Teddie Old Fashioned Peanut Butter has only 4 grams of net carbs per serving
High quality protein helps build muscle and new cells in your body
Beneficial plant oils, when it replaces saturated animal fat, may help lower cholesterol levels. Peanuts contain about 80% of the "good" unsaturated fats - and, of course, they contain no cholesterol.
Peanuts are a surprisingly high source of fiber in the diet, which may help prevent some forms of cancers.
A one-ounce serving of peanuts can provide about one-fourth of your daily needs for the cancer-fighting, age-fighting Vitamin E.
Peanuts are a great food for pregnant women, especially in the earliest weeks of pregnancy when folic acid can prevent 50% - 80% of some nervous system birth defects.
Lots of hard-to-get nutrients like copper, phosphorous, magnesium, iron, selenium, and zinc are plentiful in peanut products.
It may help prevent Alzheimer's disease
Adding 22 milligrams (mg) of niacin to your daily diet may decrease your risk of developing Alzheimer's. A tablespoon of peanut butter contains about 2 mg. In a study, those who consumed 22 mg daily of this B vitamin had a 44 percent lower risk of Alzheimer's compared with those who consumed 13 mg, say researchers from Rush University Medical Center.
It's rich in antioxidants
Roasted peanuts contain about 22 percent more antioxidants than the uncooked variety and about the same amount of cell-protecting substances as strawberries, according to researchers at the University of Florida.
It may help you stay slim
If you eat nuts at least twice a week, you're about 30 percent less likely to gain weight than someone who never or rarely eats nuts, according to a study in the journal Obesity.
It may reduce your risk of coronary disease
People who eat nuts or peanuts four times a week may lower their risk of coronary heart disease by 37 percent, compared with people who seldom or never eat nuts, according to a review in the British Journal of Nutrition. Eating peanut butter may lower bad LDL cholesterol while maintaining good HDL cholesterol, the authors say.
