Apr 4 2012

Butter is bad for you? Check about margarine…..

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….DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter?
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 to5 grams for margarine.

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 and 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 (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five times..

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… and shares 27 ingredients with PAINT

These facts alone were 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).

Open a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice 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 value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny micro-organisms will not a 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.

Pass the BUTTER PLEASE

Apr 4 2012

Question of the day….(also,can be question of the decade…)

Inspired from Blogosfera Crestina

http://blogosferacrestina.blogspot.com/

Mar 23 2012

Ce Trebuie Sa Fac Ca Sa Ma Ierti ?!

Un preot si un enorias de-al sau , foarte tanar si harnic, aveau o discutie aprinsa. Enoriasul a gresit si nu stia cum sa fie iertat, si-a cerut iertare de la Domnul, dar preotul a zis ca nu e de ajuns, trebuie sa isi recastige increderea in el din nou.

Si asa enoriasul muncea zilnic, iar cele mai multe treburi erau cele care normal ii reveneau preotului; astfel preotul avea foarte mult timp liber. Dupa o luna, tanarul si-a facut curaj si l-a intrebat pe preot daca a fost iertat; insa preotul a spus ca inca nu a reusit sa treaca peste greseala facuta, iar tonul cu care i se adresa il facea pe tanar sa se simta si mai vinovat, astfel incat muncea zilnic cat pentru doi.

Intr-o duminica, dupa biserica, a venit un alt preot in vizita la ei si l-a intrebat pe tanar de ce a slabit asa de rau. Tanarul i-a povestit ca munceste prea mult si de multe ori ramane nemancat, dar e multumit sa stie ca lupta pentru iertare. Preotul a ramas uimit de explicatia tanarului, dar neavand permisiunea sa se bage in relatia lor, l-a intrebat : “Dar Domnul te-a iertat?”, tanarul foarte sigur pe el a zis ca da, prima data si-a cerut iertare de la Dumnezeu, insa nu e de ajuns pentru a-l ierta si preotul lui, care are nevoie de fapte. Musafirul i-a mai pus inca o intrebare dar a zis ca nu vrea un raspuns : ” Nu trebuie noi sa fim asemenea Domnului?!?” .

In urmatoarea zi, tanarul se gandea foarte mult la intrebarea preotului, si s-a gandit ca avea dreptate; daca Domnul deja l-a iertat fara fapte, de ce preotul lui are nevoie de fapte?!?

Seara, la cina, i-a spus preotului ca de maine munceste doar ce i se cuvine unui enorias sa faca; pana sa reactioneze preotul, tanarul a continuat: “Azi am invatat o lectie, sa nu pun pe nimeni deasupra lui Dumnezeu, iar faptul ca tie trebuie sa iti dovedesc prin fapte ca imi pare rau si Domnul mi-a mangaiat sufletul cu iertare printr-o singura rugaciune, ma face sa ma simt ca iti slujesc tie ca preot mai mult decat Dumnezeului meu!”

Preotul ramase foarte surprins de raspunsul tanarului, insa ranit in orgoliu, a renuntat la el si l-a dat afara. Tanarul era foarte multumit de decizie, iar in loc de ramas bun i-a spus preotului : “Eu te-am iertat deja si pentru asta!” (maya)

De multe ori trebuie sa “dam cu capul” ca sa realizam cat de mult ne dedicam celor din jur si cat de putin lui Dumnezeu. Tot mai mult cautam sa ii multumim pe altii, insa tot mai putin il intrebam pe Dumnezeu daca El e multumit de noi!

Am scris povestioara de sus cand am inteles ca daca Domnul ne iarta si noi trebuie sa iertam gresitilor nostri, si asta nu doar in rugaciunea “Tatal nostru”, ci in viata de zi cu zi. De prea multe ori cand ne greseste cineva, ne umplem cu atata aroma de razbunare incat refuzam orice urma de iertare, dar continuam sa ne numim crestini!

Ceea ce am vrut sa transmit prin aceasta povestioara e ca nu e nevoie sa dovedesti oamenilor de ce meriti iertare, ci lui Dumnezeu. Si stii de ce? Pentru ca Dumnezeu ne iarta si cand nu meritam!

Publicat de Maya cristina

Mar 14 2012

Intrebarea zilei (Question of the day)

Douasprezece sunt greselile care pot pune in genunchi un lider. In genunchi, nu pe genunchi: autoapararea, gelozia, razbunarea, teama, favoritismul, ingratitudinea, obtuzenia mintii, mandria, rigiditatea, lenea, iresponsabilitatea, nesinceritatea.

Puteti completa lista?
Te poti gandi si la alte “calitati” care pot distruge un lider?

12 killers of good leadership:Defensiveness, Jealousy, Revenge, Fearfulness, Favoritism, Ungratefulness, Small-mindedness,
Pridefulness, Rigidity, Laziness, Unresponsiveness, Dishonesty.

What would you add to my list?
Can you think of any other killers of good leadership?