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RE: Peanut butter will be the death of me.
November 12, 2012 at 11:47 am
(November 12, 2012 at 12:33 am)Aroura Wrote: I just LOVe Peanut butter. Of course, I have a 5-1/2 year old, so it's a staple in our house.
Even the stuff with the oil in it isn't all that bad for you. it's a very small amount. Quite a lot of sugar in there though..
But Nutella? That stuff is just candy in a jar, marketed as an alternate. I think it's over 50% sugars, right? I mean, of course it tastes good, but so does a snickers bar. I wouldn't recommend either for a healthy snack or meal, lol.
Agreed, with small children PB is a good, kid-friendly source of fat and protein. Fat is actually good (in moderation of course) for developing brains. PB is best if you get the kind without all the added sugar and oil. And agreed again, Nutella is SO yummy, but SO bad... I seriously can't keep it in the house, because I end up eating it with a spoon, and then my pants don't fit 
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RE: Peanut butter will be the death of me.
November 12, 2012 at 12:11 pm
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(November 12, 2012 at 11:47 am)festive1 Wrote: and then my pants don't fit
Never a bad thing in my estimation....you didn't need em anyway, fuck pants! I'll take pants-less gluttony over panted moderation every day of the week and twice on sunday!
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RE: Peanut butter will be the death of me.
November 12, 2012 at 1:44 pm
(November 11, 2012 at 8:05 am)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: But seriously, I'm not outwardly fat but I do sometimes wonder how much saturated fat I have on the inside considering how much peanut butter I eat.
Just wait. I used to be able to eat whatever I wanted to while engaging in a very minimal amount of activity. Then I turned thirty, and three years later I can now see my tits jiggle in the mirror when I brush my teeth.
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RE: Peanut butter will be the death of me.
November 12, 2012 at 2:48 pm
(November 12, 2012 at 1:11 am)Rhythm Wrote: Alot of dried fruit is incredibly high in sugar but you find trail mix in the "health food" aisle nevertheless. Nutella comes in just slightly higher than most dried fruit (at 54%).....similar to raisins.....hehehe. In comparison, peanut butter is generally 9% sugar.
(and you wouldn't eat any of these products if they had less sugar in them....lol) Difference is, dried fruit usually has very little if any added sugar. Fruit is naturally high in sugar. For instance, a serving of fresh grapes has 20g of sugar!! Since raisins are just dried grapes, it is obvious that the 20g of sugar remains, while the volume of the grape is reduced. So 15 grapes or 15 raisins = same sugar. Fruit IS healthy, AND high in sugar at the same time, that's why it's awesome!
Dried fruits also retains the anti-oxidants and fiber of the fresh fruit, so it only looses some water, but remains otherwise healthy. You just have to be careful not to eat too much of it (no more than you would the fresh version).
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RE: Peanut butter will be the death of me.
November 12, 2012 at 5:37 pm
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Naturally smaturally. Food is healthy, eat food. Not eating food is extremely unhealthy.
Tastes good enough for you to eat? Sweet. Doesn't taste good, but you're hungry? Eat. Natural and tastes like shit? It's shit.
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RE: Peanut butter will be the death of me.
November 12, 2012 at 9:10 pm
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Meh Arou, I'll stick to the fresh fruit personally. Dried fruit -usually- has a metric shit-ton of added sugar (and a laundry list of other ingredients to help it store better)...btw...probably has something to do with consumers tastes on that count. Take a look at some craisins..lol (tart fruits are the worst offenders). Not that you can't find a good (if "no added sugar" is the qualifier) bag of dried fruit, but you'll probably pay more for it, and it's outnumbered on the aisle - even the health food aisle. But, like you said, so long as you eat less dried fruit than you would fresh fruit than the sugar doesn't really become a problem (I find that extremely difficult btw, I eat with my eyes). On the other hand, one could always eat a bite sized snickers and leave it at that as well...hehehe.
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RE: Peanut butter will be the death of me.
November 12, 2012 at 11:52 pm
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RE: Peanut butter will be the death of me.
November 13, 2012 at 1:20 am
(November 12, 2012 at 9:10 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Meh Arou, I'll stick to the fresh fruit personally. Dried fruit -usually- has a metric shit-ton of added sugar (and a laundry list of other ingredients to help it store better)...btw...probably has something to do with consumers tastes on that count. Take a look at some craisins..lol (tart fruits are the worst offenders). Not that you can't find a good (if "no added sugar" is the qualifier) bag of dried fruit, but you'll probably pay more for it, and it's outnumbered on the aisle - even the health food aisle. But, like you said, so long as you eat less dried fruit than you would fresh fruit than the sugar doesn't really become a problem (I find that extremely difficult btw, I eat with my eyes). On the other hand, one could always eat a bite sized snickers and leave it at that as well...hehehe. Oh I agree. I just don't think dried fruit is "unhealthy", and it has it's uses on hikes and trips to the beach and such. Barring those tart fruits, as you said. I eat dried fruit rarely, usually as a treat. It's certainly better than a candy bar when I want something sweet! I'm pretty good about eating small amounts of sweet things in general (sugar makes me feel jittery), so for me the sugar content isn't an issue. But it is very expensive. I prefer fresh fruit, too. Apple, pears, bananas, oranges and grapes are staples in the house (with summer berries when we can get them), with apples being the constant year round fruit of choice.
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