Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Vegan Lifestyle Weight Loss Plan

By Pamela Reynolds


It doesn't matter what you eat, you can still gain weight, especially if you eat too much, or you don't have organized and balanced meals. The same thing is with vegans as well. If you don't eat meat, it doesn't mean that you don+t eat too much sugar, or carbohydrates. When you switch to vegan, you will probably lose weight at first, but, if you continue eating too much, you will sooner or later need a vegan lifestyle weight loss plan.

Whatever people might think, it's not all about calories. Vegans have limited choice of foods to choose from, and their meals are often based on whole grains, soy products and dairy substitutes. All these foods have certain amount of calories, yes, but also valuable vitamins and minerals. Finding enough sources of protein is also really important.

Taking care about sufficient intake of protein, mineral and vitamins sometimes may end up with taking too much carbohydrate. Since all carbohydrates end up being blood sugar, or glucose, it's not strange that vegans may gain weight easily. Another problem is they consume larger quantities of food, and if something is missing in their organism, and often is, they will feel hungry.

Human organism satisfy its needs for fuel mostly using glucose. Once you get these extra few pounds, it is hard to get rid of them, because your body will use glucose reserves if you limit your food intake, not your reserves of fat. While people who eat meat and animal product can help themselves by forcing their bodies into ketosis, it is much harder for vegans to do the same thing.

Forcing your body into ketosis will help you get rid of your belly fat, and this type of fat is hardest to lose. The basic idea is to cut carbohydrates to get to the state where your organism uses released fat acids for providing energy that it usually gets from glucose. But the problem is that you must not cut the protein during this type of diet, and this might be difficult if you are vegan.

In any case, you have to cut some things, and to eat other things. The point is to use mostly fats, and they should count around 70 percent of your daily calorie intake. Here are some examples of foods containing high levels of fat, for example, vegetable oils, avocado, nuts, previously soaked seeds and other similar foods. Dark green vegetables are really good, and you could also choose different low carbs vegetables.

As an example of these low carb vegetables, you can eat lettuce, kale, spinach, broccoli, garlic, cauliflower and, for example, cucumber. You should also stop eating fruits, especially bananas, and you have to exclude all sweeteners and sugars. Tubers, grains and legumes are also forbidden.

You should still eat vegan substitutes for meat and some dairy substitutes, but taking into account how much you are actually allowed to eat, considering various hidden carbs. All in all, you should never take more than 50 grams of carbs in a day, and this includes all hidden carbs. Make sure to get enough vitamins and minerals.




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