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It's not just taste. These alternatives are loaded with carbs and just aren't practical for a low carb diet. This is coming from someone who eats a ton of fib
by nightski 10y ago
It's not just taste. These alternatives are loaded with carbs and just aren't practical for a low carb diet. This is coming from someone who eats a ton of fiber loaded vegetables. It's really hard to find a reasonable substitute for meat proteins that is as efficient and delicious as meat. Protein is not a huge portion of my diet, but it is very important.
- bradbeattie 10y agoSeitan does a really good job of heavier texture, low carb, high protein (so long as you're not celiac).
- dayvid 10y agoThat's not true anymore. Beyond Meat has a Beast Burger with 7g carbs and 23g protein (vegan, no soy, gluten-free, no gmo).
- personjerry 10y ago7g is much more than 0g, especially for a keto diet (as an extreme example)
- TillE 10y agoIt's usually possible to maintain ketosis with about 50g of carbohydrates per day, so 7g shouldn't be a huge deal.
- cowpewter 10y agoBut if you're spending nearly half of your carb allowance on the "protein" parts of your meals (1 serving/3 meals a day = 21g), how many fresh vegetables are you now not eating to stay under your 50g allowance?
- MustardTiger 10y agoThe number of people who need to be on a keto diet is incredibly tiny though. Most people who are on them do not need to be, all evidence shows low carb diets are equally effective regardless of ketosis or not.
- mixedCase 10y ago>all evidence shows low carb diets are equally effective regardless of ketosis or not. Well I will take my anecdotic evidence (and my girlfriend's, and two friends') over your scientific studies. Fat and protein make me feel full well below my caloric needs for maintaining the same weight; I am hardly ever full with carbs, and even when my stomach feel fulls, my brain keeps wanting me to eat.
- andrewflnr 10y agoHow does this contradict GP? All you've said is "carbs don't help me feel full", which is a far cry from "I must have a ketogenic diet".
- mixedCase 10y agoAs it turns out, if a person doesn't feel full, it usually tends to compensate the feeling by eating. More than one should.
- MustardTiger 10y agoWhich again, does not in any way contradict anything I said.
- mcbits 10y agoI don't understand low-carb/keto diets, outside of treating an actual disease. A person can eat 5-10 lbs. of "wet" (i.e. not grains and starches) fruits and vegetables a day and stay well below 2,000 calories, rounding it off with some fish, nuts, etc. for protein and oils. It's physically difficult to eat 1,000 calories of salad at 100-200 calories/pound. The problem is it also costs about 5 times as much as a classic junk food diet (but not much if any more than a beef and bacon and cheese diet).
- shaunxcode 10y agoJust to be clear 4g of that are fiber making it 3g net carbs (in keto terms).
- a_imho 10y agoAlso, sugar is listed in the ingredients list, while the nutrition facts list it at 0 (might be rounding?) GMO or not, even the wikipage of carrageenan (e407) says: "Some animal studies indicate tumor promotion or initiation by carrageenan.[22][23][24][25] In an industry-funded study, Cohen & Ito discuss methodological problems with four such studies, along with several evaluations of genotoxic activity, and state that there is no credible evidence that carrageenan contributes to tumor promotion or colon cancer." Which might be FUD but better safe than sorry.
- imtringued 10y agoCarrageenan by itself isn't dangerous. It becomes dangerous if you heat it.