Scientific Facts 

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Beyond its nutritional value, peanut butter contains compounds that can potentially promote weight loss and reduce the risk of heart disease.

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Peanut butter is believed to aid in weight loss by causing premature satiation (the sensation of feeling full soon after eating). By curbing your appetite, peanut butter may help maintain a healthy weight and reduce the risk of obesity.

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Heart Disease Evidence that peanuts or peanut butter can reduce the risk of heart disease is largely mixed. For its part, the FDA acceded that eating 1.5 ounces of nuts per day may be beneficial to the heart but wouldn't go so far as to say that it could prevent heart disease.

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Peanut Butter is also rich in potassium. Potassium helps in lowering blood pressure, which in turn prevents the likelihood of various heart diseases and stroke. The fiber certainly helps promote good bowel health. There’s magnesium, which makes your muscles and bones strong. Some healthy fats, and of course Vitamin E as an essential antioxidant.

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Peanut Butter Helps Regulate Blood Sugar Speaking of which, the almighty peanut butter can lessen the chances of an individual developing Type 2 Diabetes. In a study it was found that an ounce of nuts a day or around 2 tablespoons of peanut butter for 5 days a week can significantly lower the risk of developing diabetes by as much as 30%.

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Peanut Butter Provides Essential Protein Intake

Whenever I check on rich protein food sources on the web, they almost always point me to nuts. Though many people tend to overlook these little guys in favor of the bigger ones such as meat and seafood, the fact that peanut butter can be partnered with so many different foods for an added protein boost makes it useful. Oh, and it’s tasty too!

 

Peanut Butter Decreases Heart Condition Risks

It has been suggested a time and again that peanuts and our hearts are best buddies. Therefore, peanut butter is one heart-healthy food!

The nutrient-packed nuts contain monounsaturated fats, which help in lowering bad cholesterols (LDL), while at the same time boosting good cholesterols (HDL). A constant diet of peanut butter reduces the formation of unhealthy fats and prevents further blockages in our arteries.

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Peanut Butter Protects Against Memory Impairment and Alzheimer’s

How does niacin in foods help prevent the dreaded Alzheimer’s and other memory impairment conditions? By a lot. One study shows how foods rich in niacin content reduced the chances of an individual acquiring Alzheimer’s disease by up to 70 percent 

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