For those on low carb diets...

_John_

What's your strategy for getting micronutrients from your food? Or do you just take vitamins and call it a day?

odusgolp

I drink my vitamins....

TheSlorax

cauliflower

Loulady

that's pretty much it.

CallMeCupcakeDammit

I drink my vitamins....

Only 18 g of carbs. That's low, right?

AlabasterVerve

I eat the food...

mamma_nee

I love my veggies , especially the green leafy ones

lilRicki

When you go low carb, you drastically increase your veggie intake lol but I do take a mulitvitamin at night because I can't eat dairy, and I fear ostioperosis.

superhippiechik

that's pretty much it.

Exactly!

kenzietate

that's pretty much it.

Plus a multivitamin and if I start cramping, a potassium supplement.

coolraul07

By "low carb", are you talking a ceiling of actual carb grams or as a percentage of intake cals?
For the past week, I've been experimenting with my own version of carb-cycling recently with focuses on the latter one. My "low" days aren't as extreme as say "Atkins" or similar, but it'll get down to the 20s-30s percentile when it's usually well into the 50s. I take multi-vitamins regardless. I will also take a clear fiber powder supplement if I need a quick fiber boost without extra carbs.
My main strategies are to:
1) focus on low cal veggies so that my carbs don't shift my macro ratios much (Love GV Deluxe Stir-Fry, can eat it by the bagful)
2) focus on finding other foods that have relatively low carbs versus fat/protein.

My diary's open to the public as always.

GJStPierre

Save for starchy (potatoes) or sugary (beets) vegetables, I never count vegetable carbs, I consider them free and eat as much as possible.

Typically, any diet under 100 carbs a day will get you results, assuming you don't have a thyroid condition or something.

SwedishMel

Now that I'm doing the low carb thing my vegetable intake has gone up dramatically. I also am trying to take my vitamins daily. The vitamins are a little harder to remember, and I don't always take them. I'll skip a day & the next day face palm because it's something so simple, yet I have a hard time doing it. LoL

In the morning I'll usually make myself a scramble. It's not always the same, but sometimes there's olives, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, green onions, and white onions. I know its a scramble & has delish eggs, but after I'm done with it, it seems like I'm eating a salad with a little egg added. :laugh: I also prep my "snacks" throughout the day. A little carrots, some celery, and sometimes cherry tomatoes are added for a break at work.

There is a common misconception that "low carb" or "Atkins dieting" means all meat & no veggies. This. Is. Not. True. Sure, eat as much meat as you want, but don't neglect color in your diet. Color is important! :happy:

love2lift_85

I did a very low carb diet a couple of years ago, mostly in the spirit of experimentation. I loosely followed the Atkins formula, keeping my net carbs to about 30g or less per day. My diet most days looked something like this: Lots of romaine lettuce, bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots. Bacon and eggs were the regular breakfast choices. Plenty of organic red meat for B12 and iron. I took a potent multivitamin called Optivite PMT.
Overall, I felt pretty fantastic. I kept my calories around 1600 per day and had plenty of energy.
Though, this experiment was a bit flawed - I only did it for a few weeks. During this time, I did not attempt to increase the weights I was lifting or increase my running distance or anything. I *did* maintain the levels I was already at, though.
I don't know what it would have been like if I'd tried to maintain that diet for more than a few weeks, so... who knows.

Huffdogg

What's your strategy for getting micronutrients from your food? Or do you just take vitamins and call it a day?

Vegetables. I assume you are counting only net carbs. Veggies are going to have few carbs by weight and a large percentage of those will be fiber.

AKcanookie

plenty of dark green leafy and colorful veg + supplements .. only occasionally eating starchy veg like potatoes, corn or carrots

cwolfman13

I'm not low carb, but I would assume it would all be relative to what one's ceiling is. I know some keto folks that gasp at things like carrots and tomatoes and such and you'd think you were offering them a package of gummy bears. I don't generally log, but have logged the last couple of days for a spot check on how I'm doing with my calorie and macro goals...I added up my non-starchy carbs for the day and I'm at 50 for just some veg, dairy, avocado, and some nuts...no way I could do keto.

JaceyMarieS

What's your strategy for getting micronutrients from your food?

What micronutrients are you concerned that a low-carb diet is missing? I've eliminated grains and strictly limit fruits and legumes. As others have stated, my consumption of vegetables, particularly leafy greens, has gone WAY up. I do take a multi-vitamin to cover my bases.

_John_

I was actually asking this to see ideas, and make sure people took this into consideration. Seems like everyone here is pretty good.

I don't eat low carb myself, but I have used the diet, and don't "hate it" especially when the maintenance sections of said diets (south beach/atkins in particular) are transitioned.

EMTFreakGirl

I do a MODERATE carb diet. I try to keep my carbs in the 60-85g/day range. I've found that range to be my weightloss sweet spot. I eat real food, I just try to choose wisely. One of my higher carb frequent items is Low carb-High fiber wraps (Don Poncho) Whatever food I have planned can usually be wrapped up to take on the go, if needed. (My job can be hectic and taking meals on the go is totally necessary!)

PaleoPath4Lyfe

What's your strategy for getting micronutrients from your food? Or do you just take vitamins and call it a day?

Well, I get Vitamin D from the sun on the days that it is shining bright. On those gloomy days and in the winter, I add a Vitamin D3 supplement because of living in the Midwest.

Most of my other vitamins come from meats, fats, vegetables and fruit.

Timehope

To quote Mark Sisson (Marksdailyapple.com): Big *kitten* Salads -- Broccoli, spinach, a little carrot, tomatoes, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, alfalfa & radish & broccoli sprouts. Side servings of green beans or snap peas or asparagus. Egg dishes with onion, spinach, green & red peppers. And various grass fed meats, salmon, tuna & aged cheeses. Tree nuts. Green tea. Olive & coconut oils, apple vinegar. Berries!! The loss of grains is made up for by all these things...