Can Peanut Butter make you fat?

Smooth, creamy and crunchy Peanut Butter is a perfect fix for all your cravings without making you feel guilty about calories. Most health and fitness enthusiasts swear by Peanut Butter to satiate their cravings; So if you are yearning for buttery cookies or a creamy dessert or a delicious sandwich made with heaps of Peanut Butter and chicken, this nut butter is one of the healthiest alternatives to go for! But what if we tell you that this healthy butter can be one of the reasons why you aren’t losing weight despite all your efforts. Well, there are a lot of myths and facts about Peanut Butter and its impact on your body weight. Here’s all you need to know about Peanut Butter and how it can make you fat.

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Peanut Butter is one of the most popular nut butters all around the world. Its alluring nutty taste and thick texture makes it a perfect treat for every palate. Apart from that, Peanut Butter is a powerhouse of protein, which helps in improving immunity, keeps you satiated and curbs hunger pangs. Last but not the least, the healthy protein and fats in Peanut Butter helps in gaining muscle mass and leads to effective weight management.

Peanut Butter has been considered as a superfood for its umpteen health benefits, but when it comes to Indian palates the preferences are different yet Peanut Butter has remarkably captured the market and has been a quintessential staple in most urban households.

Interestingly, there are several reasons why Peanut Butter has been a fad among health enthusiasts, but one of the major reasons is that Peanut Butter is a rich source of protein, which makes it perfect for someone who is trying to gain weight as well as muscle fat. It is also a great addition to your meals if you are trying to shed some weight as the protein content keeps you full and curbs odd hunger pangs, which eventually helps in losing weight. What's More, the protein as well as the mono-unsaturated fats in Peanut Butter helps in weight loss and reduces the risk of obesity, diabetes thereby preventing heart diseases.

Moderated intake of Peanut Butter will help you achieve your fitness goals, but as they say too much of anything can be harmful, this goes pretty well in the context of Peanut Butter. Just 32 grams of Peanut Butter has around 188 calories. In fact, to accentuate the taste of Peanut Butter ingredients like sugar, salt, hydrogenated oil and additives are added, which can do more harm than good! So, if you think adding Peanut Butter to your daily diet will help you lose weight, think twice! No wonder, there’s an easy way to make fresh Peanut Butter and enjoy it at home.

To make fresh Peanut Butter at home, dry roast peanuts in a pan or you can line them on a parchment paper over a baking tray and roast them in the oven till they turn slightly golden in colour. Next, take a blender and grind the roasted peanuts 2-3 times, then open the lid, mix it nicely and add salt as per taste, then again blend it for 3 times. By now the peanuts will start releasing oil and continue till the consistency turns smooth. Your Peanut Butter is ready and you can enjoy it anytime.

Note: You can also add a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil, if you want.

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