why are people afraid of 'fats'?

Sorry to be debbie downer to all the peanut butter people..but most store bought peanut butters have hydronated oils in them. I'm considering doing as suggested by some and making my own with a food processor and dry roasted peanuts so I know what the one ingredient is.

The question is, how much?

Answer: not even enough to measure

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11368602

The fatty acid composition of 11 brands of peanut butter and paste freshly prepared from roasted peanuts was analyzed with emphasis on isomeric trans-fatty acids. No trans-fatty acids were detected in any of the samples in an analytical system with a detection threshold of 0.01% of the sample weight. Hydrogenated vegetable oils are added to peanut butters at levels of 1--2% to prevent oil separation. Some hydrogenated vegetable oils are known to be sources of trans-fatty acids in the human diet. The addition of these products was not found to result in measurable amounts of trans-fatty acids in the peanut butters analyzed.

it's not just oil we have to worry about, the peanut butter brands that aren't 100% natural have SUGAR in them...sugar is not something I would like to be eating by the tbls... recently bough 100% natural peanut butter and I love it. Also I am not afraid of other healthy fats like olive oil, avacado's ect. I am aware I need them, I have been a little iffy about calories though that is true. *Everything in moderation* even fruit and veggies that's how it should be! I have a 1200 calorie limit per day but if I happen to go over another 200 in healthy foods/fats, I don't stress about it, any higher than that makes me a little uneasy.

Come on now, saturated fat is the main component of breast milk...........

How is that, when it has almost twice as much lactose (carb) as it does total fat, and over twenty times as much water as fat?

That being said, I only cook with saturated fats (organic extra virgin coconut oil or organic butter) and agree that trans fats are the enemy, here.

You are thinking about cows milk and the amount of lactose. Human milk and other milk for each species is different.

Breast milk has very little carb content and the saturated fat content is higher than 50% in human breast milk. I believe (if I am remembering right) that the protein content is around 30% and the remaining 20% is carb content.....

From http://www.parentingscience.com/calories-in-breast-milk.html (one of many sources):

100mL contains:

70 calories
89.97 g water
7.4 g carbohydrates (primarily lactose)
4.2 g fat
1.3 g protein

These are the averages of samples taken repeatedly over a 24-hour period (Department of Health and Social Security 1988).

Human: 3.8% fat; 1% protein; 7% lactose
Cow: 3.7% fat; 3.4% protein; 4.8% lactose
Rat: 10.3% fat; 8.4% protein; 2.6% lactose
Dog: 12.9% fat; 7.9% protein; 3.1% lactose
Rabbit: 18.3% fat; 13.9% protein; 2.6% lactose

It's a stupid thing to argue about, but like, I don't know. Is this info wrong? I'm sure I could find conflicting info that supports your position on the matter. It seems health and nutrition is far less science than we'd like to believe.

they are double the calories of proteins and carbs! you can only have so much without going overboard

Most people shy away from avocados and nuts with a high calorie content, not the fat itself.

I LOVE Avocado's and nuts. I was eating and I was asking in post that I started yesterday and someone said that I was eating too much fat, they said it doesn't matter if it is good. I thought that I could eat good fat and am OK but after reading their post I am reconsidering eating whole avocado's or 1oz of nuts the same day.

Sorry to be debbie downer to all the peanut butter people..but most store bought peanut butters have hydronated oils in them. I'm considering doing as suggested by some and making my own with a food processor and dry roasted peanuts so I know what the one ingredient is.

All you have to do is flip the jar over and read the label. There are plenty of nut butters out there that do not have any hydrogenated oils in them.

you can make your own pb with a good processor. just use roasted peanuts and no salt... or roasted almonds...

Come on now, saturated fat is the main component of breast milk...........

How is that, when it has almost twice as much lactose (carb) as it does total fat, and over twenty times as much water as fat?

That being said, I only cook with saturated fats (organic extra virgin coconut oil or organic butter) and agree that trans fats are the enemy, here.

All trans fats are the enemy?

Well, I should have clarified that, I guess. I don't care about the ones found in my meat naturally.

I'm only afraid of spiders, ghosts and clowns.

Me too.. and teeth falling out.

Floss!

I LOVE coconut oil. I use it in my protein shakes. Also eat a lot of peanut butter...

lol!!! love the floss answer! I don't floss... I brush really well. my dentist even said so! :P I use olive oil.. thought about the others but never made the transition...

Try using coconut oil. A little goes a long way. I've used 1 tablespoon to saute garlic, onions, and green peppers to add to spaghetti sauce, instead of the 1/4 cup of olive oil the recipe calls for. Yum!

try chia seed-
10g of seed contains 4g fat,in form of omega3/6.
also 4g fibre,2g protein