What lowers your risk of Type-2 Diabetes and sticks to the roof of your mouth?

"When it comes to healthy eating, peanut butter rocks," says Dave Grotto, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.

Researchers at Harvard University's School of Public Health found that:

...eating a half serving (one tablespoon) of peanut butter or a full serving of peanuts or other nuts (an ounce), five or more times a week, lowers the risk of developing type-2 diabetes by as much as 20 to 30 percent. "Peanut butter got a bad rap when everyone was on a low-fat kick," says lead researcher Dr. Frank Hu, associate professor of nutrition and epidemiology. "But the body of evidence is overwhelming that peanuts and nut butters can reduce the risk of serious disease."

More good news about peanut butter:

Despite its relatively high calorie count, Penn State researchers found that peanut eaters had lower body mass indexes (BMIs) compared to non-peanut eaters.

Though peanut butter is loaded with fat, it's monounsaturated, the so-called "good fat" that doesn't raise blood cholesterol levels. Almost all commercial varieties are trans-fat free.

Peanut butter is packed with vitamins A and E, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron and fiber.

Penn State researchers also compared a low-fat diet to one that was higher in monounsaturated fat from peanuts and peanut butter. Overall, the low-fat dieters lowered cardiovascular disease risk by only 12 percent, while the peanut and peanut-butter dieters lowered their risk by 21 percent.

Source: Newsweek

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