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Around the world?
Here are some shocking facts that
make you think and thank God for the
abundance some of us have compared to some
less fortunate people. The pictures might
make you feel a little bit guilty. Just
stop, see the pictures, and ponder ....
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week:
214.36 Euros or $260.11
Germany: The Melander
family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week:
375.39 Euros or $500.07
United States: The Revis family
of North Carolina (Sure hope most
American
Families
eat more fresh fruits and
vegetables and less junk food than
this family.)
Food expenditure for
one week $341.98
Mexico: The Casales family of
Cuernavaca.
Food expenditure for one
week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or
$189.09
Poland: The Sobczynscy family of
Konstancin-Jeziorna.
Food
expenditure for one week: 582.48
Zlotys or $151.27
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo.
Food expenditure for one week:
387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Ecuador: The Ayme family of
Tingo.
Food expenditure for one
week: $31.55
Bhutan: The Namgay family of
Shingkhey Village.
Food expenditure
for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or
$5.03
Chad: The Aboubakar family of
Breidjing Camp.
Food expenditure for
one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Don't know about you, but right
about now, I'm counting my blessings!
(and feeling a little bit guilty)
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DO
YOU KNOW..
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The difference between
margarine and butter?
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 put their heads together to
figure 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.
How do you like it? They have
come out with some clever new
flavorings.
Read on to the end...gets 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 .
Triple risk of coronary heart
disease .
Increases total cholesterol and
LDL (this is the bad
cholesterol)
and lowers HDL cholesterol, (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....
HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY
INTERESTING!
Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE
away from being PLASTIC..
This fact alone was enough to
have me avoiding margarine for
life
and anything else that is
hydrogenated (this means
hydrogen is
added, changing the molecular
structure of the substance).
You can try this yourself:
Purchase a tub of margarine and
leave it 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 will go near it
(that should tell you something)
* it does not rot or smell
differently because it has no
nutritional value ; nothing will
grow on it. Even those teeny
weeny microorganisms will not
find a home to grow. Why?
Because it is nearly plastic .
Would you melt your Tupperware
and
spread that on your toast?
Share This With Your
Friends.....(If you want to
"butter them up")!
Chinese Proverb:
"When someone shares something
of value with you and you
benefit
from it, you have a moral
obligation to share it with
others.
So..., DO IT !
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PRICE
OF GAS AROUND THE WORLD
Prices are
quoted in US dollars per gallon for
regular unleaded.
Oslo,
Norway $6.82
Hong Kong$6.25
Brussels,
Belgium $6.16
London,
UK $5.96
Rome,
Italy $5.80
Tokyo,
Japan $5.25
Sao Paul o ,
Brazil
$4.42
New Delhi,
India $3.71
Sidney,
Australia $3.42
Johannesburg , South Africa $3.39
Mexico City$2.22
Buenos
Aires, Argentina $ 2.09
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia $0.09
Kuwait $0.08
Caracas, Venezuela $0.12
Gee, if only Denmark
was
an oil producing nation.....
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