And I thought a local bread margarine companies claim that they were a major source of Omega 3 was some silly advertising scam. :-) There you go. Mark

Hey Mark; ========================================== And I thought a local bread margarine companies claim that they were a major source of Omega 3 was some silly advertising scam. ========================================== Recognizing our need for Omega 3 is about the only valid part of what they're doing. I imagine the conversation in the board room might have gone something like this... Reports are coming in saying that margarine is bad for health. Reports are now showing that using butter is actually better. Margarine sales are down. But, hey, people need Omega 3. It's the new buzz word and people are looking for it. So if we add Omega 3 to our margarine, people will buy it. There's manmade Omega 3 substitutes that don't taste fishy, and they're cheaper, too. We can use those. Most people don't know the difference between real Omega 3 and synthetic Omega 3 anyway, but they do know they need Omega 3. So sure, let's add that to boost sales. Shall we vote on that? Done! I'd tend to agree with your first thought. A bit of a marketing scam. Adding Omega 3 (especially the synthetic pharmaceutical version) to a product that's bad for your health in the first place doesn't make it better for us to consume it. : ) Linda

Hi, Linda ================================================ Reports are coming in saying that margarine is bad for health. Reports are now showing that using butter is actually better. ================================================ I knew it! About ten years ago I learned that hydrogenation actually makes a molecule that takes a left turn where a fat molecule usually takes a right. (My scientific explanation.) I decided that the lumps on my hips were probably undigested margarine because my body didn't know what to do with that funny-shaped molecule. Vindication! I've been eating butter ever since, lol. FYI, if you don't like fish-oil supplements (I don't--you get fish repeating on you all day, ugh), you can get omega-3 from flaxseed and flaxseed oil, which is very nutty in flavor--I love it. Probably because like attracts like? Then eat cold-water fatty fish a couple of times a week and you're good. My husband is hoping they'll soon add omega-3 to beer, along with some kind of fiber, lol. Can't believe I forgot visualization! Must eat more flaxseed. Cheri

=========================== My husband is hoping they'll soon add omega-3 to beer, along with some kind of fiber, lol. =========================== Ditto for me on that one! :-)

Linda, I must have had the most over-protective parents in the world! I was born with double-dislocated hips, and I was not "allowed" to do anything! All I ever heard was "You can't, because you could get hurt!" "You can't, because you're a girl." "You can't because the doctor said you couldn't." I should really be a whiner, but I'm not. This year, even though we're only into February, is turning out better and better for me! I was named as "Who's Who" in my hometown, nominated and elected to be included in the new "Who's Who" book published by MarquisWhosWho.com. It will be available in June. When I got the notice, I was shocked, to say the least! It will finally be "my way" of getting back at those who told me I would never amount to anything, that I was "lazy", "stupid", "just a girl", and dang it, but I wish my Dad was still alive to see it! I'll be giving copies as gifts for Christmas this year! I'm too old to go sticking my tongue out, but that's what I want to do! (And that'd be my ADD talking! LOL) I managed the entire operation of my dad's farm the last 5 years of his life because he was too weak to take care of it. I netted him an income of $12,000 a year just from the sale of a few goats. If he'd had more land, I could've made more. (I want 250 acres, 2 full-blood Boer billies and 400 1/2 Boer, 1/2 Nubian does!) I've been 1500 feet off the ground on scaffolding, welding on a boiler at a power plant. Took that job just for the heck of it -- learned quite a bit, and definitely earned my pay. My doctor told me "get a desk job" -- I waited tables and cooked for 20 years. He also said "The only sport you can play is golf." YAWN I roller skate, swim, hike up in the mountains, rock climb, and have wrestled with 150 lb. animals to give them shots! Write a website now being used at two outstanding medical schools -- How A+ cool is that!! I am single-handedly remodeling my home. Why? Because, a can-do attitude mixed with common sense, following safety rules, and keeping tools in tip-top shape says I can! Can you guess my motto? Denise Babbit DLee's Gifts Living with a Pacemaker