I think it is a case-by-case empirical question whether something altered from its natural state can be good for you. "Natural" does not equal "good," as anyone who has eaten mushrooms growing in the wild can tell you (or could have told you). Only "good" equals "good."

But in general, I agree with you. There is only one reason people use margarine: they have been brainwashed by the purveyors of the low-fat dogma. The day that dogma falls, I wouldn't want to be holding stock in margarine companies--on margin or otherwise.

Sheldon