[x3d-public] peanut butter for anxiety?

[John Carlson]

Trying to figure out how peanut butter might help (we ran out for a few
days)

From:

https://www.healthline.com/health/craving-peanut-butter

Peanut butter is a nutritionally-rich food, which contains phytonutrients,
such as beta-sitosterol. One study <http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/14/7/123> on
animals indicated that beta-sitosterol may have value as an antidepressant.

Anecdotal evidence <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962013/> 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 animal studies
<https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/why-stress-causes-people-to-overeat>,
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.
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