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Article: Eat for Life: The right peanut butter allows you to snack wiser
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- October 1, 2006
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The choices used to be straightforward: smooth or crunchy.
But these days, the world of peanut butter brims with choices.
There are natural, reduced-fat, whipped, honey-roasted and omega-
3-enriched varieties.
And that doesn't even take into consideration all the other nut
butters - macadamia, soy, cashew, almond and sunflower - that could
stand in for peanut butter.
So how's a choosy mother to choose wisely?
"It really depends on what you're looking for," says Valerie
Bailes, a registered dietitian. "If you're concerned about saturated
fat, then reduced-fat peanut butter could be a good choice, but the
fats that are found in peanut butter are heart-healthy."
Peanut butter has long been ...