A Healthy Choice Americans consume more than 600 million pounds of peanuts and about 700 million pounds of peanut butter every year. The good news is that peanuts and peanut butter are nutritious as well as delicious. Peanuts are a good source of protein, folic acid, vitamin E, niacin, phosphorus, and magnesium. Peanuts provide a smaller amount of 10 other essential vitamins and minerals. Recent research studies have specifically included peanuts and peanut butter as part of healthy diets which help prevent adult-onset diabetes and lower blood pressure.
People get fat because they eat too many calories- more than they can use.
Peanuts and peanut butter do contain fat, an essential part of a healthy diet. Fat is the most concentrated source of energy in your diet. It provides essential fatty acids, carries fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D and E and helps maintain healthy skin. Peanuts and Peanut butter contain only 2.5 grams of saturated fat per serving. As an added benefit, peanuts and peanut butter are naturally cholesterol-free.