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Does the Peanut Butter Diet Work?

By Brenda Hoffman

I came upon the Peanut Butter Diet entirely by accident – money was tight during college days and to stretch my buck, I ate peanut butter jelly sandwich for breakfast and lunch almost everyday. The good news is I didn’t even put on an ounce. On the contrary, I lost a fair bit of weight! So, when the diet was introduced in 2002, I wasn’t the least surprised.

The Peanut Butter Diet is a controlled calorie diet plan that allows 1500 calories daily for women and 2200 calories per day for men.

You are allowed to have 4 to 6 tablespoons of peanut butter a day. But before you get all excited, the diet also requires moderate daily activity daily which translates to 45 minutes of exercise to lose approximately ½ pound per week.

Your breakfast on the Peanut Butter Diet includes whole grain cereal, fat free milk, and a banana.

Lunch is generally a peanut butter and jelly (whole wheat bread) sandwich and a piece of fruit, which can be an apple, or tangerine.

You will also get to enjoy a nice snack, and you might have guessed, snacks are peanut butter based. Think peanut butter and celery sticks.

As for dinner, peanut butter is off the menu. Instead, you feast on lots of veggies and fruits, and lean protein such as skinless chicken, turkey as well as fish.

The other good thing about the diet is you will also find yourself slowly eliminating whole milk dairy products, margarine, mayonnaise, white bread, and refined sugar from your diet. That means you are actually cutting back on your caloie and fat intake.

If you are keen on the diet, first make sure you don’t have any nut allergies, and I would also suggest you use good quality, healthy peanut butter brands. Look for less refined peanut butter that does not contain trans fat, hydrogenated oils, or preservatives.

You might want to consider natural peanut butter with a few additives such as Skippy Natural Creamy, Crazy Richard's Natural Chunky, Naturally More, Smucker's Natural Chunky and MaraNatha Organic Creamy Roasted Peanut Butter.

My thoughts on the peanut butter diet for weight loss? At the end of the day, any comparable eating plan that advocates calorie control and exercise will also produce the same weight loss results. Enough said.

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