What's the sketch with peanut butter

I love it, think it's reasonably healthy (although I prefer almonds, walnuts, and cashews and butters made from them), think nuts in general are healthy, and would also say that nuts and nutbutters are super high cal and therefore need to be consumed in moderation unless you are lucky enough to have a very high TDEE.

High calories does not make something not healthy.

Also, 100 g is a crazy amount.

And I think of nuts as a source of healthy fats. It has a little protein so can be a nice bonus there, but isn't a very good source of protein unless you have a vegan diet where they can be helpful as one of a variety of protein sources.

Lounmoun wrote: »

28 g roasted chicken breast 8.3g protein
28g regular creamy peanut butter 7 g protein
Why is peanut butter not a good source of protein?
The calories? Other qualities?
Please explain why it is not a good protein choice and what inexpensive, readily available, shelf stable foods would be better choices?

As 100 g of peanut butter is not a serving size, neither is 28 g of chicken. I usually have 100 g of chicken, which is 31 g of protein.

But since serving sizes are individual, let's compare protein per calories.

200 calories of Smucker's PB (32 g) = 8 g of protein
200 calories of roasted chicken breast (121 g) = 38 g of protein

Since chicken has more than four times the amount of protein of peanut butter per calorie, it is by far a superior source of protein than PB.

I'm not sure why "shelf stable" is a requirement, but canned tuna, salmon, and chicken meet that criteria.

If I were vegetarian, I would look to cottage cheese as a source of protein.

If I were vegan, I would look to legumes as a source of protein.

donhuzayfa wrote: »

so whenever you see people eating healthy peanut butter pops up, however just seen the whole earth peanut butter which clocks in at 600 calories per 100grams! even though it's 100% peanuts...whats the story with peanut butter yayy or nayy?

It's yummy and calorie dense. End of story!

stanmann571 wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Lounmoun wrote: »

28 g roasted chicken breast 8.3g protein
28g regular creamy peanut butter 7 g protein
Why is peanut butter not a good source of protein?
The calories? Other qualities?
Please explain why it is not a good protein choice and what inexpensive, readily available, shelf stable foods would be better choices?

As 100 g of peanut butter is not a serving size, neither is 28 g of chicken. I usually have 100 g of chicken, which is 31 g of protein.

But since serving sizes are individual, let's compare protein per calories.

200 calories of Smucker's PB (32 g) = 8 g of protein
200 calories of roasted chicken breast (121 g) = 38 g of protein

Since chicken has more than four times the amount of protein of peanut butter per calorie, it is by far a superior source of protein than PB.

I'm not sure why "shelf stable" is a requirement, but canned tuna, salmon, and chicken meet that criteria.

If I were vegetarian, I would look to cottage cheese as a source of protein.

If I were vegan, I would look to legumes as a source of protein.

Peanuts are a legume.

Technically, yes.

Their nutrition profile is more similar to nuts than to other legumes.

Peanut butter does not provide many grams of protein per calorie. Thus, it would be tough to get all the protein I normally try to get in a meal from just peanut butter. Maybe some don't mind having a low protein meal regularly (since they get so much at other meals) and so could rely on peanut butter as their main source at that meal. The issue is that some seem to think it's high protein per cal or the equivalent of the same calories as some higher protein food, like chicken, and that's clearly not true.

This is not IMO a slam against peanut butter (or other nut butters, as I prefer them). I try to eat nuts or nut butter daily, and would count peanuts as a nut for that purpose.

Chadxx wrote: »

It just depends on whether you can keep it in check and if it is worth the calories to you. For me personally, it isn't. I switched to powdered peanut butter.

Powdered Peanut Butter??? Never heard of it.

I mostly use it in cooking. Sauces for noodles, salad dressings. I think it's that I never enjoyed plain peanut butter sandwiches. It was always PB&J. And trying to moderate the peanut butter AND the jam and make room for two slices of bread... I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying I've got other options.