
Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.
Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.
Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added!
Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.
Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.
(And now, for Margarine...)
Very high in Trans fatty acids.
Triples risk of coronary heart disease. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (the bad cholesterol and lowers HDL (the good cholesterol).
Increases the risk of cancers up to five-fold.
Lowers quality of breast milk.
Decreases immune response.
Decreases insulin response.
(And here's the most disturbing fact!)
Margarine is but one molecule away from being plastic!
This fact alone is enhough reason to avoid margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (which means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).
Try this:
Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things...
* No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies go near it! (That should tell you something.)
* It doesn't rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value. Nothing grows on it, not even those teeny-weeny microorganisms find a home there to grow on. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. (Would you melt your Tupperware and spread it on your toast?)
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