Vegetarian Low Carb Diets For Beginners

There has been a lot of confusion concerning vegetarian low carb diets. Many people are contemplating whether or not they should make the switch to a meat free lifestyle, but the high carbohydrate content (and the lack of protein) has them confused. If you are wanting to switch, but are finding it impossible to eat a vegetarian high protein low carb diet, than you should find some help in this article.

The first thing you will need to decide is the kind of vegetarian you will become. Are you willing to give up every single animal product, or are you willing to compromise a little? To be a true vegetarian is to eat nothing but fruit, vegetables, and grain. If its natural you eat it, if its not you don't. This is sometimes known as veganism (a diet in which you do not eat anything containing animal product).

Many people find it too hard to eat within those parameters. Many of these people choose to become either a lacto vegetarian, or a lacto ovo vegetarian. Both of these alternatives promote the vegetarian lifestyle, while making it easier on the individual.

With a lacto vegetarian diet you will still abstain from eating meat, but you will have the added option of being able to consume dairy products. This is a much easier way of living. You don't realize how many food products contain some form of dairy (until you attempt to stop eating them). With this option you can still eat cheese and drink milk! This makes it much easier, you can still eating your breakfast cereal in the morning!

With a lacto ovo veggi diet you can eat dairy and eggs. This is the easiest of them all and is where a lot of people start. This gives you more flexibility if you need to eat a low carb high protein diet. Egg whites are full of protein and many vegetarian body builders eat them in most of their meals. It's highly advisable that you limit your intake to two egg yokes per day (this number will vary depending on your age and nutrition needs). 1 egg yoke contains most of your daily cholesterol needs. You don't want to over do it. Feel free to eat as many egg whites as you want though.

To get more protein you can snack on nuts and seeds during the day. If you need to limit your carbs than limit your fruits and grains (do not avoid them, limit them). You can eat as many veggi's as you want, without worrying. (most vegetables are ok, you should limit high fat veggi's like avocado).

This should be enough information to get you started in your pursuit of a low carb vegetarian diet plan.

Tiffany Benton is the senior editor of BodyWhole Online Magazine, a magazine that provides fast bodywhole.com weight loss tips & fitness advice. Tiffany in originally from Los Angeles California and has a BA in Nutrition & is a licensed dietition. She is currently working on her first book which is scheduled to be published in July 2010. Be sure to check out her latest article on starting a bodywhole.com/lowcarb-vegetarian-diet low carb vegetarian diet