THE SILENT KILLER IN DIET/LEARN 25 TROUBLESOME SYNONYMS TO “BUTTER”
A half century ago advertisements for margarine were prohibited from mentioning the word butter. Margarine was a particularly unappetizing substitute for butter. Margarine was originally developed in 1869 in response to the request by Napoleon III for a viable, low-cost substitute for butter. The first margarine was made by combining salty water, milk, and margaric acid to softened beef fat. Saturated fat or animal fat has been long warned not to be used because it could pose heart attack threat. Manufacturers have solidified them in a process called hydrogenation.
Hydrogenation means causing to combine with hydrogen.This process is used to make margarine and a wide range of cookies, crackers, chips ans other processed food. A new type of fat was created through this process and called trans fat. Trans fat has an adverse effect on cholesterol levels. In the 1980’s in the United States margarines contained up to 29% trans fat. Harvard University says in margarine no one knows about a type of fat that could be responsible for 30,000 of the national’s annual heart disease death.
Margarine is nothing more than a man-made, synthetic fat substitute with little or no nutritional value. Even Unilever, the multinational consumer products giant that invested tens of millions of dollars and more than 20 years’ worth of research into promoting margarine as better than butter, now admits that it made a huge mistake. In some states in the U.S margarine was heavily taxed even labeled as a harmful drug. In industrialized countries fake food has invaded first world stomachs. Fast food restaurants routinely serve foods rich in hydrogenated fats. In the UK, the biggest source of fats overall and of saturated fat in particular is meat, particularly highly processed meat products such as sausages and pies. Cereal products including biscuits, cakes and breads are the next biggest sources of fat, then milk products.
The use of trans fats in human food products has been effectively banned in Denmark (since 2003) and Switzerland (2008). In the US, local legislation banned trans fats from restaurants and public kitchens in New York City (since 2005) and California. McDonald’s in the US announced last year that it was to cut its trans fat content by almost half, starting in the US and rolling out globally. On June 16, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the food industry would have a three-year time period to phase trans fats from the food supply.
LEARN 25 TROUBLESOME SYNONYMS TO “BUTTER”
1. Grease, tallow, oil, lard, drippings, blubber, lubricant, lube, fat, wax, emollient, butter, margarine
a. Thick, oily substance. Grease can be used in moving parts of an engine.
b. Hard fat taken from animal body. Candles and margarine were made from tallow.
c. Viscious liquid taken from petroleum. Oil comes in many forms such as crude oil or vegetable oil.
d. Fat used in cooking. She dipped the meat in lard before serving the burger.
e. Roasted meat fat. Drippings from meat can be used for making gravy.
f. Sea mammals fat or excessive human fat. I preferred a girl with a bit of blubber on her.
g. Fat used for minimizing friction. Lubricant is very important in any heavy machine.
h. The substitute for lubricant used in sexual intercourse. A water-based liquid or jelly is used to enhance woman’s natural lubrication. Lube price has been on the rise.
i. Soft flesh on human or animal body. The fat that we eat contain nutrients providing energy and other substances.
j. Fat excreted by bees. Bees use their wax to make honeycomb.
k. Fat used to soothe skin. Skin emollient helps reduce water in the external layers.
l. Edible fatty substance. Butter becomes solid at ordinary temperature.
m. Butter substitute. Margarine has been banned in most countries.
2. Balm, balsam, cream, moisturizer, lotion, ointment, salve, liniment, unguent, demulcent, poultice, cataplasm, plaster
a. Soft substance used for healing. Aromatic plants of mint family can be used to produce balm.
b. Fragrant base in medicine or cosmetics. Most balsams taken from trees or shrubs contain benzoic acid.
c. Thick liquid preparation. He likes the food made with cream.
d. Dryness preventing preparation. Moisturizers are of chemical agents used to increase skin hydration.
e. Thick smooth liquid preparation. Lotion can be applied to skin with with bare hand.
f. Smooth oily preparation. This ointment has the base of fatty material.
g. Injury relieving oily substance. These wound can be healed with plants salves.
h. Body rubbing oil. Soothing these bruises or sprains can be done with those counterirritating liniment.
i. Pleasant greasy substance. Topical injuries such as rashes, abrasions healed by this unguent caus no damage.
j. Protective film substance. This herb is rich in mucilage and can be a good demulcent for internal issue.
k. Soreness relieving mass of material. Poultice is used with cloth to keep body limb in place.
l. Medicated plaster used to treat inflamed or aching area. Cataplasm is made of clay medicated to improve blood circulation.
m. Wet substance becoming hardened in drying. Plaster of powdered gypsum can be spread over bruised eyes.
