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Vegetarian diet for type2

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My mum is type 2 and has been vegetarian for over 40yrs but eats dairy and fish. BG is on the rise and been told she'll need insulin maybe in 3 months if she can' do it with diet. Have looked on the web but haven't found anything useful - any ideas?
 
Can you give us a rough idea of a days menu so we know what we're working with? Once we know that we may be able to offer advice for her to tweek her diet so her BG comes down.
 
While not a vegetarian, I do eat a large quantity of nuts in the form of ground almonds & coconut flour. These I use to make a cake-bread, porridge, drink, thicken stock... etc.

Suitable recipes include:
IanD said:
I sieve nut flour together & use them as flour to make in effect a smooth sponge cake - cake-bread - but without sugar.

Approx recipe:
150 g (4 oz) mixed nut flour - ground almonds & coconut flour
1 1/2 teasp baking powder
1/3 teasp xanthan gum (optional, but strengthens the final texture)
1 teasp cinnamon (good for blood glucose control - but you may not tolerate spice)
Sieve together & add the residue

100 ml olive oil
30 g butter (melted into the oil)
3-4 eggs
beat together & add to the nut flour
beat well should be dropping consistency - add another egg if its too thick

Spread out in a 250 mm (9 inch) silicone baking dish (I use silicone so there's no sticking) or individual silicone moulds.
Bake at 170 deg C for 15-20 minutes.

Result is a sponge cake that I use instead of bread/potato/rice/pasta.
If I want sweet cake, I add sultanas and/or sweetener, cocoa powder, ad lib.

A basis for a nourishing drink is 2-3 teasp each ground almond & coconut, mix with cup soup, drinking choc, coffee, tea (fruit tea) made up with boiling water or milk. Stir before you finish as it settles. It provides about 200 kcals - as much as a cereal b'fast, without the unhealthy refined carbs.

The same sort of mix is the basis for a "porridge" which I have every day. It is much more sustaining than cereal, providing similar calories in the form of slow-digesting healthy fats & proteins.

Hope that helps. The drink & porridge are easy & nourishing meals for a carer to provide.
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I was vegetarian for 6 yrs, but then got diagnosed with diabetes, now I have introduced fish into my diet (never liked fish anyway), but it is a bit more variety, which has made things a little easier. But not much to be honest, so I'm now thinking - health or conscience. Not sure which is winning actually. I always said after becoming a veggie I would eat nothing with a face. But a veggie diet tends to be higher in carbs. Whats easier than throwing together a tomato sauce and pasta. Now I eat roasted veggies etc. Cauli makes rice if you process it before you cook it and stir fry in coconut oil, or cook and mash instead of potatoes. I get a bit sick of soft food nothing to get your teeth into.
Sorry not much help really.
 
I am a veggie and manage my BGs quite well, it is simply a matter of cutting down on the carbohydrates, vegetarian or not.

There are so many meat substitutes now that it is fairly easy to have a good varied diet.

The majority of meat substitutes (Quorn, TVP etc) are low in carbs, as are nuts and most vegetables.

Yoghourt is good and soya protien in it's many forms is very low carb.

Eggs, cheese, oils and fats make up an important part of my diet, nuts and pulses can be used in many recipes.

H
 
Thanks for your replies so far. She has porridge or weetabix for breakfast then for lunch lots of veg with fish or veggie cheese. She has whole meal pasta or rice with veg sauces or sometimes veggie burgers or quorn. She eats quite healthily I suppose. If she cuts down on carbs what can she have?
 
I have greek yogurt with berries and seeds for puddings. Avocado with tuna and salad, add some seeds to that too. Prawns in curry, lots of soups, the odd Ryvita. Never got to grips with Quorn and fake meat, can't stand the taste, but I do have the odd tofu stirfry.
I can't eat pulses like lentils they up my BS too much, but it's a question of testing 2 hours after to see if it has had an effect.
Rose Elliot has a low carb cookbook available for more ideas.
 
It's actually very difficult to be a low carb veggie. Do remember though that a good diabetic diet contols carbs and has a fair bit of fat.
Hana
 
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