Health Benefits of Peanut Butter Diet

Question:

Peanut Butter Diet. So, I’m trying to do the healthy guy thing, and I’m eating lots of fruits and veggies and avoiding sweets.

Anyway, I was trying to find what Peanut Butter would be best to eat with my celery sticks (i know peanut butter isn’t great for you but.....), and I bought one with "OMEGA 3 and OMEGA 6" fats.

Then at home, I noticed that there are 200 calories in the Omega stuff and only 140 calories in the regular reduced fat stuff that I had left over from before.

By MoonBanana

Answer:

Peanut Butter Diet.That sounds strange. No vegetable has omega 3 EPA and DHA acids(they have ALA omega 3 which is not bio-available), the ultimate bio-available form of omega 3 fats our body can use. It may have some (most of the times very few) ALA, a precursor of EPA and DHA( the real thing).

Omega 3 fatty acids are divided in three, Docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, Eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA, and Alpha Linolenic Acid, ALA. Each one has a different structure but our body can make EPA and DHA from ALA, that is from flaxseed and some other few vegetables.

That is why you see products that are advertised as containing Omega 3 fatty acids, coming from a vegetable source.

The problem here is that the conversion of ALA to EPA and DHA, which is the only way our body can use it, is very inefficient, about a 10-15%. That is also the reason why the majority of Omega 3 fatty acids consumed, EPA and DHA, come from animal sources, mainly fish. Fatty fishes are specially rich in omega 3 fatty acids.

You can see a better explanation at What is Omega 3.

Some manufacturers when they want to sell their products they just add Omega 3. It could even be sulphuric acid with omega 3 and some people would buy it.

If you want to eat peanut butter it is OK but you should be aware that if you take it, it is not going to correct you omega 3 to omega 6 unbalance, or make you healthier.

The best source of omega 3 is fish oil, cod liver oil or krill oil, the others are in dispute.

Best wishes,

Alfredo E.

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