| Vegetarian and vegan diets are very popular these | | | | vegetables. Carrots, corn, and beets have a high sugar |
| days. It's easy to tell this, just by looking at the number | | | | content compared with other more healthy vegetables |
| of books promoting them. | | | | like broccoli, kale, or artichoke. |
| While having lots of vegetables in your diet is certainly | | | | 3. Cut way down on or eliminate: pasta, white or |
| a healthy choice, some vegetarians will forget about | | | | processed bread, flour, sugar, white rice. Stick to whole |
| the importance of keeping carbohydrates as a whole | | | | foods, healthy fats, and quality proteins as much as |
| to a minimum in their diets. | | | | possible. |
| You certainly can eat a low carb vegetarian diet! It is | | | | 4. Eat a lot of: Apples (high fiber), nuts, olive oil, coconut |
| actually not as hard as it may seem. Vegans may | | | | oil, water, miso soup, fermented soy, low carb bread |
| have a slightly more difficult time going low carb, but it | | | | (Trader Joe's has a lot of options here). Cheese and |
| is still very possible! | | | | yogurt are also great if you are not a vegan. |
| Here are some tips for vegetarians out there looking | | | | 5. Get rid of your fear of fat. Avoiding trans fats (often |
| to go as healthy as possible, cut down on | | | | found in fried foods like french fries) is important, but |
| carbohydrates, and achieve their ideal healthy body: | | | | eating enough fat is something many people struggle |
| 1. Never eat carbohydrates by themselves. Add soy | | | | with, vegetarian or not. You may also want to |
| protein to your meals in the form of soy protein | | | | supplement with Omega 3 fats like fish oils- as a |
| powder and fermented tofu (i.e. tempeh). | | | | vegetarian you are likely not getting enough of these |
| 2. Reduce your consumption of the high sugar | | | | just in your diet. |