Is peanut butter good for you?

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Peanut butter is BAD and EVIL.... for my waistline :wink: There is nothing in it that is unhealthy, unless you're allergic to peanuts!
    It is super yummy and has decent amounts of fat and protein and makes any dessert taste better.
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    enterdanger wrote: »
    I didn't read through all 3 pages,but I'm still stuck on OP's 2nd post in the thread that said they never really had peanut butter. How does this happen?

    I also want to ask how the hell people start an argument over peanut butter? This ain't a great moral quandry people. It's a nut spread.

    There is no reasonable answer to that question on MFP, sorry :(:(
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,760 Member
    enterdanger wrote: »
    I didn't read through all 3 pages,but I'm still stuck on OP's 2nd post in the thread that said they never really had peanut butter. How does this happen?

    I also want to ask how the hell people start an argument over peanut butter? This ain't a great moral quandry people. It's a nut spread.

    Sooooooo would you say arguing about peanut butter is nuts?

    #sorrynotsorry
  • AJF230
    AJF230 Posts: 81 Member
    Since I've started tracking food that I eat, Its been eye-opening. Peanut butter was one of my unknown overages in the past. I would toast up an English muffin, and just COVER each side with as much peanut butter as I could get on there before it got all melty and ran off. Then I actually took the time to figure out what "a serving" means. 2 TBSP is a serving, and 1 tablespoon essentially just covers one side of the muffin. Not skimpily but not thick either. Needless to say I was probably getting 400-500 Cal of PB on my 100 cal English muffin. Now, that's barely acceptable as a breakfast (maybe throw some banana on top), but its NOT acceptable as a mid-morning snack, which was principally what I was doing with it. Yikes.

    Portion control is an experiment in humility. "Oh, wait, I have to live by these rules TOO?!"
  • jammer1963
    jammer1963 Posts: 106 Member
    KasimH1996 wrote: »
    I don't usually eat it but I heard its good for your health. My question is it good for you. I would probably eat meridian smooth peanut butter (100%). I would also eat 2 tablespoons a day.

    I don't care if it's good for me or not, I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER!! LOL Seriously, I do like it so I find a way to make it fit into my daily diet routine. Typically, my nightly snack is 2tbs of Peanut Butter on a slice of Bimbo Bread. It fills me up and satisfies my PB craving. :)
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    I love it but I don't eat it for a few reason. The protein/calorie and beneficial nutrient/danger ratio is too big. I can think of a dozen nutrient dense, high protein and low calorie foods I'd rather consume. They can be loaded with toxins and fungus and is a pretty potent carcinogen (if you eat enough of it). Peanut crops are heavily contaminated with pesticides, they contain too much omega-6 and contain oxolates.
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Peanut butter is BAD and EVIL.... for my waistline :wink: There is nothing in it that is unhealthy, unless you're allergic to peanuts!
    It is super yummy and has decent amounts of fat and protein and makes any dessert taste better.

    There are a lot of things in peanuts that are unhealthy, as well as some nutrient benefits.

  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I have it every morning. Is it responsible for my success? Sure, why not ;)
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    KasimH1996 wrote: »
    I don't usually eat it but I heard its good for your health. My question is it good for you. I would probably eat meridian smooth peanut butter (100%). I would also eat 2 tablespoons a day.

    Yes, it is a good for you. o:)

    Many consider it a "superfood", and it shows up on lists to include in your diet. Is peanut butter a superfood for runners? Heck, even Rachel Ray calls it a superfood that boosts your energy and improves your health, so it must be true - right? B)

    I prefer to use the Smart Balance brand, and it is a regular part of my diet (lunch sandwich for me).



  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,009 Member
    This idea that peanut butter is unhealthy is absurd...
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    cushman5279 wrote: »
    I love it but I don't eat it for a few reason. The protein/calorie and beneficial nutrient/danger ratio is too big. I can think of a dozen nutrient dense, high protein and low calorie foods I'd rather consume. They can be loaded with toxins and fungus and is a pretty potent carcinogen (if you eat enough of it). Peanut crops are heavily contaminated with pesticides, they contain too much omega-6 and contain oxolates.

    Buy Jiff, Skippy or another commercial brand and the risk is incredibly remote. The irony is the risk is increased somewhat at the health food stores who grind their own. But, even with that increased risk, there is no evidence of an outbreak here in the US. If you consider US consumption levels, I think we can eat peanut butter and still sleep soundly. It helps, of course, to get information from reputable sources.

    http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/aflatoxins
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