Skippy Natural Peanut Butter has no preservatives, artificial flavors or colors, and varieties include Super Chunk, Creamy and Peanut Butter Spread with Honey. Skippy Natural Peanut Butter can be a part of a balanced diet if you eat it in moderation. Of course, if you have specific health concerns, you should talk to your doctor about which foods are best for you.
Nutritional Overview
Skippy Natural Peanut Butter has 180 to 200 calories per 2-tbsp. serving. It has 6 to 9 g carbohydrates with 2 g dietary fiber, which promotes blood sugar control and helps prevent constipation. Natural Creamy and Super Chunk have 3 g of added sugars, and Creamy Peanut Butter Spread with Honey has 5 g of added sugars from sugar and honey. Each serving has 10 percent of the daily value for the vitamin E, an antioxidant, as well as 15 to 20 percent of the daily value for niacin
Healthy Fats
Skippy Natural Peanut Butter is high in fat, with 16 to 17 g total fat per serving. However, it has only 3.5 g saturated fat, an unhealthy kind of fat that raises levels of bad LDL cholesterol in your blood. The rest of the fat in peanut butter comes from heart-healthy unsaturated fats. Peanut butters with partially hydrogenated oils contain dangerous trans fats, but Skippy Natural Peanut Butter is free from trans fats, as well as from cholesterol.
Weight Management
Maintaining a healthy weight can lower your risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. If you are trying to reduce your calorie consumption in order to control your weight, you might think that you should avoid Skippy Natural Peanut Butter, since it is high in calories with. However, the Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center states that people who eat nuts regularly have less of a chance of gaining weight over time. Just remember to substitute peanut butter for other foods instead of simply adding extra peanut butter to your diet.
Sodium
Too much sodium in your diet can lead to high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and stroke. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services state that healthy adults on a 2,000-calorie diet should not have more than 2,300 mg sodium per day. The majority of sodium comes from packaged and prepared foods, so if you are concerned about your sodium intake, you should read the nutrition labels on food packages. Skippy Natural Peanut Butter has 125 to 150 mg sodium per 2-tbsp. serving.
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