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Montreal Skye
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Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if there were any vegans out there. I've been trying to adopt a vegan lifestyle since last October. It's been such a struggle for me because I also suffer from IBS - this makes certain food items cripplingly painful to digest.
For the most part I'm doing okay. I figured out how to make a good tasting vegan cheese, coconut yogurt, I even make ice cream from coconut milk. I don't really miss animal products at all...except the protein aspect.
With the IBS, I need to avoid beans, chickpeas, high doses of wheat and most starchy and cruciferous veggies. Those are great sources of protein that I can't handle! Sucks too, I used to LOVE hummus...I'm not a big fan of soy either, go figure, so my protein intake is really suffering.
I have to be careful with the seeds too. I eat hemp and pumpkin seeds daily, but only in small doses. I love seitan but again, can only have it in small doses because of the wheat. I'll eat soy products, but only a few times a week. I eat grains like quinoa (or is quinoa a seed??), but again, with the efforts I make there still isn't enough protein.
I saw that the hemp company has protein powder, but gosh...it's so expensive! I've lately reverted to eating a small portion of fish each night because my energy has been so low and I've been getting sore muscles from weight training.
I'd say on a good day (without the fish), I only get about 30 grams of protein. The recommended by Health Canada is 46 grams for my age and gender, but I'd welcome a little more since I'm weight training.
I HATE eating the fish, but I couldn't stomach any meat or chicken. Any kind of dairy flares up the IBS too, so I can't even go vegetarian, oh and to boot? Allergic to eggs.
How's that for a dilemna? Any suggestions out there? (Besides eating animals again, which is the obvious, but I'm really trying to steer clear of that for ethical reasons!)
Thanks!!! (help!)
Skye
I was just wondering if there were any vegans out there. I've been trying to adopt a vegan lifestyle since last October. It's been such a struggle for me because I also suffer from IBS - this makes certain food items cripplingly painful to digest.
For the most part I'm doing okay. I figured out how to make a good tasting vegan cheese, coconut yogurt, I even make ice cream from coconut milk. I don't really miss animal products at all...except the protein aspect.
With the IBS, I need to avoid beans, chickpeas, high doses of wheat and most starchy and cruciferous veggies. Those are great sources of protein that I can't handle! Sucks too, I used to LOVE hummus...I'm not a big fan of soy either, go figure, so my protein intake is really suffering.
I have to be careful with the seeds too. I eat hemp and pumpkin seeds daily, but only in small doses. I love seitan but again, can only have it in small doses because of the wheat. I'll eat soy products, but only a few times a week. I eat grains like quinoa (or is quinoa a seed??), but again, with the efforts I make there still isn't enough protein.
I saw that the hemp company has protein powder, but gosh...it's so expensive! I've lately reverted to eating a small portion of fish each night because my energy has been so low and I've been getting sore muscles from weight training.
I'd say on a good day (without the fish), I only get about 30 grams of protein. The recommended by Health Canada is 46 grams for my age and gender, but I'd welcome a little more since I'm weight training.
I HATE eating the fish, but I couldn't stomach any meat or chicken. Any kind of dairy flares up the IBS too, so I can't even go vegetarian, oh and to boot? Allergic to eggs.
How's that for a dilemna? Any suggestions out there? (Besides eating animals again, which is the obvious, but I'm really trying to steer clear of that for ethical reasons!)
Thanks!!! (help!)
Skye