Peanut Butter Diets

The peanut butter diet was created by Holly McCord, MA, RD, and a senior editor at Prevention Magazine. This diet plan allows people to eat peanut butter and peanuts, foods they enjoy, while working to lose weight. Dieters work controlled portions of peanuts and peanut butter into a low-calorie diet plan filled with healthy food and exercise.

Benefits

• The peanut butter diet has many different benefits, including taste. Most people enjoy the taste of peanut butter, which means they can eat foods they enjoy while on this diet, instead of typical tasteless diet foods. Peanut butter is also a very low-priced product, so this diet is extremely affordable. Also, the peanut butter diet doesn't leave out exercise like many other diets do, making it overall healthier and more likely that a person will lose weight and stick to the regimen.

Negatives

• Many people are allergic to peanuts and this diet completely eliminates anyone with this issue from participating. Dieters also must keep a close watch on their portions, as eating too much peanut butter could actually backfire on their diet plans and make them gain weight.

Exercise

• A large portion of the peanut butter diet is dedicated to exercise. The type of exercise performed is left to the individual participant, but 45 minutes of daily exercise is suggested. Dieters can fit this into their daily routines by going for lunchtime walks, joining a gym, taking yoga classes, or any other form of exercise they enjoy.

Background

• Penn State Researchers performed a study on peanuts and peanut butter and found that people who worked these foods into their daily diets were more likely to meet the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for vitamins and nutrients. For example; peanuts are full of vitamins A and E, as well as calcium, iron and fiber. They are also high in protein.