Is macadamia nut butter safe?

[barbwirehouse]

Like this: http://www.bushtuckershop.com/prod36.htm

$9.50 for 220g, pretty affordable. Macadamias are unique due to their very low PUFA content and Peat says macadamia oil is safe, so is macadamia butter?

 

[tara]

Peat has cautioned about unsaturated fats. PUFAs are the bigger problem, but monounsaturated fats also have one of the unsaturated bonds that can cause trouble. So MUFAs are safer than PUFAs, but you still might be better off not eating large quantities of MUFAs either, if I've read Peat correctly. So a little macadamia nut butter might be fine, but large amounts not so much - that's my take.

I got some coconut butter for the first time recently - delicious! Not for everyone because of the fibre and proteins, but I'm trying a little from time to time, and putting it in coffee when I avoid milk.

 

[barbwirehouse]

Peat has cautioned about unsaturated fats. PUFAs are the bigger problem, but monounsaturated fats also have one of the unsaturated bonds that can cause trouble. So MUFAs are safer than PUFAs, but you still might be better off not eating large quantities of MUFAs either, if I've read Peat correctly. So a little macadamia nut butter might be fine, but large amounts not so much - that's my take.

I got some coconut butter for the first time recently - delicious! Not for everyone because of the fibre and proteins, but I'm trying a little from time to time, and putting it in coffee when I avoid milk.

Thanks tara, in moderation it's fine it seems. Definitely better than almond butter though.

 

[Westside PUFAs]

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[Xisca]

Just my opinion, if someone can criticize it, great. Making a "butter" brakes the nut's emulsion, and we digest emulsified fats (that what bilis is doing inside). So I prefer to eat the whole nut.
I have planted macadamias and will get mines in a few years! I live in an almond place, so bad news about eating them any more...

 

[Mauritio]

Macadamia nuts have a lot of palmitoleic acid (about 20%), which has a strong anti-inflammatory effect.

This can be seen in the gut where it strongly lowers cytokines and increases benign bacteria like Akkermansia.
- Dietary palmitoleic acid reprograms gut microbiota and improves biological therapy against colitis - PubMed

- Dietary Palmitoleic Acid Attenuates Atherosclerosis Progression and Hyperlipidemia in Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Deficient Mice - PubMed
- Palmitoleic acid (n-7) increases white adipocytes GLUT4 content and glucose uptake in association with AMPK activation - PubMed
- Palmitoleic acid (16:1n7) increases oxygen consumption, fatty acid oxidation and ATP content in white adipocytes - PubMed