Peanut Butter Diet

The Peanut Butter diet shows a healthy alternative to food cooked with olive oil. The Peanut Butter Diet, written by Holly McCordis an ingenious blend of populist diet and scientific evidence. Any diet which includes regular helpings of peanut butter is likely to leave dieters feeling less deprived and more willing to achieve their weight loss goals.

The Peanut Butter Diet permits two (tablespoon-size) servings twice a day of peanut butter. Men are allotted six tablespoons of peanut butter a day.

How much do I lose with Peanut Butter Diet?

According to McCord, the diet takes off about half a pound a week, for a total of 25 pounds a year. The calorie allowance is 1,500 calories a day for women, and 2,200 calories a day for men.

Peanut Butter Diet : Important points

Menu on Peanut Butter Diet

Breakfast
Peanut Butter Maple Syrup Waffles, 1 cup fat-free milk, plain or in cafe latte.

Lunch
Tuna Salad - with half of a 6oz can drained, water-packed, white albacore tuna with 2 tsp reduced-calorie mayonnaise, 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard, and 2 Tbsp finely chopped carrots and celery. 1 1/2 cups baby carrots, red bell pepper strips, 3/4 cup calcium-enriched V-8.

Snack
Orange, pear, or other fruit of your choice

Dinner
Tahitian Chicken with Peanut Butter Mango Sauce served over 1/2 cup cooked brown basmati rice, 1/2 cup cooked spinach.

Evening Treat
1 1/2"-thick slice angel food cake topped with 1 1/2 cups coarsely mashed strawberries.

Sources include: Kris-Etherton, P M et al. High-monounsaturated fatty acid diets lower both plasma cholesterol and triacyglycerol concentrations. Am J Clin Nutr 1999; 70:1009-15