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Posted 3/13/2015 3:30 AM (GMT 0)
I'm trying to stick with a diet that will be anti inflammatory and good for lyme. I've not been eating peanut butter but it's one of the things I'm really missing. I try almond butter but it just isn't the same. I always used a natural peanut butter without sugar, oils or preservatives. Would this be bad or inflammatory or not that bad?
Posted 3/13/2015 4:09 AM (GMT 0)
Personally, I think the natural peanut butter is okay since it doesn't have the hydrogenated fat or sugar.
Because this is a long journey we're on I think allowing some tasty pleasures will keep us going - as long as we dont eat a bunch of garbage everyday. I know many will disagree with me.

So you dont like the almond butter? I think its good but its so expensive.
Posted 3/13/2015 4:16 AM (GMT 0)
The brand I have is raw and is so sticky it almost sticks your mouth together when you try to eat it. I have had the ones with sugar and oil in the past and liked that but that was before I was eating this diet. I have a raw almond butter with no sugar or oil but it's so hard to eat. Maybe so done else knows of a good brand. I've always liked peanut butter a lot.
Posted 3/13/2015 8:20 AM (GMT 0)
So many people have nut allergies, it's difficult to say if it will be OK for you or not. There are different types of alfatoxins that could also be present. We don't have major issues with them here like other countries, but they do exist in some peanut products. Fats are also utilized by some protozoans to make biofilm. I eat a lot of natural peanut butter and it's the lesser of two evils for me.

http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/aflatoxin/aflatoxin.html
Posted 3/13/2015 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
I eat peanut butter with my mepron. My LLMD told me not to.....as there apparently is mold in PB. I just ignore her and eat my Jiff with the mepron! Lol.
Posted 3/13/2015 2:10 PM (GMT 0)
Peanuts can harbour significant mold toxins (afflotoxin). Any type of biotoxin is going to cause inflammation and set you back.
Posted 3/13/2015 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
Ya know, if you eat peanut a couple days in a row and feel fine, than it might not be so bad for you. Listen to your body. For most people, the opposite seems true. Personally, I get peanut-butter-hangovers so I can live without it. Ya - once I have a bite it is DELICIOUS but I don't crave it, and I think that means my body knows what doesn't work.
Posted 3/13/2015 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
I personally don't buy into the strict diet thing. As long as it doesn't bother me, I eat what I want.
Posted 3/13/2015 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
I've been using 1 tablespoon organic peanut butter with an organic apple or some organic celery as my afternoon snack for quite some time now.

After reading what was shared here about aflatoxins, I got to Googling and was comforted by what Dr. Weil has to share:

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA115491

Post Edited (cd3764) : 3/13/2015 11:40:11 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/13/2015 5:39 PM (GMT 0)
Utahgal, read up on secondary food allergies. It can take up to 3 says before their effects are seen. And in the case of eating a fungus or mold, your immune response can often take care of it without you even knowing. But if the immune system is allocated for the fungus, it isn't allocated somewhere else where it can slow down or stop pathogen growth.
Posted 3/13/2015 10:52 PM (GMT 0)
I LOVE peanut butter; it's my sugar substitute. BUT, and this is a big but, in addition to its mold-harboring properties, peanut butter is made from peanuts, and peanuts are very high in pesticides, bc they absorb them so readily. So if you're eating any peanut butter at all, it really needs to be organic.

I try to rotate the peanut butter with other foods, though I'm not always successful at resisting it.

Margaret
Posted 3/13/2015 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
When I was doing food allergies testing, I would rotate certain foods so my body could get a break from foods I may be sensitive to.

Maybe rotate peanut butter with cashew butter, almond butter, and sunbutter.

I agree, Organic if possible!
Posted 3/13/2015 11:14 PM (GMT 0)
if you're looking for a good substitute, I have found this stuff... and oh. my. goodness. it's good. I like the maple caramel flavor (it has no added oils, and only a little maple powder adding extremely minimal sugar content... http://www.naturalmond.com minimal sugar content...
Posted 3/13/2015 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
I like Rumi . . . .
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