It isn't. Although it might depend how many daily grammes of carbohydrate you would consider low carb. Personally, I need to keep my carb intake at about 20g daily and there is no way I could do that without the carb free foods, none of which is an option for vegetarians let alone vegans.
How many grammes carb per day are you eating?
So how do you manage for protein?less than 30g of carbs per day
You might start a thread asking people the colour of their diabetes!!! Just now I think mine is black.My type of diabetes was / is beige
Mine is Blue with purple spots on it. And bells and whistles too!You might start a thread asking people the colour of their diabetes!!! Just now I think mine is black.
While I respect your choice to be veggie,I don’t understand how you wouldn’t be hungry with out some kind of fat or protein to sustain you.I am veggie and manage to have a low carb diet - less than 30g carb a day (but typically I have between 20 - 25g a day) .
My huge pile of salad at lunch was less than 7g carb and most of those were from the olives
have a look in the veggie diet forum
While I respect you choice to be veggie I don’t understand how you wouldn’t be hungry with out some kind of fat or protein to sustain you.
I’m not trying to argue just genuinely want to know.
For me eating full fat and low carb was key in keeping me from being hungry all the time and lowering my BG
I’m mostly veggie and keep to 30g carbs a day. I eat a little fish but not daily. Most of my protein comes from eggs and tofu
perhaps it’s different for Type 1. But I find that if I don’t have fats in my diet I get very hungry.I’m mostly veggie and keep to 30g carbs a day. I eat a little fish but not daily. Most of my protein comes from eggs and tofu
I eat around 100g fat a day too! Luckily I like cooking, had a gorgeous egg fried cauliflower rice for dinner with cubes of crispy tofuperhaps it’s different for Type 1. But I find that if I don’t have fats in my diet I get very hungry.
Protein and fats keep my insulin resistance low and my BG from spiking.
I admire your way of eating and it must be challenging to come up with meal ideas.
I eat around 100g fat a day too! Luckily I like cooking, had a gorgeous egg fried cauliflower rice for dinner with cubes of crispy tofu.
I’m not veggie for fun though. I’m actually allergic to meat
I agree. My anaemia wasn't prevented on green veg. I have had to supplement too. It had best be temporary or I'll be buying a butcher shop of my own.Sorry, can't do without crispy bacon. A juicy T-bone is pretty good too.
If you remain on Metformin, then be aware that this can lead to vit B12 deficiency, and also iron deficient anemia in its own right, add in a vegan diet, and that can spell trouble. If you then cut out processed flour and cereals and bread, then this can lead to folate, B6, and calcium deficiencies too. Please research this diet properly.
If you succeed then you may well be the first vegan to do so in my knowledge, since very few have reported success here in the testimonials section. Vegetarian is not such a problem but still needs supplementing for B12.
So how do you manage for protein?
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