Hydrogenation and Your Food

 But is it still food?

According to the Wikipedia, "Hydrogenation is a chemical reaction between molecular hydrogen (H₂) and another compound or element, usually in the presence of a catalyst. The process is commonly employed to reduce or saturate organic compounds. Hydrogenation typically constitutes the addition of pairs of hydrogen atoms to a molecule, generally an alkene. Hydrogenation of unsaturated fats produces saturated fats and, in some cases, trans fats."

Margarine (and other "food") is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance). Margarine is just ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC....

Want proof? Try this for yourself: purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Watch for a few days. You'll note a couple of things: no flies will go near it. And it doesn't rot or smell differently. Because it has no nutritional value, nothing will grow on it - not bacteria, not yeast, not mold.

Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your kid's toys and spread that on your toast?


Of course we could be using the process to make gasoline. To wit:

"The Bergius process was extensively used by Nazi Germany and targeted for bombing during the Oil Campaign of World War II. At present there are no plants operating the Bergius Process or its derivatives commercially. The largest demonstration plant was the 200 ton per day plant at Bottrop, Germany, operated by Ruhrkohle, which ceased operation in 1993. There are reports ^[4] of the Chinese company constructing a plant with a capacity of 4 000 ton per day. It was expected to become operational in 2007 ^[5], but there has been no confirmation that this was achieved.

During WWII the United States conducted secret research in converting coal to gasoline at a facility in Louisiana, Missouri. Located along the Mississippi river, this plant was producing gasoline in commercial quantities by 1948. Production costs produced automobile gasoline comparable in price with petroleum based gasoline but of a higher quality. The facility was shut down in 1953 by the Eisenhower administration after intense lobbying by the oil industry ^[6]. Declassified documents detailing the experiments and the production process were systematically destroyed. In the 1980s 16mm microfilm of these documents were discovered in a few Federal Depository Libraries. Within three months researcher requests to view this microfilm were told the canisters were missing. In one case a physical search turned up only the rusty pattern of a 16mm film canister on a steel shelf. Apparently The National Petroleum Council continues to suppress this information. ^{[7]" Wikipedia}




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