Peanut Butter Smooth

Peanut butter smooth

Peanut butter is a paste made from ground roasted peanuts. Contains peanut skin.

Taste aside, peanut butter has several purely dietary advantages over other spreads.

The closest alternative in the kitchen we know are processed cheeses – they are close in terms of calories, but contain less protein than it, and they lack fiber and carbohydrates, which are abundant in peanut tahini.

Peanut butter gives its energy to the body in terms of: 71% from fat, 15% from protein and only 14% from carbohydrates.

It is usually eaten with bread, which is low in fat and thus results in a more balanced intake of calories between fat and carbohydrates.

The most valuable ingredient in peanut butter is the substance resveratrol.

It is a natural plant antibiotic produced by some plants to protect themselves from harmful fungi and bacteria.

The molecule of this substance is believed to have a number of health benefits: anti-cancer, anti-aging, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, protects the nervous system, slows aging, etc.

Peanut butter is among the foods with the highest resveratrol content, with the championship held by red grapes and young red wines.

Consuming peanut butter, rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and resveratrol, is believed to lower bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol.