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Vegetarianism isn't necessary high-carb low-fat. Plenty of vegetarians stay away from pastas, grains, and other refined carbohydrates. Yes fruits and dairy ar
by balls187 12y ago
Vegetarianism isn't necessary high-carb low-fat.
Plenty of vegetarians stay away from pastas, grains, and other refined carbohydrates.
Yes fruits and dairy are also sources of sugars, but linking vegetarianism to high-carb, is like linking low-carb to risk for heart disease.
Vegetarians who do gain wait, are likely substituting high fat animal products for refined carbs like pasta, grains, starches, etc.
- adventured 12y agoThis is just my own personal observation, but all the vegetarians I know try to stay away from high carb diets, and specifically do not eat a lot of pasta or grains. Some do consume far too much fruit (often in the form of guzzling fruit juice), thinking that fructose is fine in any quantity so long as it's "natural sugar." I just always assumed a carb heavy vegetarian diet is entirely contradictory to the health benefits a vegetarian is often seeking from their diet.
- pbreit 12y agoMy observation is the complete opposite. Vegetarians I know eat tons of starchy foods. And the pursuit of vegetarianism is mostly avoidance of meat, mainly red.
- justin66 12y agoYeah. Pasta, bread, tortillas and so on are staples of the diets of vegetarians I know. Who are all athletic and healthy...
- latch 12y agoMaybe this is a west vs east thing (I'm in the east), but all the vegetarians I know eat a high-carb diet: vegetables, legumes, fruits and grains. What do you see as contradictory to "health benefits" from a diet with those staples? And, genuinely, what are the vegetarians you know eating?
- zurn 12y agoMany (most?) vegetarians do so primarily for ethical or economic reasons: environmental, animal rights, food cost. Or religious reasons. Adding more dietary restrictions, like low-carb or low-sugar, would make the diet more expensive and onerous.