<div dir="ltr">Trying to figure out how peanut butter might help (we ran out for a few days)<div><br></div><div>From:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/craving-peanut-butter" target="_blank">https://www.healthline.com/health/craving-peanut-butter</a> </div><div><br></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:25px;margin-top:25px;font-size:18px;line-height:26px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Proxima Nova",system-ui,sans-serif">Peanut butter is a nutritionally-rich food, which contains phytonutrients, such as beta-sitosterol. One <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/14/7/123" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="gmail-content-link gmail-css-5r4717" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(1,173,185)">study</a> on animals indicated that beta-sitosterol may have value as an antidepressant.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:25px;margin-top:25px;font-size:18px;line-height:26px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Proxima Nova",system-ui,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-css-12hs4c5" style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline"><font color="#01adb9" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(1,173,185)"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border-color:currentcolor"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962013/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="gmail-content-link gmail-css-5r4717" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(1,173,185)">Anecdotal evidence</a> </span></font></span>also indicates that beta-sitosterol helps reduce feelings of anxiety, possibly by stabilizing cortisol, a hormone released during times of stress. Stress has also been shown in <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/why-stress-causes-people-to-overeat" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="gmail-content-link gmail-css-5r4717" style="background-color:transparent;box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(1,173,185)">animal studies</a>, to trigger cravings of high-fat foods. You might find yourself reaching for a jar of peanut butter if you’re feeling anxious, stressed out, or depressed, in an attempt to reduce those feelings.<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p></div>