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Anyone ever try a low-carb diet while being a vegetarian?

If so, were you successful? What were your protein choices?

Pepper Spray asked in Weight Loss about 1 year ago | Report

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    I've only done low carb as a meat eater, but I did take note of the recommendations for vegetarians since I was one for many years. If you do Atkins as a vegetarian, you'll have to get all your protein from soy or dairy products. Since soy and dairy have a few net carbs per serving (meat has zero), you'll have to be more diligent than most not to exceed the daily carb recommendations. Atkins doesn't recommend nuts or legumes until well into the diet since both have fairly high quantities of net carbohydrates (total carbohydrates minus fiber).

    Paleo allows nuts and seeds, but that diet is not possible for vegetarians; it's extremely meat heavy.

    I suppose South Beach isn't technically low carb, but it does advise cutting out sugar and other simple carbohydrates and seems to be the most vegetarian friendly. I have some still vegetarian friends who swear by it.

    keshmeshi answered in Weight Loss about 1 year ago | Report
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    Yep, but I'm crap at it. The things I eat to up my protein consumption are:
    Tofu
    Eggs
    TVP
    Quinoa
    Lentils
    Chickpeas, Beans
    Cheese

    Basically, I realised a while back that to fill up I was eating a lot of pasta and bread and so made an effort to cut down. I am a lot more conscious now of eating more protein, but as kesh points out, most of the non-meat proteins have carbs as well.

    ozchick answered in Weight Loss about 1 year ago | Report
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    No, but soy products, nuts, and legumes will probably get you most of the way there.

    capicola answered in Weight Loss about 1 year ago | Report
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    It's difficult.

    Livi answered in Weight Loss about 1 year ago | Report
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