- 's Expensive Diet

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Laymans rendition of the Lifestyle Center of America diet

recommendation

http://www.lifestylecenter.org

3-5 carb choices per meal

1-2 protein choices per meal

1-2 fat choices per meal

2 meals per day

The Lifestyle Center told me that this is not the ADA diet, but it

does use those units because they are familiar to many diabetics.

Looking a little deeper

Of those 3-5 carb choices, 2 of them are beans, which are mostly

fiber. My one cup of beans per meal gives me only 8 gm of starch, and

1-2 gm of sugar.

Of those 1-2 protein choices, 1 of them comes from the beans, and the

rest from whatever non-animal source you like. They taught me a LOT

of great tofu recopies

Of those 1-2 fat choices, at least one of them comes from nuts. The

rest can come from a nut gravy, nut butter, or whatever non-animal

source you like.

For breakfast, I make up the rest of my carb choices with berries. I

may add tofu scrambled with onion and green pepper

For lunch, I make up the rest of my carb choices with fresh veggies.

Or I may have stir fry over rice.

If I have supper, it is more beans (which I happen to love), more

fresh veggies, and more nuts. Or stir fry over rice. Or a nice stew or

soup. Or tofu kabob. Or a " meatloaf " made with meat analog.

Now please tell me, anyone who is familiar with the ADA diet, is this

just a renamed version of it? Or does it look like something else?