The Peanut Butter Diet

by Holly McCord

Book Overview

Eat peanut butter every day and lose all the weight you want The amazing plan that lets youLose weight * Lower your cholesterol * Slash your risk of heart disease and diabetes Slim down with your favorite comfort food Peanut butter not only tastes great, it's also very good for you. You can eat it every day and still lose weight Many health-conscious dieters have shied away from this tempting treat, but new studies show that peanut butter can actually...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312982240
• ISBN13: 9780312982249
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Effective and Tasty:A good weightlifting diet

Monounsaturated fats..Peanut Butter simply tastes better than olive oil..With peanut butter you get monounsaturated fat,omega 6 yes,but take some flax to balance it out,magnesium,arginine,protein ,fiber and other good things..It tastes good has low sugar and NO trans fatty acids..It does work at quelling the hunger a lot better than the refined carb diets that were a fad of the politically correct80's and nineties..Carbs take a perosn that is a "go-getter" and turns them into sedated "nice " person ,a lazier person more controllable by the establishment..Think outside the box,go peanut butter!

Great plan

This is a great diet that includes a good amount of monounsaturated fats that keep you feeling full and satisfied. This plan works and there are charts how to substitute the peanut butter for other monounsaturated fats and create your own meal plan. This does work and I am proof.

Make Sure That Peanut Butter is Organic!

Anyone considering increasing the amount of peanut butter in their diet should consider that according to the book "Diet for a Poisoned Planet" by David Steinman (which was based on government studies done on our foods), peanut butter contains 183 pesticide residues, and takes the grand prize for the most pesticides of any food in the American diet. Our family loves peanut butter, but we only buy organic. It's a shame there are no warning labels on non-organic peanut butter.

A diet that actually fills you up!

Now this is an unusual idea, eat something that you like every day with a high fat content and still lose weight. The funny thing about it is that the diet worked. I think it worked for me because after a few days I knew that I could eat a rich tasting food twice a day and not get hungry. Peanut butter filled me up. I stuck to the 1500 calorie a day diet instead of the higher calorie version for men. I liked the varied recipes but I didn't like the exotic ingredianrs of some of them. How many people carry Mango Chutney in their cupboard? Breaking down the menu according to amount of calories for all the meals would have been very helpful instead of just the recipe meals. Then it would of been much easier to mix and match different meals for the same day. Some of the recipes were too elaborate or had hard to find ingrediants. I went to three stores to find low sodium tomato soup! The meals were very healthy and included nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day. My basic criticism of the plan was the time needed to purchase and prepare some of the meals. I have to admit that being able to mix peanutbutter in chocolate pudding for an evening snack was a wonderful way of making you feel that this was not a diet. The bottom line is if you want to feel full and healthy give it a try.

This works!

Everyone gets hung up on the peanut butter aspect of the book and doesn't pay attention to the overall content of the diet. It weans you off cheese, margarines, mayonnaises, white breads, sugar-all the things you need to cut way down on-and emphasizes fresh vegetables and fruit and small portions of meat. It works for diabetics as well. I had followed a low-fat diet for some time and my triglycerides were 379 (normal range is 30-200). After 28 days on this diet, my triglycerides went down to 116! All my cholestrol and glucose levels were reduced as well. I'm thrilled! The peanut butter helps you feel full and most of the recipes are really good. My main complaint is the way she keeps ending every section with a plug for the diet-ignore that because the information and advice is good.