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Tag: peanut butter

Have you been fooled by sugary nut butter impostors?
  • Sugar in Food

Have you been fooled by sugary nut butter impostors?

  • Posted on August 14, 2019April 1, 2021
  • by Lindsay Moyer

Some sweet spreads look like nut butter, yet they have more sugar than nuts…or no nuts, period. Don’t expect many nuts in Nutella. “Nutella hazelnut spread is a happy start…

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How to make The Healthy Cook’s peanut dressing
  • Healthy Recipes

How to make The Healthy Cook’s peanut dressing

  • Posted on August 2, 2019July 31, 2019
  • by Kate Sherwood

And two ways to use it Click here for a printer-friendly version of these recipes. Whether you make it spicy or not, this irresistible peanut dressing transforms simple (and healthy)…

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Here’s what you need to know about sugar in nut butters
  • Sugar in Food

Here’s what you need to know about sugar in nut butters

  • Posted on April 21, 2017April 29, 2019
  • by Leah Ettman

There’s no denying that peanut butter is popular. In fact, an estimated 290 million Americans reported eating peanut butter last year. But the familiar comfort food has gone gourmet. Move…

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  • What Not to Eat

How Do Chocolate-Flavored Spreads Compare with Peanut Butter?

  • Posted on February 11, 2016
  • by Jayne Hurley

“Turn a balanced breakfast into a tasty one,” says the Nutella jar. The “Hazelnut Spread with Skim Milk & Cocoa” sounds healthy. It’s not. Nutella has more added sugar (five…

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  • Fat in Food

"Shaky Science" Doubts Saturated Fat Linked to Heart Disease

  • Posted on March 23, 2015November 20, 2017
  • by Bonnie Liebman

For decades, experts have advised us to replace saturated fats (in foods like meat, dairy, and butter) with unsaturated fats (in foods like oils, nuts, and fish). Now some controversial studies are challenging that advice. Here are the facts behind the headlines.

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  • Healthy Recipes

Healthy Recipes: Asian Herb Salad

  • Posted on January 16, 2015
  • by Kate Sherwood

Asian Herb Salad The 3 herbs plus the cabbage make this salad pop with flavor and crunch. To turn it into a meal for four, double the dressing and toss…

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  • Fat in Food

What to Eat: Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt?

  • Posted on November 23, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

Does Pinkberry or TCBY beat a scoop of Ben & Jerry’s or Häagen-Dazs? Frozen yogurt wins. Even a single (half-cup) scoop of premium ice cream has about 10 grams of…

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  • Healthy Recipes

Healthy Recipes: Shredded Side Salad

  • Posted on November 18, 2014
  • by Kate Sherwood

Shredded Salad No, that’s not iceberg lettuce. It’s napa cabbage, and it’s part of what makes this salad pop with flavor and crunch. To turn it into a meal for…

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  • Food Safety

Food Safety Tips for Young Children

  • Posted on November 14, 2014
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

As a baby grows into a toddler, you can teach him or her about handwashing. Practice singing a song like “Happy Birthday” two times while washing to ensure that he…

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  • What Not to Eat

What Not to Eat: SpecuLoser

  • Posted on October 28, 2014
  • by Jayne Hurley

“A delicious European alternative to peanut butter,” says the Lotus Creamy Biscoff Spread jar. [WN] “This rich, deeply flavorful Belgium Speculoos spread is a delicious way to enhance toast, bagels,…

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