Haven't started..

[Mahliya]

the induction phase yet.. still reading away but getting prepared as I read through the book.. I had a tiny question.. in the book Dr Atkin mentions that you can eat butter during the induction not margarine.. I have always eaten Becel which is a margarine.. it says no trans fats etc etc.. just wondering if this is ok.. or should I switch to butter?

TIA

[killerbombshell]

Re: Haven't started..

I'd sort of like to know this as well. I don't have the book handy and have been considering switching to margerine just because I prefer the flavour.

[coitrina]

Re: Haven't started..

Margarine is fake butter, and full of additives. Lets see..let me look at the ingredients for the Becel margarine:

*liquid vegetable oil, palm oil, water, salt, whey powder, soy lecithin, potassium sorbate, monoglycerides, artificial flavor, vitamin A palimate, colour, citric acid, vitamin D.*

Ingredients for butter:
*Pasturized cream, salt.*

get the jest? Dr. Atkins wants us to eat natural foods..ESPECIALLY on induction. There isn't anything natural about margarine when you have to use a science lab to make it.

[sunflowergrl]

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Great post, Coitrina!! Margarine is bad for you. There really is no way around it, its just not healthy. I think butter is yummy, so I was thrilled that we could eat REAL butter!! Is it that you don't like butter?
When are you starting this WOL?? I think today would be a great day!! Someone has in their signature 'A year from now, you will wish you had started today', so start today!

[tabekat]

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Eat butter and be merry.

Butter is one of the biggest and yummiest assets of being an Atkineer. When Butter strikes the tongue it sends a signal to your brain that you are being WELL-FED, not starving...and lets it know it is safe to release the extra fat stores....

When margarine strikes the tongue, the body just gets confused - it has no idea what to do with this bizarre substance that isn't even a food by the bodys definition of food.

Toss away that margarine - it is a nightmare non-food - mangled and distorted and totally inappropriate for human consumption.