Natural Peanut butter VS Regular Peanut butter
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Anton posted 1 year ago.
Natural BP is high in fat but ,for example, my BP from Whole Foods has only 1.6 grams of saturated fat (out of 20, per Tbs.)...but the beauty of it is it's just peanuts! No other garbage, no added sugars, and anytime you can eliminate junk form your diet that's good.
I eat some every morning for a good shot of a.m. protein.
Buy a jar...give it a shot.
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
Natural PB (pure peanuts) has NO hydrogenation. Hydrogenation is VERY bad for you. One of the bad things about it is that hydrogenation gels the cell walls and makes them less permeable...bad.
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vanjames posted 1 year ago.
turn the jar upside down when storing - the oils flows the bottom over time.
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Airborne posted 1 year ago.
Skippy's version of natural doesn't separate -- it's the best of both worlds. Plus, it's Skippy, my brand of choice :)
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Star posted 1 year ago.
I use natural PB 'cause there's no added junk. I actually dump off some of the oil when I first open the jar before I stir it up. It tends to get a little dry by the bottom of the jar, but toss it in the micro for a few seconds and you've got spreadable creamy PB again with a little less fat.
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gfd posted 1 year ago.
Natural PB w/honey also tastes awesome. I don't eat a lot of meat, so it is my primary protein source.
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
gfd;67081 wrote:
Natural PB w/honey also tastes awesome. I don't eat a lot of meat, so it is my primary protein source.
The best, and I mean THE BEST breakie ever is natural PB w honey on a fresh blueberry bagel (warm bagel) and fresh brewed coffee after a morning light workout :D Seriously. Try it!
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fittycent posted 1 year ago.
Natural has always tasted better to me - I never understood why anyone would want sugar added to their PB. That's what the jam is for :D
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jagerstar posted 1 year ago.
Natural is the way to go,
although I don't eat PB, I eat CB (cashew butter), the only ingredient in the stuff I buy is cashews.
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gfd posted 1 year ago.
bluebirdbiker;67082 wrote:
The best, and I mean THE BEST breakie ever is natural PB w honey on a fresh blueberry bagel (warm bagel) and fresh brewed coffee after a morning light workout :D Seriously. Try it!
Absolutely! It is so good it is hard to believe that it is healthy.
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TBRAVO posted 1 year ago.
I buy the Trader Joe's Natural Peanut Butter (and Cashew Butter) it is awesome. I tried to make my own before but it didn't work too well.
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kevinb421 posted 1 year ago.
natural organic is the way to go. there is a small brand (the name escapes me) that doesn't seperate. gotta love it
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Ironmom posted 1 year ago.
Since peanuts are one of the worst crops for pesticides, I won't buy anything except organic peanut butter. Costco actually has a very nice organic natural peanut butter with nothing else added that's creamy and doesn't separate. Trader Joe's has a good one too. We have a local brand, Maranatha, that's good (and I think both Costco and TJ's have sold that at times).
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lbink82 posted 1 year ago.
How do they keep the peanut butter from separating if they don't hydrogenate it?
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Riverbrady posted 1 year ago.
Some add in a stabilizer, though I don't remember what it is.
The easy way is to simply refrigerate your natural peanut butter...which theoretically we all should be doing anyways as there are no preservatives.
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
I like the organic PB,
I have a Whole Food store in town and I love it.
My faves are Almond Butter and Cashew Butter. YUM!!:D
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 year ago.
Guys, just stir it well and store upside down like VanJames says. It works.
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azstinger11 posted 1 year ago.
i second the skippy's "healthy" peanut butter, none of the bad stuff and none of that icky oil junk
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toni posted 1 year ago.
I just switched over recently. It's kind of like molasses which keeps me from eating more than I should.
Key to keeping it from getting separated: stir and refridgerate. only minor separation if any. :D
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
I love organic natural PB! I grind it myself at my local whole foods market. Just dump in the peanuts and out comes the paste. It doesn't seperate as there are no additional oils in it.
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Ive read that regular peanut butter is actually pretty bad for you....what do you guys think about this? I eat loads and loads of peanut butter for calories and protien. Will it make a difference if I switch over to natural?