Peanut and Weight Loss

People associate peanuts with weight gain. There are even doctors who advise people to consume 100 g (40 oz) peanuts per day to put on a little weight, when he/she finds them undernourished and under weight. Generally speaking, the peanuts in particular, are a no-no for anybody who is under a specific weight loss diet.

Hence, what happens when reports say that the peanut can be a great weight loss ingredient? Believe or don’t believe such reports? One thing is for sure, the peanut butter (sandwich) is extremely filling and once you have it for snack or meal you could rest assured that you would not be hungry for a while after that, even if you are undergoing some demanding physical exercises.

The peanuts are known to have some of the highest fat content. Imagine – about 20 g of peanut butter would contain 16 g of fat and a whooping 200 calories! Yet, the peanuts and the peanut butter are heralded as being a great weight loss ingredient. Let us look at this paradoxical statement. Is this really possible? If so, how?

The weight loss success does not come from the contents, but its properties to allay the hunger for much longer than any other food. Hence, the fat and calories content that the peanuts have would be reduced to negative calories, i.e. after consuming it you feel hungry after so long a time that your body consumes all the calories provided by the peanuts and some more from the ‘fat bank’ of the body, thus eliminate some of the fat in the body.

Working on this theory a good number of research studies were conducted and the majority of them have agreed that the peanut is indeed promoting weight loss rather than weight gain by satiating the hunger in the body for the longest period when compared to other less fat/calorie content foods.

Once this controversy is settled in the minds of the people, the other factors, which are all positive, makes the peanut the number one food in anybody’s diet. There are astounding health benefits from consuming any nuts – the peanuts included – the main thing being that these are excellent antioxidants that promote anti-aging effects of the skins and body overall.

The trick is to have peanuts/ peanut butter along with a meal in order to prevent hunger and distance one meal from the other. In the meantime, do not forget to have a lot of water and supplementary fruit and/or vegetable juice. You will find that not only you are not hungry, but also you feel strong and focused.

Some of the leading nutritionists have advised to substitute peanut butter with cream whether it is on the sandwiches you have for lunch or snacks in the evening and watch your fat melting!