Go ahead and ruin your appetite by eating a little bit of peanut butter 20 minutes before dinner.

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Research has shown that snacking on peanut butter is an effective way to control hunger without weight gain.

How? Because peanut butter is great for giving us a feeling of satiety (fullness). Plus, a study showed that subjects who snacked on peanut butter were shown to self-adjust their caloric intake spontaneously and did not add extra calories to their daily diets.

PB and J sandwich anyone?

Source: International Journal of Obesity