Crushing peanuts into butter doesn’t help your body get more energy from them — only cooking does. Mice that ate blended peanuts gained the same amount of weight as those that ate whole ones, even though the nuts were crushed.

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Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid-rich food.

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2015 Jan

The study found that cooking peanuts helps your body absorb more energy from them, but just blending them doesn’t — even if it looks like the peanuts are broken up. So heat, not just physical smashing, is what makes the fat easier to digest.

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Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid-rich food.

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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22622

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When you cook peanuts, your body can absorb more of the fat inside them, so you get more energy from the same amount of peanuts — mice that ate cooked peanuts gained more weight than those that ate raw ones, even when they ate the same amount.

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Cooking peanuts breaks open the tiny protective shells around the fat inside, making it easier for your body’s digestive juices to reach and break down the fat.

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