I mean carbs in the bread, proteins and fat in the peanut butter. Use wholemeal bread for fibers.

Or are proportions off compared to recommendations?

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    4 months ago

    Define “balanced meal”.

    My general answer would be no. Bread is a pretty simple carb, and you’re looking at 200+ calories from 2 slices of bread, all simple carbs. The glycemic response from that would be: not good.

    At least the fat in peanut butter will reduce the glycemic load.

    And then most peanut butter has added sugars unless you specifically buy peanut butter without sugar.

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      4 months ago

      More than that, most peanut butter has a lot of hydrogenated vegetable fats which are likely much worse than a bit of sugar.

      If the package doesn’t have a tablespoon of peanut oil or so pooling at the top when you first open it, that you then need to mix it in, it’s hydrogenated.

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        4 months ago

        Raw/natural PB tastes so much better anyways. I can’t buy anything else since I’ve tasted it.

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      4 months ago

      It will never stop being disturbing that there’s sugar in peanut butter in the US. If I didn’t know it was true I’d think it was a joke. Outside the US peanut butter is just peanuts and salt, that’s it.

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        In my experience it’s usually just peanuts. That’s the only kind I buy. You can find it with sugar and / or salt but that’s a minority.

        It really is weird how US has to ruin every kind of food to make it more unhealthy. All this while not having a real healthcare too.