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A short introduction: I want to get a full-on Fitness subsection going, so I'm gonna get more content flowing to make that happen. This series of threads is going to focus not just on supplements, but also supplemental foods. A lot of people don't think supplements make much of a difference. I have personally found them useful for helping me be a bit looser with my overall diet: because I supplement, I can enjoy some more cheat meals, and it won't impact my protein intake or hurt my calorie count. With that said, the focus of this post is peanut butter and some cool supplemental variations.
Peanut Butter is one of my favourite foods, but it can be a problem in a nutritional sense because it has a ton of fat in it. The protein to fat ratio is bad. Just to highlight how bad, check these:
The Solution: Buy Better Peanut Butter
Some people think that simply eating natural peanut butter is the way to go, but if you look at the second picture above, even natural PB's have a lot of fat compared to protein. To get around this, consider protein enhanced peanut butter. I recently went on some exploring in the realm of peanut butter and have a few recommendations to make.
1. P28 Whey Isolate Enhanced PB.
It is delicious. It tastes just as good as any other natural Peanut Butter, and it has a much better protein profile. Check out these numbers:
If you're like me, this is still not quite good enough. Not only is P28 a little expensive, basically costing the same as other natural brands for a smaller jar, it still has a lot of fat in it. After a few weeks of eating this, I moved on. What I found was a game changer
2. Powdered Peanut Butter.
This one made me hesitate at first, but when i actually tried it I was really surprised at how good it tastes. It's basically dehydrated peanuts. You buy a jar of powder, throw some in a bowl, and add water until you get a consistency you like. It tastes damn near like normal peanut butter, except not as creamy. However, it has far less fat, which gives it less calories, while still keeping the protein and the fiber. I found that it tastes really good in a sandwich with natural, raw honey (raw honey is also really good nutritionally and I will do another post on this in later weeks).
They have like 10% of the fat, which makes them the ideal choice.
As for brands, I have only tried PB2 and Myprotein. I found the PB2 one did not taste as good, but it has more fiber, which makes up for it. They're about the same price, so you may want to try both and find which one you prefer if you decide to make the switch.
That's all I have to post about Peanut Butter for now. If I learn of any more I will come back and add to this post.
My thread for next week is going to be about Pastas and is going to be a bit longer than this one because there are a lot more choices.
Peanut Butter is one of my favourite foods, but it can be a problem in a nutritional sense because it has a ton of fat in it. The protein to fat ratio is bad. Just to highlight how bad, check these:
The Solution: Buy Better Peanut Butter
Some people think that simply eating natural peanut butter is the way to go, but if you look at the second picture above, even natural PB's have a lot of fat compared to protein. To get around this, consider protein enhanced peanut butter. I recently went on some exploring in the realm of peanut butter and have a few recommendations to make.
1. P28 Whey Isolate Enhanced PB.
It is delicious. It tastes just as good as any other natural Peanut Butter, and it has a much better protein profile. Check out these numbers:
If you're like me, this is still not quite good enough. Not only is P28 a little expensive, basically costing the same as other natural brands for a smaller jar, it still has a lot of fat in it. After a few weeks of eating this, I moved on. What I found was a game changer
2. Powdered Peanut Butter.
This one made me hesitate at first, but when i actually tried it I was really surprised at how good it tastes. It's basically dehydrated peanuts. You buy a jar of powder, throw some in a bowl, and add water until you get a consistency you like. It tastes damn near like normal peanut butter, except not as creamy. However, it has far less fat, which gives it less calories, while still keeping the protein and the fiber. I found that it tastes really good in a sandwich with natural, raw honey (raw honey is also really good nutritionally and I will do another post on this in later weeks).
They have like 10% of the fat, which makes them the ideal choice.
As for brands, I have only tried PB2 and Myprotein. I found the PB2 one did not taste as good, but it has more fiber, which makes up for it. They're about the same price, so you may want to try both and find which one you prefer if you decide to make the switch.
That's all I have to post about Peanut Butter for now. If I learn of any more I will come back and add to this post.
My thread for next week is going to be about Pastas and is going to be a bit longer than this one because there are a lot more choices.
