Vegan Keto Challenge | Low Carb Full Day Of Eating
I get lots of requests for low carb vegan meals. Today I make breakfast, lunch and dinner as low in carbs as I possibly could while still eating delicious and nutritious meals! I tried to keep the whole day under 50 net grams of carbs so that it might work for keto dieters, but you'll have to watch to find out if I could manage that!
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I think you did a great job! I was on a Keto lifestyle low carb for over 4 years. I even created a keto bakery Rosas Keto Treats. Now I am all Plant Based and feeling amazing at age 56 years young. Thank you for sharing your delicious recipes! I truly enjoy them. 😊
Plants are a great option for keto: chia pudding, tempeh bacon, keto pancakes, smoothie bowls, cauliflower rice bowls, lupin beans, salads, lettuce wraps, zoodles
? My girlfriend was doing keto and she would never i mean never eat beans or smoothies ever. She would only eat like 3 strawberries worth of fruit for the whole day it was insane
@RAWKINGKONG lupin beans are keto, and it depends on what you put in your smoothie
Another great video! I just cannot do keto, I eat a LOT of fruit, and they are high in “carbs”. I had done keto before going plant based, and it made me sicker and sicker. My coach kept telling me it was “keto flu”, just eat more bacon! After 3 months, I just quit!!! Could NOT handle that anymore. Went whole food, plant based, and now on day 198!!!! Feeling amazing!!!!! Thank you for all of your help! 💜
Thank you for sharing your experience. I couldn’t eat keto long term either but it was a fun challenge! I’m so glad you are doing well now – Thanks for watching 🙂
Keto flu lol
It’s pointless, keto breath😂. Plants based is restrictive enough. Half a banana would be 50g and the daily limit.
Just do more exercise.
“just eat more bacon.” that’s such terrible advice. bacon is not medicine.
Been getting activity, nutrition, and cuisine inspo from you since I went vegan 4 years ago. Friend of mine just beat some serious colon issues thanks to going plant based — shared a lot of what you’ve taught me with her (so you get some credit too 😀 ). Love the content, never stop man!! Been battling a foot injury that has kept me from running for about a year now — staying trim and actually putting some decent muscle on thanks to your tips and tricks. Much love from Washington, DC!
That’s awesome to hear! Thank you so much!
If you feel like you’re eating too many carbs, research which foods are low carb and start to incorporate those foods into your diet. If what you’re eating/doing is working well for you, keep doing it and don’t worry about changing things up.
The meals looked great but life is not life without bananas 😂
Agreed!
it was a fun experiment for you to be creative in the kitchen (and at grocery) but the highest fiber foods tend to be those with high carbs – and based on all the research, a high fiber diet(with plenty of diversity) is the way we feed our gut microbiome….so i say yay to whole-food carbs and nay to restricting them!
I’m right with yah! Thanks for watching and for the thoughtful comment.
LEMON/PEPPER. A spice combo you might find unique plus delicious to use on tofu/soy curls/Seitan and any place else that grabs your attention. Yum good! I’m sticking with the WFPB and high carb potatoes and as little oil as possible. One of my favorites is damp soy curls, lemon pepper at air fried at 420 degrees – cornstarch and lemon pepper mixed together is also good and gives a slightly different texture/crisp.
Ohhh thanks for the idea! Sounds delish!
Welcome to my world. I’ve been vegan since 1987, but a couple years ago found out I’m pre-diabetic (probably genetic, not the high carb diet) so now have to eat low carb to keep my blood sugar down. Not keto, fortunately, because I also have kidney issues, but I aim for 60-80 net carbs per day. Some things I learned: Use fiber to cancel out carbs, even if you have to sprinkle in a fiber supplement. Brassicas are your friend, especially cauliflower which is very versatile — think cauliflower rice, mashed cauliflower and even cauliflower pizza crust. These are mainstream enough now that grocery stores carry them. Make low carb baked goods with alternative flours like almond flour and coconut flour, and sweeteners like stevia, monkfruit or allulose. For breakfast I usually have some kind of vegetable salad with vinaigrette, since apple cider vinegar first thing in the morning reduces blood sugar and I don’t want to actually drink vinegar. I add plant based egg, either scrambled or in omelette strips, for protein, and mix in one slice of whole grain toast torn into pieces to soak up the dressing. It’s not that different from the classic Italian panzanella salad, though slightly weird as a breakfast.
That salad sounds good!
Did you know that fat had more effect on blood sugar than carbs? Dr Greger has great research study info on his site. Very interesting!
@Leap Into The Wild came here to say this. Also, the book “mastering diabetes” talks about this at length and how to a high carb diet while reversing diabetes on a plant-based diet. Amazing stuff!
This sounds fantastic!! Thank you for the info!
Hey Derek! As a post-menopausal woman who needs around 150 grams of protein a day, I really appreciate your high-protein meals content, especially. (Yes, 150 grams a day. To each their own but for most post-meno women, including me — this is IMPORTANT to maintaining weight and health and muscle!). We stop processing protein as well as we age and we naturally lose muscle mass starting around age 30 if we do not strength train and keep up the protein intake. Thank you!! Hi to Crystal, too!
I’ve gone through raw eating periods in my life and it’s easy to slide into high fat-that sushi wrap gave me flash backs.
High carb low fat WFPB is where it’s at, but this was enjoyable to see❤
Nice to see, good video! Happy to see you are not scared to eat high fat from whole foods for a day. I would never eat low carb. Many years ago my husband did it (before he became vegan) and he became ill. Although he was eating a lot of vegetables all day. Keto is very unhealthy. Three neurologists, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Dr. Ayesha Sherzai, and Dean Sherzai don’t recommend it for brain health (quite the opposite: they recommend NOT to be in ketosis). We are now eating WFPB vegan, and we feel better than before, when we ate vegetarian. Ditching dairy and eggs was a great decision. And your channel inspires us a lot. We always use your recipes for inspiration.
I really appreciate that you shared this video even though you didn’t hit the “ketosis” requirements. It shows the reality when attempting a new diet! I personally have no desire to do keto but your meals looked incredible.
Thanks for sharing!! I’m so glad i found your channel a few years back & hope to watch for years to come!
That’s funny because my best friend is on keto diet now for about 6 weeks and I was visiting her for one week. We did a lot of research about how we could put both our eating habits together so we could cook and have meals together. Turns out keto is nothing for me :’D It’s just so restrictive and, in general as you said, cutting out so many healthy foods doesn’t make much sense to me. However, my best friend is slapping the diet and she already sees big changes, so to each their own 🙂
Fun challenge! I bet you reallllly enjoyed your banana-based smoothie bowl the next day! 😊
I would definitely miss fruit too much to eat this way! ❤🍌🍓🍉
Interesting! I’ve never tried Keto. Thank You for sharing🌞
i like that you documented your attempt even though it didn’t work out. learning what is doable for us is a huge part setting achievable goals and patterns of behavior we can go the distance with.
Thank you. I’m not low carb but vegan for 27 years. I’m just here to say I love soy curls!! Really helps me hit my protein goal.
Very interesting video! I know people who do keto and are often stressing about food, almost to the point of panic sometimes. Before vegan, I basically ate paleo and even that stressed me out, so I can’t imagine keto! When it’s so difficult for someone like you with so much knowledge about nutrition, it’s no wonder it’s difficult for most! You almost need a dietitian to help you do it right. Definitely doesn’t seem sustainable for the average person. Now excuse me while I go eat lots of potatoes 😆