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In reply to the discussion: I am a vegetarian. You've known me as a vegetarian for 20 years. Please do not invite me [View all]NuttyFluffers
(6,811 posts)i have to watch spicy food, one of my favorites, like a hawk otherwise i react like celiac sufferers. and i cannot eat carbohydrates over protein or i pay for it in passing out at the table. which means a lot of vegan and vegetarian dishes are as bad as candy to me. love beans and rice, but it's like a sugar bomb to me, wiping me out for the next few hours. and quinoa salad is just as bad, waaay too high in carbs, just like garbanzo beans.
best i can do vegan, without endangering my kidneys and nerve endings, is hemp seed maaaybe a sprinkling of flax seed, and nothing else. no seitan. gotta watch my tofu intake (soy screws with my numbers later) which is tragic because i used to eat it by the pound brick. had to give up several of my favorite dishes to eat mostly dairy, hemp seed, and the like.
i still cheat on very special occasions, though.