[Montignac] Confused about peanut butter

[CalicoCat]

I bought some all natural, no sugar added or anything else, peanut butter. I had some by itself, yum… I had some with chicken and vegetables, yum, yum, yum… And then I started thinking…

The GI for peanuts is about 14 and the GL 1 so it should be OK to eat it.
Peanuts are legumes and legumes makes glycemic meals according to the cooking book. In phase1 we should not put oil in glycemics meals, but there is already oil in peanuts.

If we can eat it, is it OK to eat it on bread once in a while, since on the Montignac’s menus, we are allowed butter on bread once a week?

How wrong was it to have peanut butter with chicken?


Peanut M&Ms have a GI of 33 and a GL of 6. Can I have some? Can I? Can I? Can I?

[KoKo]

Gee don't we wish Mr. Montignac himself was here :rolleyes: to answer these excellent questions.

I would say if you used the peanut butter on your bread as a once a week treat (per montignace meal sheet) then its ok. The chicken and peanut butter is a bit cloudy for me I wouldn't want to steer you wrong.

The peanut m and m's although low on the g load - doooooo have sugar - I want you to still like me calico so I shall say no more.

[Spang]

I have this organic peanut butter I've found which is literally just ground up peanuts...

its good on toast, but i also eat it on celery!

i've no idea about in cooking, but peanuts and peanut butter (with no added sugar and the rest of it) are fine on Montiganc - but they do tend to be high in fats. because of this I limit them and stick to other types of nuts to munch on.

sorry i can't be of any more help!