What Is the Best Brand of Almond Butter to Buy?

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Brand of Almond butter to buy? This is JJ Virgin, four time New York Times best selling author, celebrity nutrition expert, and fitness hall of famer. I've been on a lifelong long quest for answers to the toughest health questions and now I'm sharing what I found with you. Welcome to Ask the Health Expert. Nancy Jerish from Facebook asks, I started the shakes a few days ago. Can you tell me what is the best brand of almond butter to buy? I purchased Justin's and it has sugar. It's delish, but 6 grams per 2 tablespoons is a no now. Hey, I am so glad that you noticed that. And I've got some recommendations, some some nut hacks for you. So stay tuned. I'll be right back with them.

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I remember. I remember so well dipping that spoon into that almond butter and cone. Why does this taste so darn good? Oh, they added sugar to it. Darn it. So, yes, you do have to check the labels and it's kind of challenging to give you actual labels because it differs throughout the country and also in different parts of the world. Because this podcast goes everywhere. But a couple things I would look at and then a couple places you can look like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. Look there. You ideally would love to have organic. That's the best when you're getting these nuts, obviously. So you want organic nut butter with no sugar added and make sure they don't add in some crappy oils, too. I'm always amazed when that happens. But you know, the Whole Foods organic, Trader Joe's organics ones don't do that. So when I'm buying these, I am going to look for a couple different things I want to ideally have the the labels say almonds and sea salt. I love sea salt in my nut butter and I love it in my shake. And that is it. Now another thing to think about is almond butter is awesome. And there are those stores, I think Sprouts, where I live does it, maybe Whole Foods does it, where you can actually grind it fresh. Oh my gosh. So good. But I'm going to, like push you to think outside the almond box for a bit because almond butter is great, but boy, there are far more nut butters out there. One that deserves some massive recognition is macadamia nut butter. It is as delicious as it sounds. So there's another one. And then walnut butter, pecan butter, there's sunflower butter. I'm not a fan of that, I must say, but for people who cannot do nuts, that's an option. So there's a lot of different nut butters out there, so I would encourage you to give those a shot and to also look for the stores where you can grind it fresh. That's especially awesome when you can do it. The big thing you always want to make sure that you're doing when you're grabbing those nut butters is to flip them on over and make sure that they have not added sugar into it and they have not added in any other oils. I mean, I don't know why you'd need to do that because nuts are high in fat so they they bring their own oil to the table. But again, what I really love to see you do is rotate those nut butters as much as possible. Oh and I oh my gosh, I forgot cashew, which is my hubby's favorite. And I like to throw these in shakes just like it sounds like you do Nancy. That's one of the ways that we do them. But there are also a lot of other things. One great thing to do if you are having some people over for maybe drinks before dinner is celery with almond butter is a great little appetizer or a great thing to pack in your kids lunches too. So there's another one for you. Or a little bit of a green banana with almond butter. Yum. So good. So again, try switching them up. Almond, pecan, walnut, cashew. But the one that you didn't hear me say, of course was peanut and that is because peanut's not a nut, it's a gum. And it is one of the ones that is more at a risk for aflatoxin mold than the other. So I like to stick to the nuts and the better fats from there. So there you go. Read those labels. This is JJ with Ask the Health Expert. I do this five times a week, so make sure you never miss a show by going to subscribetoj.

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