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Peanut Butter Diet
The Peanut Butter Diet is a book written by Holly McCord – a senior writer for the US health magazine Prevention. Prevention is published by Rodale. Quite simply, this is fad dieting at its finest (or silliest). Essentially the diet is nothing more than an average low calorie diet with some peanut butter in the meal plans and recipes.
It is an overt attempt to gain popularity and notoriety by focusing on a single food that has traditionally been seen as "bad".
Peanut Butter for Weight Loss
Like most fats and oils, nuts have been derided during the recent prevalence of low fat diets. However this is unfounded as nuts are good sources of mono-unsaturated fats, proteins, and other essential micro nutrients such as vitamin E.
Like all fats they are higher in calories (9 calories per gram), and need to be eaten in moderation. There is no reason why nuts should be completely eliminated from a weight loss diet. This is what the Peanut Butter diet is cashing in on.
Generally any diet that espouses the benefits of a single food over all others is in danger of becoming unbalanced. The Peanut Butter diet is a little deceptive as it gives the impression that peanuts are the answer to weight loss.
Peanut Butters – Not All Created Equal
It needs to be said that there are many different qualities of peanut butter available in retail outlets. Some have sugar and sodium (salt) added, and other oils and preservatives. As a general rule of thumb, the more processed a food is, the lower the nutritional quality is.
Natural peanut butter – with few additives is the best bet. Healthy fats have a place in our diet – but like most things – within moderation.
Unfortunately peanut butter has been recently linked to liver cancer. Be wary of any protein. This new protein craze is causing Americans to consume more and recite the “protein is good” mantra. There is a reason why it makes you fill full, your body can’t break it down efficiently. It is healthier to eat lower protein options (not necessarily higher CARB), consistently throughout the day.
Last year, not knowing about the PB Diet benefits, my blood pressure had sky rocketed with a rotator cuff tear problem…but I was also 30 lbs. overweight. As a vegetarian, I couldn’t fall back on turkey, chicken or tuna as diet foods…and went on PBJ sandwiches 3 times a day with lowfat chocolate milk…It started me on a roll of loosing tremendous weight with no exercise. Then I switched out one sandwich for a “regular” meal….and that was usually pasta/marina/salad…to date I went from 165 to 135! Somehow by luck it worked…and also had blood tests and my cholesterol had dropped to 175; as I was worried since I quit Lipitor that I was having bad joint problems from. I used natural jelly/jam preserves..no regular jelly and regular chunky PB…It is satisfying and curbs your desire for foods…
up until high school, i ate peanut butter with every meal. pb on toast for breakfast, pb crackers for snack, pb with apple slices for lunch, pb sandwich for dinner. during high school I gained 75 lbs, weighing in at 150lbs. I’ve been on the peanut butter diet for 1 month, and with light excercise,I’ve lost 11 lbs, so I now weigh in at 139. I’m going to keep at it.
it really does sound stupid
i love peanut butter but i just don’t get the plan. do i only eat peanut butter.
does this actually work :S?
cuz it would be amazing if it did (:
if i had to chose one meal to eat for the rest of my life it would be peanut butter on an apple! yum! but not really heatly.
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What aren’t you allowed to eat?!
i dont get it
so you eat only peanut butter?
that sounds a little silly
you eat more right?
anyone have the plan or anything?
apple slices w/ peanut butter dip =]
has anyone lost weight?
Yummmmmmmm!
Peanut butter my Best friend!!!
lol ilee everyone
I luv peanut butter!!! Yummy! Yay yay yay!!!
I found a peanut butter that really qualifies to be part of a peanut butter diet. Check it out at http://www.betternpeanutbutter.com
Sounds a bit crazy
Yeah, It`s so good and so delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love penut butter hehe lol LOVE IT
peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat! lolllz
Peanut Butter Jelly Time…..lol