8-POWERFUL FACTS ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER AND YOUR HEALTH

8 POWERFUL FACTS ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER AND THE AFFECTS IT HAS ON YOUR HEALTH

Peanut butter is no stranger in 98% of America's households
What may not be as well known is the importance and value that peanut
butter have on your health and well being.

FACT # 1 March is National Peanut Month.

Fact # 2: According to the ( FDA ).US Food and Drug Administration The average American eats about 6-
pounds
of peanut butter per person, per year.

Fact # 3: Most of our peanuts come mainly from 6- southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas,
South Carolina and Virginia.

Fact # 4 It is somewhat known that there are over 300 products made from peanuts in general. But what
may not be known is that almost half of the US peanut crop is used to make peanut butter

Fact # 5. Peanut Butter is one of America's favorite foods!

Fact # 6 : How is Peanut butter really Made and WHAT Goes into it?
According to research, " Peanut Butter was first created by blending together ground shelled peanuts,
vegetable oil and salt. The peanuts are first shelled, then roasted and the skins removed. Then they are
ground into a smooth butter spread." Peanut butter must be at lease 90 percent peanuts with no
ARTIFICIAL sweeteners,colors or preservatives to officially be labeled peanut butter. According to google
research, it takes about 850 peanuts to make an 18-OZ jar of peanut butter.

Fact # 7: Health benefits associated with peanut butter, of which there are quite a few.
If you like peanut butter you will also like to learn that there are many health benefits associated with
peanuts as stated in many health and food publications and journals as it pertains to the nutritional value
that peanuts products provides for our body's overall well being.
Some people think that the Fat content in peanuts is bad for your body. This not true. The fat and oil
content in peanuts is necessary to help maintain a healthy immune system.: a natural anti-inflammatory
function to fight disease and infection. Peanuts are also a source of protein, and they offer all kinds of
essential vitamins and minerals. Here is an additional bit of recent and good news and about peanuts and
peanut butter.: The study Showa that eating peanuts or peanut butter can greatly reduce the risk of heart
attacks and type 2 diabetes.

Fact # 8: Now lets look at Who invented Peanut Butter and why?
Peanut butter was first introduced in the United States in the year of 1890.
Some seem to think that peanut butter was invented by a St. Louis physician to provide his patients with an
easy to digest protein food.
However, there are many who still believe it is the father of the peanut industry, the man known as George
Washington Carver, who also invented more than 300 other uses for peanuts.is the inventor Of this
American highly favorite food : PEANUT BUTTER.

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Article by: Robert Peet
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Writer, public speaker, promoter, snack food supplier, consultant, entrepreneur, business owner and
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Robert Peet, CEO Peets Products&Services
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