Yummy ! That must be the first word that out from our mouth after hearing "peanut butter" word, even some people not liked it too much. According to USDA National Nutrient data base, even peanut butter has quite amount nutrition, but it also high calories. Because, calories in every one stick peanut butter or about 4 oz ( salted butter ), contained 810 calories or equal to 3387 kJ. Meanwhile, calories in every same amount of peanut butter, contained the same calories. You have to do quite long exercise to burn those calories such as jogging for 93 minutes or swimming for 67 minutes. That is more than an hour exercise.
Peanut butter has long been known as a healthy diet to help lose weight. Even a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association says that eating 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) of peanut butter for 5 days a week can reduce the risk of diabetes by 30 percent.
Peanut butter is a food made from roasted peanuts and crushed after being given sugar and salt. Peanut butter sold in packs of plastic or glass jar with a wide variety of flavors. Peanut butter is a popular food in the world, used as a smear of peanut butter bread, peanut-flavored candy, and flavorings in pastries peanut flavor.Peanut butter is very good to eat with fruit jam called jelly. Sandwich with peanut butter and jelly alloy referred to as peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the United States.
Peanut butter nutrition facts
Peanut butter contains many essential nutrients needed by the body. Each 2 tablespoons of peanut butter contains; 3 milligrams of vitamin E as an antioxidant, 49 milligrams of magnesium for building bones, 208 milligrams of potassium which is good for the muscles, and 0.17 milligrams of vitamin B6 to boost immunity.Peanut butter is also rich in protein, fiber, and monounsaturated fats, which can make the stomach full longer, healthy digestive system, and does not make you gain weight. To get more information of peanut butter nutrition facts, you can read at table below.
Peanut butter has a high level of monounsaturated fats and resveratrol. Peanut butter (and peanuts) provides protein, vitamins B3 and E, magnesium, folate, dietary fiber, arginine, and high levels of the antioxidant p-coumaric acid.
The experts believe that patients with insulin resistance and then eat a diet rich in monounsaturated fats, such as peanut butter, fat deposits in the abdomen has fewer than those who ate saturated fat diet. Peanut butter also contains polyphenols, an antioxidant that can neutralize free radicals that have the ability to damage cells and tissues that can lead to cancer. Not only that, peanut butter is a good source of resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant in preventing various diseases such as, heart disease, degenerative nerve, Alzheimer's, and viral and fungal infections. To get more informations, you can read at benefits of peanut butter
Peanut butter allergy & health concern
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For people with a peanut allergy, peanut butter can cause reactions, including anaphylactic shock, which has led to its being banned in some schools. The peanut plant is susceptible to the mold Aspergillus flavus which produces a carcinogenic substance called aflatoxin. Since it is impossible to completely remove every instance of aflatoxins, contamination of peanuts and peanut butter is monitored in many countries to ensure safe levels of this carcinogen. In 1990, a study showed that average American peanut butter contained an average of 5.7 parts per billion of aflatoxins, per the U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines of 20 parts per billion.
Some brands of peanut butter may contain a small amount of added partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, which are high in trans fatty acids that are thought to be a cause of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and stroke; these oils are added to prevent the peanut oil from separating from the ground peanuts. Peanuts and natural peanut butter, i.e., ground, dry roasted peanuts without added oils, do not contain partially hydrogenated oils or trans fats. A U.S. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) survey of commercial peanut butters in the U.S. showed that trans fats were undetectable, i.e., below the detection limit of 0.01% of the sample weight.
