Originally Posted by
Ryder1
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.
The level of mastication changes the level of digestion of nuts. Different people will get differing amounts of calories from the same amounts of nuts. This probably applies to other foods to some extent but I haven't seen any studies on it.