Originally Posted by
Pendergast
Whole peanuts provide fewer available calories than peanuts that have been turned into peanut butter.
Yeah, I've read nut butter has ~25% more digested calories than when chewing them up. And if I'm not mistaken, chewing has some sort of hormonal and/or psychological effect that increases satiation. I've stopped with the nut butters (e.g. Nuttzo) - it's one of the few foods where I have trouble controlling how many calories I take.