Which is healthier, butter or margarine?

First we were told to steer clear of the saturated fats in butter and switch to margarine. Then we discover the dangers of trans-saturated fats in margarine, resulting in many of us switching back to good old butter. So which one really is better for us?

Butter

Many people prefer the taste of butter over margarine and are drawn to the idea that it is a more natural product. However, it is high in saturated fat. Saturated fat not only raises total cholesterol but it also significantly increases the LDL (bad) cholesterol – the type that clogs the arteries and can lead to heart disease. Healthy eating guidelines advise that we should consume no more than 10% of total calories as saturated fat.

Margarine

Margarines usually contain fewer saturated fats than butter as they are predominantly made from plant rather than animal derived oils. However, plant oils tend to be liquid at room temperature. Therefore, in order to make them more solid and spreadable, manufacturers have traditionally used a process called hydrogenation. During this process trans fats may be formed - a type of fat known to be even more harmful to health than saturated fat as they raise LDL (bad) cholesterol and reduce HDL (good) cholesterol.

anak tan sri khri johori ahli DAP

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb: Setiausaha Agung DAP, Lim Guan Eng mengumumkan perlantikan Zairil Khir Johari sebagai setiausaha politiknya.

“Perlantikan ini akan berkuatkuasa dengan serta merta,” katanya pada sidang media di ibu pejabat parti itu, di sini hari ini.

Tambahnya, tugas Zairil adalah untuk membantunya dalam urusan politik sama ada dalam parti mahupun pada peringkat kebangsaan yang berpusat di Sekretariat DAP di Kuala Lumpur.

Katanya, Zairil mempunyai latar belakang dalam pelbagai bidang iaitu berkelulusan Sarjana dalam Pengajian Antarabangsa dan Diplomasi daripada School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London dan juga Sarjana Muda dalam Kejuruteraan Sistem Maklumat.

Beliau yang juga Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang berkata, Zairil merupakan usahawan dalam industri coklat tempatan, di mana beliau telah memperkenalkan teknologi percetakan penuh warna di atas coklat yang pertama di Malaysia.

“Saya yakin dengan pengalamannya yang luas dan pelbagai, Zairil akan memberi sumbangan yang positif kepada parti dalam perjuangan kita untuk menongkah arus demi mencapai matlamat kenegaraan yang adil dan saksama untuk setiap warga Malaysia,” ujarnya.

Zairil adalah anak bekas Menteri Pelajaran, Allahyarham Tan Sri Khir Johari

Berita ini disalin dari sumber PAS

'Second wife' turns out to be a transvestite

Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN 21 Feb) - A 35-year-old Malaysian woman spoke about her heartache when she found out that her husband's "second wife" was a transvestite.

Known only as Sara, she told Malaysian newspaper Metro Ahad in Kuala Lumpur that her husband had initially told her that he had remarried in Thailand about 18 months ago.

Sara, who has two children after five years of marriage, said she was devastated about her husband's new "wife" but decided to accept the situation.

However, she was stunned when she received a telephone call from a religious officer one day that her husband had been caught for khalwat.

"On the night that I got the call, he was supposed to be at the home of the 'second wife'. So, I thought he was keeping yet another woman," Sara said.

However, the enforcement officers told her that her husband had been detained with a transvestite.

Sara's husband eventually admitted that he never had a second wife.

"He had merely made up a story about remarrying so that I wouldn't question his whereabouts.

"He even told me that the transvestite had treated him better than I did," she said.

Bahraini anti-government protesters wave flags in a demonstration at the Pearl roundabout Wednesday evening, Feb. 16, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain. In the background are the twin towers of the Bahrain Financial Harbour. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)