Is there such thing as a vegetarian atkins diet?
There are vegetarian low carbers, it is harder & more limited to find protein sources that are low carb, if you don’t eat eggs or dairy. I’ve included a link to a vegetarian low carb forum. Low carb is all about health. Although it is completely possible to live on a fat/protein only diet for long term (as proven by research done in a hospital setting) it becomes boring fairly quickly. Luckily many, many vegetables and some fruits, nuts and seeds are low in carbs and greatly expand the diet. Most long term low carbers eat as many, if not more non starchy vegetables than vegetarians. Detractors of the high fat, high protein Atkins diet claim that Dr. Dean Ornish’s low-fat vegetarian diet as the optimal diet. I believe that Atkins & Ornish’s plans are not that incompatible, they both promote ultimate health as their goal. They both agree that the major problem occurs when you mix carbs with fat. They both agree that highly refined non nutritional carbs with man made fats (trans fats, hyd
