At Ezra Cohen Montreal, we believe it should always be easy for you to learn more about the foods that you love. To that end, we’re always ready to share the research around the health benefits of our most popular products. And this week, we decided to tackle the benefits behind one of our all-time favorites: almond butter.

Almond butter is more than just a delicious addition to meals, snacks, and recipes. It’s a vitamin-rich, nutrient-rich food that helps your body be at its best and get more of the good stuff. So what exactly are those benefits? Here are three of the biggest ones.

1. It’s chock full of wholesome nutrition

Every single tablespoon of this tasty spread features plenty of the nutrition you need, including protein, fiber, healthy fats, calcium, magnesium, vitamin E, phosphorus, and a whole lot more. Compared to peanut butter, almond butter boasts more fiber, less sugar, and less saturated and unsaturated fat, making it an excellent alternative to the original nut butter king and an all-around great food for maintaining a healthy diet.

2. It can help control your blood sugar

Magnesium is a mineral that plays a role in more than 300 of your body’s key processes, and that includes regulating your blood sugar (hence the reason that a large portion of people with diabetes turn out to have a magnesium imbalance or deficiency). You’ll find about 45 milligrams of magnesium in every tablespoon of almond butter, which accounts for a decent amount of the 400 or so milligrams you should be consuming every day. So slather it on toast, blend it into your smoothies, or build your own flavorful almond butter parfait—your blood sugar will thank you.

3. It’s great for weight loss

If you’re trying to lose weight, then almond butter is an excellent choice for helping you do it. Almonds have been associated with lower body fat levels and slimmer waistlines, and have been found to be more effective than just lowering your calories and upping your complex carbohydrates.

A lot of this comes down to all those key vitamins and minerals, and especially all that protein. Simply put, almond butter keeps you full for longer while also filling in a lot of the nutritional gaps that might be standing in the way of effective weight loss. Not too shabby for something so inherently delicious.

Love almond butter as much as we do? We want to hear about it! Contact us today to let us know what else you’d like to know about almond butter, as well as additional almond butter recipes you’d like to see on our page.

As you could probably guess, we eat a lot of nut butter here at Ezra Cohen Montreal. And lately, we’ve been particularly enamored with our roasted pecan butter, enhanced with the sweet richness of pralines.

Nothing says fall like pecans. These velvety smooth nuts have an intense depth of flavor and can more than hold their own next to other seasonal staples (we’ll take pecan pie over pumpkin pie any day of the week). They’re also immensely good for you. Below, we’ll tackle the topic of pecan butter nutrition and share some of our favorite pecan butter uses so that you can enjoy even more of the good stuff.

Pecan Butter Health Benefits

Looking at nutritional content alone, pecan butter is one of the healthiest nut butters that you can eat. That’s because pecans are naturally stocked with a wide range of necessary vitamins and minerals—more than 19 of them, in fact!—including potassium, fiber, and vitamin E. And while it’s slightly higher in fat than other nut butter varieties, it’s also chockful of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, both of which are integral to a healthy diet.

When you eat pecan butter, you get more than just great flavor—you also get a ton of health benefits. These include:

• Support for cardiovascular and digestive health
• Assistance with weight loss
• Minerals that keep teeth and bones strong
• A boost for your immune system
• Reduced blood pressure

Working more pecan nut butter into your diet is a simple way to get more of the things that your body needs, and it certainly doesn’t hurt that it tastes great too. As for ways to enjoy it beyond just eating it off the spoon, we’ve got some ideas.

Creative Uses for Pecan Nut Butter

As our recipe guru, Ezra Cohen, McGill University graduate and founder of Ezra Cohen Montreal, is always figuring out new and creative uses for our nut butters. Here are two of his (and our) favorite ways to enjoy pecan butter!

Top your breakfast. Warm up a tablespoon of Ezra Cohen Montreal Praline Pecan Butter for 15 seconds in the microwave and then drizzle it on pancakes and waffles, or stir it into yogurt and put it in a bowl with fruit and granola for a nutritious parfait.

Bake with it. Add Praline Pecan Butter to your favorite cookies, bread, and other baked good recipes. A ribbon of pecan nut butter in a healthy banana bread simply cannot be beat.

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Ready to enjoy? Check out our Praline Pecan Butter and other nut butter varieties, and don’t forget to check out our recipe blog for even more quick and delicious ways to use nut butters!

Ezra Cohen, McGill University grad and health food guru, has built an entire enterprise on providing quality nut butter snacks to those who want something that tastes amazing and boosts your health.

We all know that Brazil nut butter is delicious, but you might be surprised to learn that there are many Brazil nut butter benefits that go far beyond its great taste.

Nut butters, in general, are one of the easiest ways to add essential vitamins and nutrients to your diet (hence the reason we’re such big fans of them here at Ezra Cohen Montreal). And brazil nut butter, in general, has a lot to offer when it comes to your health.

Brazil nuts, which are tree nuts harvested from the Amazon rainforest in South America, have an inherently rich flavor that’s ideal for nut butter. But Brazil nut butter only tastes decadent—behind the scenes, it provides surprising benefits to a range of different systems in your body. Here are three of them.

1. It boosts your immune system
Brazil nuts, and thus Brazil nut butter, contain high levels of selenium, a mineral that, among other things, helps enhance the functions of your immune system and thyroid. Each of us requires about 55 mcg of selenium a day for optimal immune health, and Brazil nuts far exceed that amount, providing anywhere between 96 mcg and 400 mcg per nut. That’s good news for your immune system, especially as we enter the flu season.

2. It helps protect your brain
The more you can protect your brain, the better. That’s why it’s great to know that Brazil nut butter contains ellagic acid, a neuroprotective antioxidant that provides key support to brain cells. In one study, adults with mild cognitive impairments who ate just one Brazil nut a day for six months experienced improved mental functioning and verbal fluency. Not bad for such a simple snack food.

3. It can lower your risk of heart disease
Nuts are notoriously good for your heart, and the same goes for Brazil nuts, which contain fiber, minerals, and healthy polyunsaturated fats that can help lower your levels of bad cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) and raise your levels of good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol). The result? A reduced risk of heart disease and an all-around healthier heart.

At Ezra Cohen Montreal, we believe that the best foods are those that are both good and good for you. Try our Brazil Nut Butter and other nut butter products today and discover just how easy it is to do right by your body. And don’t forget to check out our recipe blog for great tips on cooking and baking with nuts and nut butters!

Wondering about macadamia nut butter benefits? We already know that there is a ton to love about macadamia nuts, including the fact that they’re loaded with good-for-you vitamins and minerals and the perfect addition to chocolate chip cookies. But blend ‘em up and you get a creamy snack that provides all of the same benefits and then some—including the ability to take a chocolate chip cookie to the next level, of course.

We’re passionate about our nut butters here at Ezra Cohen Montreal, and macadamia nut butter is no exception. So what are some of the benefits of eating it? Here are five of the biggest ones.

1. It’s chockful of nutrients. You’ll find a wide range of healthy fats in macadamia nut butter, including monounsaturated fats, which help lower levels of bad cholesterol and keep your heart healthy. You also get fiber, manganese, iron, vitamin B6, and thiamin, all in a nut that’s naturally low in carbohydrates and sugar.

2. It’s great for weight loss. Macadamia nuts, like most nuts, are a calorie dense food. However, macadamia nut butter is packed with fiber and protein, both of which help you get full faster and stay full for longer. And those monounsaturated fats we mentioned? Research suggest that these healthy fats—particularly palmitoleic acid, an omega-7 monounsaturated fat—can protect your body from unwanted weight gain.

3. It’s got lots of antioxidants. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals in your body, in turn allowing cells to function more efficiently and lowering your risk of certain diseases. And you’ll find plenty of them in macadamia nut butter, in particular flavonoids (which lower cholesterol and help fight inflammation) and tocotrienols (which also lower cholesterol and may provide key protection for your brain).

4. It’s heart healthy. Hearts love macadamia nut butter almost as much as taste buds. That’s because tree nuts like macadamia nuts have been found to have a marked effect on cholesterol levels, including introducing healthy fats in place of problematic ones. That means fewer risk factors for heart problems, even the big ones like coronary artery disease.

5. It reduces your risk of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome refers to a range of diseases that include diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Some studies show that the nutrients found in plenty in macadamia nuts reduce the risk of these diseases by helping level out blood sugar, reduce body fat, and lower bad cholesterol. Not bad for such a simple snack

Ezra Cohen, Mcgill graduate and founder of Ezra Cohen Montreal, wants to share his love of nut butters (and all their benefits) with the world. Shop our product line today and find your new favorite nut butter!