Question about 2 foods

[RunnerKim]

Can I have Agave nectar for sweetner on P2? Also what about Bell Plantation's PB2? Now that I feel I've conquered my sweet tooth I want to wean myself off of Splenda in my beverages. I'd like to do agave. Does anyone here have luck with it not giving them cravings? Also, PB2 is so much less in calories and carbs. Does anyone here use it successfully on SBD?

Thanks!

[RedRox]

I use agave as my sweetener of choice. It's a personal choice IMO. Even the wild agave is fairly low GI at somewhere in the mid to upper 30s. But I don't use much of it either. Mostly just a squeeze in my oatmeal or the occasional cup of brewed chai. I would say try it and see how it works for you. If you want a rationalization, it is primarily fructose and fructose is listed on the list of allowed sweeteners. I would count the calories from what you use to your daily sweet treat limit in that case.

As to the PB2, I have no idea what's in it so ingredients and nutrition info would help, but it sounds like a reduced fat PB. The point of including nuts/seeds in our diets is because they are very healthy for us and much of that comes from the healthy fats in them and it is also the fats that give us feelings of satiety. So my view would be to just stick to the regular natural PBs that just have PB and maybe salt as ingredients. Even some of the newer "shelf stable/no stir" natural PBs are not a good idea as they contain things like palm oils and perhaps other stabilizers that just don't need to be in PB. Peanut butter should really just be plain peanuts in a spreadable form. YMMV.

[RunnerKim]

Thanks!

A little info on PB2 for you

http://www.bellplantation.com/index....d=15&Itemid=35

[logmyloss.com]

I would say you should probably avoid the PB2. It has added sugar, which is a no-no. Any peanut butter should only be peanuts and salt. It looks like a neat concept though.

[RunnerKim]

Originally Posted by logmyloss.com

I would say you should probably avoid the PB2. It has added sugar, which is a no-no. Any peanut butter should only be peanuts and salt. It looks like a neat concept though.

Seriously? For only 1.6 grams of sugar?

[RedRox]

A glass of milk has 16 gms of sugars, but they are naturally occuring in the milk and fairly low GI as well, so it isn't the amount that is really the issue IMO. Plus again, you take out the healthy fats that are the major reason for eating nuts to begin with and you take away most, if not all, of their healthy properties. The fats are exactly why you should have full fat PB with only peanuts and salt as the ingredients, but only have a little bit each day.

Remember that the primary purpose of this program is to reduce cardiac risk and control blood sugars and the weight loss was just a side effect that happened to make it more popular. Here is a recent article that continues to support the addition of a small amount of nuts (and natural PB with nothing added is again just nuts in a spreadable form) into your diet for health reasons and as the article points out, the benefits exceeded those on a low fat control diet Scientists find nutty risk reducer: Eat more nuts - Yahoo! News

[RunnerKim]

Thanks! I changed my PB brand when I went to the store today!