Low carb vegan foods with high protein content?

Ainar

So far it seems to me that those things are contradicting. If you wanna get a lot of protein you either better don't be vegan and ate meat or dairy. Or if you wanna be vegan and still have a lot of protein you better ate carbs.

I'm a vegetarian right now. But I would like to switch to being a vegan. The thing is, I would prefer not to ate too much carbs. And if I wanna consume enough protein to keep and build my muscle then I need it. The best option I have found so far is to supplement with vegan protein powders. But that's so far it.

Maybe you guys can suggest me something? Is there any foods at all on this world that has pretty high protein content while not having too much carbs, apart from animal products such as meat, eggs and dairy?

Ainar

Bump.

neandermagnon

you'll be hard pushed to find plant foods that are low carb and high protein. Maybe tofu, but to be honest I don't know how much carbs there are in it. Also seitan, which is refined wheat protein, so long as you're not allergic to wheat protein.

why do you want to be vegan? It's understandable if it's for ethical reasons, but it's not the best choice for health if you need to be careful how much carbohydrate you eat. Maybe staying vegetarian and eating eggs and dairy would be better, that way you get your low carb proteins.

There's a lot of propaganda about the health benefits of vegetarian and vegan diets. The diets are not unhealthy if you are careful about nutrition, but the actual health benefits are exaggerated.

wild_wild_life

I'm pretty much vegan, and for protein I use soy products (especially tempeh), beans, nutritional yeast (10g protein per tablsepoon or something like that) and protein powder. Nuts have protein without many carbs, but of course they have fat too (not that that's a bad thing). How low are you trying to keep your carbs?

ldrosophila

unfortunately all plants contain carbohydrates it's what they use for the building blocks, but you have choices seeds, nuts, legumes.
Someone might know this better than me, but I think the carbohydrate content in hemp or pea powder is low?

jme2007

try lentils. they are great as pancakes, and you can add a lot of toppings. look up japanses egg pancakes recipes, but you can use a mx of lentils for the dough

Sabine_Stroehm

try lentils. they are great as pancakes, and you can add a lot of toppings. look up japanses egg pancakes recipes, but you can use a mx of lentils for the dough

But lentils aren't low carb. They are a good vegetarian protein source though, and they are SLOW carb.

Sabine_Stroehm

Black Soybeans are one of the lower carb, high fiber foods with reasonable protein.

(Actual foods, not supplements)

cwolfman13

vegetarian/vegan diets are, by default, higher carb plans unless you're just going to eat nuts, avocados, and drink olive oil.

Ainar

I'm indeed allergic to gluten. I'm trying to keep my carbs below 150g. I used to ate 300 - 600 a day so yea... this is low carb for me. If I can even lower than 150 then it would be even better. Still woking on that.

vegetarian/vegan diets are, by default, higher carb plans unless you're just going to eat nuts, avocados, and drink olive oil.

Deja vu! :huh:

cwolfman13

I'm indeed allergic to gluten. I'm trying to keep my carbs below 150g. I used to ate 300 - 600 a day so yea... this is low carb for me. If I can even lower than 150 then it would be even better. Still woking on that.

vegetarian/vegan diets are, by default, higher carb plans unless you're just going to eat nuts, avocados, and drink olive oil.

Deja vu! :huh:

What do you mean? Have you asked this question before and are just not hearing what you want to hear? Other than tofu, vegetarian sources of protein are high carb...legumes are good sources of protein (though incomplete) but high carb, lentils are good sources of protein, but high carb. Quinoa is a good source of vegetarian protein...but it's high carb.

What exactly are you wanting to hear?

wild_wild_life

I'm indeed allergic to gluten. I'm trying to keep my carbs below 150g. I used to ate 300 - 600 a day so yea... this is low carb for me. If I can even lower than 150 then it would be even better. Still woking on that.

vegetarian/vegan diets are, by default, higher carb plans unless you're just going to eat nuts, avocados, and drink olive oil.

Deja vu! :huh:

What do you mean? Have you asked this question before and are just not hearing what you want to hear? Other than tofu, vegetarian sources of protein are high carb...legumes are good sources of protein (though incomplete) but high carb, lentils are good sources of protein, but high carb. Quinoa is a good source of vegetarian protein...but it's high carb.

What exactly are you wanting to hear?

I think you are right that "by default" they tend to be higher carb but that doesn't mean that with a little customization you can't have a low carb vegan diet. I can easily keep my carbs under 150g by eating a variety of veggies (even including potatoes and other starchy veggies), bean or bean-based things like hummus, soy, nuts, avocado, and supplementing with protein powder when I need to get the protein up. Of course I'm a small person so when you're only eating 1800 cals or so it's easier to keep the carbs lower.

Ainar

I'm indeed allergic to gluten. I'm trying to keep my carbs below 150g. I used to ate 300 - 600 a day so yea... this is low carb for me. If I can even lower than 150 then it would be even better. Still woking on that.

vegetarian/vegan diets are, by default, higher carb plans unless you're just going to eat nuts, avocados, and drink olive oil.

Deja vu! :huh:

What do you mean? Have you asked this question before and are just not hearing what you want to hear? Other than tofu, vegetarian sources of protein are high carb...legumes are good sources of protein (though incomplete) but high carb, lentils are good sources of protein, but high carb. Quinoa is a good source of vegetarian protein...but it's high carb.

What exactly are you wanting to hear?

No. It's just that you posted the same exact copy paste reply as above in my other thread a while back where I asked about little bit different type foods. ^^

glreim21

You might want to check out some of the vegan bodybuilding site or 'Thrive' diet cookbook.

cwolfman13

I'm indeed allergic to gluten. I'm trying to keep my carbs below 150g. I used to ate 300 - 600 a day so yea... this is low carb for me. If I can even lower than 150 then it would be even better. Still woking on that.

vegetarian/vegan diets are, by default, higher carb plans unless you're just going to eat nuts, avocados, and drink olive oil.

Deja vu! :huh:

What do you mean? Have you asked this question before and are just not hearing what you want to hear? Other than tofu, vegetarian sources of protein are high carb...legumes are good sources of protein (though incomplete) but high carb, lentils are good sources of protein, but high carb. Quinoa is a good source of vegetarian protein...but it's high carb.

What exactly are you wanting to hear?

No. It's just that you posted the same exact copy paste reply as above in my other thread a while back where I asked about little bit different type foods. ^^

I apologize for not telling you what you wanted to hear...no copy and paste...that's just my standard response to this often asked question...

I would imagine you could stay under 150g carbs eating those veggie sources of protein, but you're going to have to supplement with some kind of veggie protein supplement and/or tofu to hit your protein requisites if you're that concerned with carbohydrates on a vegetarian diet.

by the way...not all carbs are gluten...you don't have to low carb just because you have a gluten issue.

Again...sorry I'm not telling you what you want to here...I was a vegetarian at one point in time so I've done this before...just reality...veggie diets aren't really conducive to being low carb.

cactuswax

Lentils, tempeh, yuba skins (Asian markets...my favorite for stir fries), beans (black are most nutritious I believe)....
Otherwise get used to supplementing with powders, of which sunwarrior is my recommendation, or make eggs the exception. I'm a 'vegan' if you want to get technical, but eggs that are fresh and ideally local are worth eating an un-fertilized embryo. I eat one daily. I second whoever mentioned nutritional yeast. That's a big one... Plus it'll get you a big dose of needed b vitamins.

It's a noble lifestyle worth sticking to, but you need to do your research for sure. Start with googling protein-dense foods, read vegan blogs, and check out whfoods.com.

FlaxMilk

It's tough to eat low carb as a vegan, though I think 150 g is doable. Pumpkin seeds have 9 g of protein for about 2 g of carbs, 170 calories.

evilangelwings

I think its doable with a little research. I'm vegetarian but eat a lot of vegan meals, and even over the carb heavy period of Christmas (alcohol, bread, potatoes... mmm...) I'm still only hitting between 150 - 250g of carbs a day on average. Feel free to add me if you want to see what I eat! I cook a lot from scratch using veggies and beans, with occasional tofu, and I really enjoy recipes by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, who you may have heard of if you've researched vegan food (if not, Google her, she has a ton of recipes on her website the PPK.)
Also do your research in shops, reading the nutritional information on packets of veggie faux meat. The mince I use is vegan, and per 100g has 15g protein for 2g carb (its a brand called Anamma, but I think its only available here in Scandinavia).
Another approach could be to follow a popular idea of being vegan until your evening meal, and then include cheese and eggs in that.
Good luck!

yogicarl

You are probably best joining one of the vegan sub-groups and posting your question in there.