promote an unhealthy psychological response
(and potentially violate our first Good Food
standard), the natural fats, added salt, and
perhaps added sugar found in nuts and nut
butters can have the same effect.
In plain speech, people find them all too
easy to overconsume.
Now, if you were to sit in front of the
television and mindlessly eat a whole bag of
carrots—no harm, no foul. We certainly don’t
encourage that kind of “auto-pilot
consumption,” but even an entire bag of
carrots isn’t going to send your metabolism
spiraling out of control.
Swap those carrots for half a jar of
sunflower seed butter (or almonds, or
macadamia nuts), however, and we’ve got a
serious problem. Nuts and seeds pack a far
greater caloric punch than carrots, and you
may just find yourself consuming almost an
entire day’s worth of calories before you