Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Of All the Types of Diet There Are Out There ...

... this one definitely sounds too heavenly to be true!
"So many clients who visit my nutrition counseling office crave that flavor but are terrified of the 190 calories and 16 g of fat in every 2-tablespoon serving."
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"Recent research now proves that peanut butter is actually very, very good for you. Its healthy monounsaturated fat-eaten as the main fat in a sensible diet-can lower your risks for heart disease and diabetes."
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"But adding peanut butter to your diet is tricky. Go overboard, and you gain weight -- fast. So we've created The Peanut Butter Diet. It's an easy, luscious, 5-day eating plan that lets you indulge in 4 to 6 tablespoons of peanut butter every day -- guilt-free!"
-- For more details, check out Try Our Amazing Peanut Butter Diet article at yourtotalhealth [iVillage].

Perhaps, this is better used to cure peanut butter addiction than as a diet tool. The menu plan is done at the rate of ~1500 calorie consumption per day, which is enough to help weight loss. But, it would be slower than consumption of 1300-1400 calories a day. Note that, an extra 100 calories a day = 700 calories a week and it is said that we need to burn 3500 calories in order to lose ~0.5 kg of fat. So, it really depends on where you're at, where you want to be, and when do you want to get there. :D

Still - an offer of 4 tbsp of peanut butter a day is quite hard to resist...

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