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| Peanut butter Benefits |
NEPAL TRAVEL BOOK, KATHMANDU: Peanut butter is not only tasty but it is also nutritious and full of healthy diets for you. There may be high calories in the peanut butter but hey!!! We are not telling you to have peanut butter as your dinner. Too much of everything is bad for health, but if you balance your diet it will be very beneficial to you. Here are some peanut butter benefits:
- A portion of peanut butter has 3 mg of the powerful antioxidant vitamin E, 49 mg of bone-building magnesium, 208 mg of muscle-friendly potassium, and 0.17 mg of immunity-boosting vitamin B6. Study shows that eating peanuts can reduce your danger of heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions. A study available in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that consuming 1 ounce of nuts or peanut butter (about 2 tablespoons) at least 5 days a week can lower the risk of rising diabetes by almost 30%.
- Peanut butter includes the same percentage of saturated to unsaturated fats as olive oil, says Harvard Medical School. The poly- and monounsaturated fats in the spread lower your risk of mounting heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
- Overload sodium in your diet puts pressure on your cardiovascular system, but potassium can oppose the negative belongings of sodium. Peanut butter with added salt contains two times more potassium than sodium, and unsalted varieties are even more heart-healthy.
- Peanut butter has about 71 percent fat, 15 percent protein and 14 percent carbohydrate. One serving, or 2 tbsp., of most peanut butters contains 180 to 200 calories on average, 8 g of protein, 16 g of fat and 6 g of carbohydrates. It also contains 2 g of fiber per serving and a host of vitamins and minerals, including iron, magnesium, folate, niacin, potassium, vitamin E, copper, selenium and calcium. Peanut butter also contains the polyphenol p-coumaric acid and the antioxidant resveratrol.
- Peanut butter contains many antioxidants. These antioxidants are not nutrients but are beneficial to the body. They mend cellular damage caused by free radicals. Because damaged cells can become cancer cells, consuming antioxidants can help protect you against cancer.
