Quote:
Originally posted by CDSmith
I found this article quite... interesting:
Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC...This fact alone was
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).
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Not that I don't agree with you - I prefer eating butter as well, due to both health and taste.
But any molecule is one molecule away from another.
It's like saying "any person is just like any other person except for their entire body and mind".
Perhaps they mean "atom". But even then, come on. Water is one atom away from hydrogen peroxide, SO DON'T DRINK IT.
O2 is one atom away from poisonous CO2 so don't breathe!
As well, of course adding hydrogen will change the molecular structure. Adding H+ to OH- makes water, should you avoid that?
I like to use an analogy for these situations. The article had validity without trying to get technical. When they did, it made the writing worthless.
Here is my analogy.
Don't frost a perfectly good cake (The basis of the article) with shit (The technical terms), cause noone will eat it.