Healthy Family Challenge-Week 3

Okay, I know that you thought I dropped off the face of the earth, but it turns out that wasn't true.

So in the spirit of getting back into the swing of things I am picking up where I left off.

If you missed the first two Healthy Family Challenges, they are here (don't worry, they are painless):

Week One

Week Two

This week's challenge is....


Switch to Natural Peanut Butter!

Eat This!

Not that!

Are you shocked?

Is this a dead horse I refuse to stop beating?

Yes it is.

C'mon people. You can do it!

And here is why you should:

It is so much better for you.

Let's let the list of ingredients speak for themselves shall we?

Most true Natural Peanut Butters will or (should) contain just two ingredients: peanuts and salt

More than this is a no, no or what I like to call pornographic peanut butter.

Compare the ingredients on these popular brands:

The famous peanut butter that starts with an "S":

Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (Cottonseed, Soybean and Rapeseed) to Prevent Separation, Salt.

or

This famous spread that begins with the same letter as my name:

ROASTED PEANUTS AND SUGAR. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MOLASSES, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT.


Both of these popular peanut butters not only have added sugar and hydrogenated oils, they also have 150 mg of sodium compared to just 45 mg in my favorite brand of peanut butter that I buy at Costco.

Just try it. It isn't going to kill you.

It may just add some years to your life.

And it tastes really good. I promise!

P.S. Stay tuned for more posts on peanut butter this week including some yummy recipes.