Eating Fruit and Nuts

[colange2]

Would a banana and a spoon of peanut butter be a good snack or would there be a lack of some of the amino acids? Ive heard that it is good to combine a fat with a sugar(fruit and nuts) but have also heard that it is bad...can anyone clarify this please?

 

[Highlanda01602]

The addition of fat will slow the digestion of the sugars, spacing out the release of insulin rather than igniting it all at once. This is a positive thing, unless it is post-workout (arguably).

There is no "bad" part do doing this, and its a great snack IMO. For a small improvement, it wouldn't be a bad idea to attempt to get in a bit more protein however. A banana plus a spoon of PB is roughly 35g CHO, 4g Protein, and 8g Fat.

 

[Chub]

Try go for natural peanut butter as its a lot healthier for you than the standard peanut butters you get in the supermarket

 

[colange2]

yeah ive switched to the natural kind recently and i love it, thanks for the help guys