You are smarter than they think you are, aren’t you?
It sounds great – paring peanut butter (a healthy toast topper) with amazing omega-3’s (where the health benefits are endless). If your kids don’t like fish, this is a great way to get that in…NOT!!
Here are the ingredients:
MADE FROM PEANUT BUTTER [ROASTED PEANUTS, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MOLASSES, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT], ANCHOVY* AND SARDINE OIL*, TILAPIA GELATIN, TOCOPHEROLS AND CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANTS).
I believe all the benefits of the omega-3 are thrown out the window when you add the directly-related-to-heart-disease trans fats from the FULLY HYDROGENATED vegetable oils.
The only ingredients your peanut butter jar should list are: peanuts and salt. That’s it!! Here is a good example…
And don’t be fooled by some of the other “natural”- no-stir peanut butters. They are still loaded with sugar and replace the trans fat with saturated fat – i.e. palm kernel oil.
You want the kind of peanut butter where the oil is separated on the top. You stir those heart healthy fats into the ground up nuts and store it upside down in your fridge. I’m telling you, there is nothing more tasty than this spread thinly over 100% whole wheat toast and a glass of cold milk in the morning.
what about the health benefits of almond butter v. peanut butter? is there much of a difference?
ReplyDeleteBravo to you devrie. i tell my patients every day "the food companies are trying to trick us"
ReplyDeleteElise- I wouldn't say there is a HUGE difference. Almonds are higher in vitamin E and almond butter has slightly more fiber. I personally prefer peanut butter, but that's just me. Like different fruits and vegetable, different nuts have varying nutrients that all do different and good things for us. Hope that helps.
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