All Natural Peant Butter..

[CPA22]

I was comparing the labels between regular peanut butter and all natural peoanut butter and they seem to be almost the exact same? What is so special about all natty peanut butter?

 

[Stryc-9]

Depends on the brand, but all natural generally has less added sugars and/or salt. Check the ingredient list - the only thing that should really be there is: peanuts.

 

[CPA22]

my all natural peanut butter has total fat of 16g and is says the ingrediants are peanuts and salt...its milky as hell too...

 

[Clean]

what do you mean milky? usually there is a layer of oil on the top, but mix it and then refridgerate and it will be great

 

[audiophyle]

trans fatty acids are added to regular peanut butter to prevent oil separation. None of that crap is in all natural pb, thats a very good thing

 

[Clean]

i like the all natural peanut butter better, especially the crunchy

 

[OXANDRIN]

almonds are better for you than pb....less calories and better fats

 

[chewyxrage]

hydrogenated oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hydrogenated oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hydrogenated oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hydrogenated oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hydrogenated oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hydrogenated oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hydrogenated oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hydrogenated oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chewyxrage]

my "human nutrition" teacher is a vegetarian and she says she likes "skippy" the best.

one assignment was to track what we eat for 3 days then explain why. I made sure to include a long paragraph of the disadvantages to eatigng hydrogenated oils and why ANPB is much healthier for ya...................we will see what kinda grade i get......being as she recommends 60 g protein per day.......

i went a step further and printed out my macros in the report........

i think she may be shocked to find 145g fat 210 g carbs and 279 g protein............eh?

 

[mrzap]

almonds are better for you than pb....less calories and better fats

Except almond butter tastes like ass and does not have a good spreading consistency like anpb

...at least the brand I tried from Whole Foods. It may be the fact that there was absolutely no salt added.

 

[obiwan9962]

almonds are better for you than pb....less calories and better fats

i love almond butter
cashew butter
and damn! macadamia butter
all organic of course

 

[obiwan9962]

have yet to taste ass so i will take your word for it
but i get organic stuff that taste damn great
and good thickener for cooking
as is peanut butter

Except almond butter tastes like ass and does not have a good spreading consistency like anpb

...at least the brand I tried from Whole Foods. It may be the fact that there was absolutely no salt added.

 

[UA_Iron]

ChewYxRage my "human nutrition" teacher is a vegetarian and she says she likes "skippy" the best.

one assignment was to track what we eat for 3 days then explain why. I made sure to include a long paragraph of the disadvantages to eatigng hydrogenated oils and why ANPB is much healthier for ya...................we will see what kinda grade i get......being as she recommends 60 g protein per day.......

i went a step further and printed out my macros in the report........

i think she may be shocked to find 145g fat 210 g carbs and 279 g protein............eh?

Awesome! Just because someone is a nutrition teacher doesnt mean they know what is required for substantial muscle support/growth.

 

[HodgeMN]

Aflatoxins are a concern with any peanut butter:

Does Peanut Butter Cause Cancer?

How much should I be concerned about aflatoxin (a toxin) in peanut butter? My children, like most kids, love peanut butter.

-- Danniel Ward-Packard

Today's Answer
(Published 10/06/1998)
Aflatoxin is a natural toxin produced by certain strains of the molds Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus that grow on peanuts stored in warm, humid silos.
Aflatoxins have also been found in milk, Brazil nuts, pecans, pistachios and walnuts. In regions of the world (Africa especially) where peanuts are a dietary staple, it's relatively common for aflatoxin to cause a type of poisoning called aflatoxicosis. Aflatoxin is also recognized as a potent carcinogen that causes liver cancer in laboratory animals.

According to a Consumers Union study done a few years ago, eating peanut butter that contains an average level of only two parts per billion of aflatoxin once every 10 days would present a cancer risk of seven in one million. Small as that may seem, it's higher than the estimated risk of cancer from most pesticides. And that's if you can restrict your children's peanut butter consumption to once every 10 days!

The Consumer Union study also discovered that the amount of aflatoxin in peanut butter varies from brand to brand. Ironically, the four best-selling supermarket brands -- Jif, Peter Pan, Skippy and Smuckers -- contained the lowest levels of aflatoxin among all the products tested, while the fresh ground peanut butters sold in health food stores had aflatoxin levels about 10 times higher than those big supermarket brands.

Thus we arrive at the peanut butter paradox. While big-brand peanut butters are relatively low in aflatoxins, they're quite high in hydrogenated oils -- chemically altered fats that I strongly discourage you from eating as they pose their own health risks. The only solution is to shop around and read labels carefully. Feel free to call the producers of your favorite peanut butter and ask about aflatoxins in their product. As more people become sensitive to the issue you can be sure producers will respond. In the meantime, you could switch to freshly ground almond butter, which doesn't carry an aflatoxin risk at all. I myself eat almond butter and sesame tahini and use peanut butter very rarely.

see: http://www.drweil.com/app/cda/drw_cda.html-command=TodayQA-questionId=3378-pt=Question

Not sure how concerned people should be about this but I have changed my consumption to almonds.

 

[UA_Iron]

I have heard about peanut butter and carcinogens, but I think the health benefits of anpb outweigh the supposed carcinogens. Its a calculated risk, and I look at it this way: if you dont get cancer from pb, then you have a good chance of getting it from the other 10000's of carcinogens you come in contact in a day. If you feed/pump/inject/force enough of something into a lab animal it's eventually going to get cancer somehow. Kind of like when they thought saccharin caused cancer - but now it doesnt...

 

[borg4902]

I bought some organic unsalted roasted soybeans from gnc ans it says there is hydroginated oil in it should I not eat.

 

[young guns]

almonds are better for you than pb....less calories and better fats

OX is right. almonds have a little higher monounsaturated fat content and little lower saturated fat.

next to almonds, i'd say macadamia would be the second best nut choice, followed then by peanuts.

 

[juve]

OX is right. almonds have a little higher monounsaturated fat content and little lower saturated fat.

next to almonds, i'd say macadamia would be the second best nut choice, followed then by peanuts.

I disagree somewhat. Almonds are good in terms of nutrient breakdown, and quite savory should I add.
However, walnuts top the 'nut chart' - 5g's of protein, 3g's carbs=3g's fiber, 20 g's fat some of which is the very desirable omega-3 (in fact of all nuts walnuts contain highest o-3's concentration) + walnuts are a prime source of selenium (nature's own rather potent anti-oxidant) and magnesium (important for its participation in neuroactive processes in the braing, arterial maintenance, muscle cell contraction, etc)
eat up, nuts sure taste better than oils

 

[young guns]

true, i forgot about walnuts.

however, i feel there are better sources for omega-3's, so as far as a source of monounsaturated fats, almonds would be a better choice.

but for overall nutrient profile, walnuts probably are better. thanks for bringing that up.

 

[obiwan9962]

Aflatoxins are a concern with any peanut butter:

Does Peanut Butter Cause Cancer?

How much should I be concerned about aflatoxin (a toxin) in peanut butter? My children, like most kids, love peanut butter.

-- Danniel Ward-Packard

Today's Answer
(Published 10/06/1998)
Aflatoxin is a natural toxin produced by certain strains of the molds Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus that grow on peanuts stored in warm, humid silos.
Aflatoxins have also been found in milk, Brazil nuts, pecans, pistachios and walnuts. In regions of the world (Africa especially) where peanuts are a dietary staple, it's relatively common for aflatoxin to cause a type of poisoning called aflatoxicosis. Aflatoxin is also recognized as a potent carcinogen that causes liver cancer in laboratory animals.

okay nice post
as for the bacteria, a, flavus and parasiticus, both require moisture to exist and only occur while stored improperly at room temperature in humid conditions like room temperature and on the floor like i saw frequently in madagascar
should not be a problem in more educated areas and with reputable companies
not mass production but rather natural/organic producers

as for hydrogenated fats be aware that mass producers "oil-roast" their peanuts for pb
and that oil which is now a trans fat is added back in to aid negate the separation that naturally occurs

if you stick to natural peanut butter, stuff that separates, keep it in a cool area out of sunlight carginogens and pathogens should be no concern

 

[Deleted member 33117]

true, i forgot about walnuts.

however, i feel there are better sources for omega-3's, so as far as a source of monounsaturated fats, almonds would be a better choice.

but for overall nutrient profile, walnuts probably are better. thanks for bringing that up.

I agree with the walnut statement by juve. If only they tasted better I would eat them every day.

The point about having a slightly higher monounsaturated content is a moot point really. People make too big of a deal about getting enough monounsaturated fats, considering they are in viturally everything. Even meat tends to have more monounsaturated fat than any other tyep of fat. When you think about it, only milk fat has more saturated fat than monounsatured, and the only other foods that come to mind as having something besides them as their most abundant type of fatty acid would be flax seeds and fish oils.

.... although one may wish to consider the presence of molds and other alergens that tend to be in higher concentrations in peanuts.

 

[JoBu]

How do peacans stack up?

 

[Singleton]

she says she likes "skippy" the best.

...

she recommends 60 g protein per day.......

Sounds like a hell of an education you're getting.



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