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Old Tue, Mar-18-08, 05:03
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as u can guess im veggie/ semi vegan

just wondering what food plan some do and how many carbs am i allowed.

any help in starting would be great.
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Old Tue, Mar-18-08, 19:52
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Plan: Nutritarian
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If you want to low carb and stick to plants as much as possible, go light on fruit and starchy vegetables; high on greens (high protein), nuts and seeds (high fat, low carb). It is really hard to do low carb as a vegan though, because most foods of plant origin contain some carbs. Completely vegan with only a little oil, you can probably only get down to about 40% carbs or a bit less. You can get low glycemic without the starch and high sugar fruits, but you can't really get the carbs down except by consuming significant portions of oils, nuts, seeds or animal products.

I am following Eat to Live, minus grains, starchy roots and high sugar fruit, plus a few eggs and some fish.

Why are you low vegan/vegetarian and why do you want to low carb? I am finding the combination above is helping me to eliminate type 2 diabetes and lose weight.
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Old Thu, Mar-20-08, 16:20
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Plan: Protein Power
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as u can guess im veggie/ semi vegan
just wondering what food plan some do and how many carbs am i allowed. any help in starting would be great.


barebones, you can do Atkins or Protein Power as a vegetarian, but if you are semi-vegan I'd strongly suggest Protein Power over Atkins, mainly because PP permits up to 40g ECC (effective carbs, or carbs minus fiber) per day. What you need to be careful about with PP is ensuring that you get the recommended minimum daily protein grams -- and you're not going to get that from greens. You need nuts, seeds, soybeans, tofu, fermented soy such as tempeh. It's easier to get the amount of protein you need (about 1g per pound of lean body mass, or 0.5g protein per pound of current body weight) as an ovo-lacto vegetarian who incorporates dairy and eggs into his diet, but if you want to do this as a vegan, it is do-able. However, if you want to low carb as a vegan, soy pretty much has to be a primary source of protein, so you really need to be comfortable consuming soy proteins.

If you have any celiac issues, things like vital wheat gluten and seitan are also off-limits; again, you need to be sure that you don't have food sensitivities to any of those things before trying to be low carb and vegetarian and/or vegan.

Hope this helps.
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