Skippy's Natural Peanut Butter

[highoctane]

Ok so I have an uneducated question for you guys. I'm really getting into my diet so am curious to add to this thread. With that said, this whole "healthy fat thing"... 16g of fat makes me shy away from it. I've heard almonds work? Is natural peanut butter the same? How do they work and why? And being at 28.4%bf...shouldn't the healthy fats be left until when my bf is lower?

I apologize if this post is very basic for most of you, but the only way I'll know is to ask and learn. Also, if I missed another post that encompasses this topic, please feel free to link me and I'll take my questions there!

 

[macrophage69alpha]

You can buy it now at GNC -- they just signed an exclusive deal w/ GNC & had to change the name from "Power Butter". That & Stallone pudding were the 2 things I saved for my first post-competition junk food.

dont know if the manufacturer is the same but powerbutter did not test out well (it did not meet label claims)

 

[jenscats5]

Ok so I have an uneducated question for you guys. I'm really getting into my diet so am curious to add to this thread. With that said, this whole "healthy fat thing"... 16g of fat makes me shy away from it. I've heard almonds work? Is natural peanut butter the same? How do they work and why? And being at 28.4%bf...shouldn't the healthy fats be left until when my bf is lower?

I apologize if this post is very basic for most of you, but the only way I'll know is to ask and learn. Also, if I missed another post that encompasses this topic, please feel free to link me and I'll take my questions there!

There is a BIG difference between 16g of saturated fat & mono or poly-unsaturated fat....Healthy fats are very important in your overall health.

You need fats in order to burn fats....your body cannot provide EFAs on it's own - thus you need to provide them...

Check out this article: http://www.supplements2000.com/nutrition/essfats.html

And: http://www.benbest.com/health/essfat.html

And: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/changingshape5.htm