Food Exchange List For Vegetarians

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Food exchange list for vegetarians. The diabetic exchange list exchange diet the exchange lists are the basis of a meal planning system designed by a committee of the american diabetes association and the american dietetic association. People often adopt a vegetarian diet for religious or personal reasons as well as ethical issues such as animal rights. In this vegan food list you will find an overview of things you can eat as a vegan. You can use the american dietetic association food exchange lists to check out serving sizes for each group of foods and to see what other food choices are available for each group of foods.

Bake roast boil or steam instead of frying food. Vegan recipes are prepared without any animal products including fats milk or eggs. Avoid or restrict foodstuffs high in saturated fat and cholesterol. Vegetables fat free and very low fat milk very lean protein fruits.

You will learn new ingredients and will bring new things from the store. The vegetarian diet involves abstaining from eating meat fish and poultry. To help you make healthy food choices. Avoid sweet foods jams chocolates cakes sweet cream which increase triglyceride levels.

Vegetables mentioned under the list 8 vegetable exchange have negligible calories and may be used whenever desirable. Exchange lists for diabetes. I count 1 2 cup of cooked legumes as 1 2 very lean protein and one bread exchange while ada uses. Follow a 1 200 calorie plan under your doctor s supervision because this is a very low calorie diet.

In my practice when counseling vegetarian diabetics i treat legumes differently than the american diabetes association exchanges do. Milk products are separated by fat and calorie content meats and protein foods are separated by fat and calorie content dietary fats are divided into unsaturated and saturated sources. Exchanges for special vegetarian foods here is a table of calculated values for common vegetarian food choices. Vegetarian society of the united kingdom.

The exchange lists the reason for dividing food into six different groups is that foods vary in their carbohydrate protein. If you choose the 1 500 calorie level you can have 1 starch exchange 1 fruit exchange 1 milk substitute exchange 1 vegetable exchange 1 plant based protein exchange and 1 fat exchange. Losing excess weight helps your body regulate blood sugar better. American dietetic association and american.