The pros and co.ns of going keto vegan dessert recipes
. Id say that familiarizing yourself with ketosis as a strategy is very useful regardless of your other dietary parameters though I wouldnt suggt vegan keto as a long term strategy unless you find it both easy and satisfying. In my experience, once youve done keto long enough to have reaped the benefits you can get a pretty good feel for switching fuel sources from fa.t to carbohydrate and back to fa.t. Despite operating with pretty lax carbohydrate rtrictions ~100g I still experience lots of benefits and rarely feel knocked out of ketosis. I also go through phases of allowing myself carb rich indulgences as I have no allegiance to the Church of Ketogenesis. Indulgences are often necessary and appreciated but typically fleeting. Like most things in life, that which is instantly gratifying is be in moderation. The point shouldnt be vegan keto as an identity. Rtrictive nutrition should be therapeutic, not worn as a badge of honor. The point is training your metabolic hardware to use fa.t as a fuel source so that you can benefit from prolonged satiety, better oxygen utilization, and enhanced cognition while still co.nsuming foods you co.nsider sustainable and cruelty free. My suggtion for this approach would be Get fa.t adapted. Get an intuitive feel for ketosis and how to get yourself there. Lea.rn the tell tale signs that youre burning fa.t such as ketone breath. This will take some time but the main thing about keto diets to me is just to lea.rn this metabolic ski.ll so once youre adapted you have a new tool in your nutritional tool box. Eat plenty of fa.ts. I suggt mostly olive oil and flax oil unheated but also cocot oil in stuff like keto fudge and MCT oil more on this later. If you want to treat yourself beyond these you might enjoy nuts, nut butters, or some fun exotic options like virgin avocado oil, sacha inchi oil, walnut oil, macadamia nut oil, etc. Eat plenty vegetables and fiber. With all the fa.t youre co.nsuming, vegetables should be a huge focus. I like a Terry Wahls ish approach of dark leafy greens, sulfur co.ntaining vegetables, and brightly colored vegetables. An example might be collard greens, asparagus, and beets. I include dark berries in the brightly colored veg category for polyphenol co.ntent. Consume ample omega 3 essential fay acids and promote DHA synthesis. In co.nsuming lots of flax seed oil in co.njuction with stable blood sugar and curcumin supplementation youll encourage the stubborn synthesis of DHA from ALA. To maintain a good omega 3/omega 6 ratio Id suggt taking algal DHA capsules and avoiding omega 6s altogether. Use MCTs and BHB salts. MCT oil is your friend with keto and the somewhat pricy C8 stuff metabolizes rapidly to ketones. I like to drizzle 15g of this stuff over almost any sort of vehicle like vegetables, sauces, dressings, etc. Blending coffee or tea with MCT oil is also very helpful while getting through the fa.t adaptation phase. Exogenous ketones are somewhat co.ntroversial for some reason but in my experience they do wor.k and arent that expensive if used sparingly. These products are most effective once youre already fa.t adapted. Eat enough protein but dont worry about it. Tofu, beans, and lentils are great sources of protein and I dont co.nsider the carbs here to be much of an issue. I also like to drink shakes for co.nvenience and some assurance of protein. I use a hemp/pumpkin/pea blend in soymilk with flax/MCT oil. Amino acid supplements are also useful here. Take supplements and enjoy super foods, herbs, spices, and marine foods. While the lots of people are biased toward natural products Id say its 2019 and supplements and powdered co.nsumables are on the table. Id suggt a DHA, B complex, zinc, magnesium, choline donors, amino acids, creatine, and curcumin. In terms of super foods you might try spirulina, nutritional yeast, and dark berries and I like to include lots of salt, black pepper, turmeric, mustard, and cayenne. Follow circadian rhythm to dial in your meal times or eating windows. This whole world of intermittent fasting kind of ties everything together since much of nutrition isnt just what you eat but also when you eat. Be creative with meal planning and dial in what wor.ks for you. Use a resource like Cronometer to gain some insight into what your diet looks like as far as kcal and macro/micro nutrients. This really helped me dial in my protein co.nsumption and is great for planning meals. Excluding animal products from my diet is hugely important to me but Im also not blindly on Team Vegan. A normal vegan diet needs to be done with great care to get the be results and Im not co.nvinced that veganism is the perfect diet for health. While the keto/paleo blogosphere can at times be insufferable, Im grateful to have extracted some key pieces of wisdom from it. Ive been vegan for 1
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