Should or Shouldn't for peanut butter

Why You Avoid Peanut Butter
Peanut butter’s creamy goodness is high in fat and calories (16 grams of fat and 188 calories per two tablespoons).

Why You Shouldn’t Avoid Peanut Butter
Research has shown that there’s nothing nutty about eating peanuts—in fact, they can lower the risk for heart disease. “Nuts are fabulous sources of heart-healthy, unsaturated fats. They also provide essential fatty acids that your body needs daily,” says Joan Salge Blake, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., author of Nutrition & You: Core Concepts for Good Health , clinical professor at Boston University and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. Further research has also suggested that peanut butter as a snack keeps you full and satisfied long enough so that it won’t pack on the pounds (in other words, that one PB&J you had for lunch will be filling enough to keep you from moving on to PB&J numbers two and three).