How to Do Vegetarian Keto - The Complete Guide

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Timestamps ⏱

0:00 - Intro to Vegetarian Keto
0:27 - Mediterranean Principle – Monounsaturated Fat
2:22 - Non-Starchy and Leafy Vegetables
3:57 - Protein
6:32 - Vitamin B12
9:00 - Vitamin D3
9:31 - Creatine
10:47 - Omega-3s
11:34 - Thiamine (B1)
12:20 - Overconsumption of Nuts

[shirleywong]

More vegetarian and/or vegan keto videos please. Nutrition, recipe, how-to, pitfalls to avoid...I will watch all of them!

[gymchick]

This is perfect! I had a client today ask me about vegetarian keto! I was going to come home tonight and research it, and boom… Here’s your video!! Awesome!!! 💪🏻

[RyanEdmondsMyLifeAsRyan]

I've been a vegetarian for 15 years. It's too easy to gain weight with all the carbs. I started doing vegetarian keto recently and am so happy with the results!! Takes a bit of work, but worth it!

[abigailccc]

I did vegetarian keto a few years ago, and went CRAZY on the cheese, and messed up my hormones. This time around, I'm definitely going to be going a little more plant based keto to avoid all those problems

[druelleb]

Thanks Thomas!!! Vegan for almost 11yrs now, vegan keto for about 1.5yrs and loving it! Your videos have been very helpful and easy to omit and replace ingredients!

[DocLarsen]

Huge shout our for the inclusion of the TIMESTAMPS (chapter markers on the red timeline at the bottom of the screen) to delineate the major areas of focus within the video at hand. I know that I, for one, will find this extremely useful when I want to focus in on one of your recommendations and/or explanations in the general area of concern within a particular video. Kudos and congratulations for this wonderful addition to your efforts to educate and inform those with an interest in their health and performance!

[camillecali]

Thank you I started keto with $100-$120 per month Walmart video and went from there. Now about almost 4 months as usual I am sick of meat so will be doing a month or two of vegetarian keto with fish. So glad to come across this video. You never seem to steer me wrong. I know I will eat meat again but for a few months I need a break. I think it is because I have been vegetarian or almost vegetarian most of my life. Thanks for this video

[szendrich]

Thank you for this! I'm a vegetarian and always wondered about how to do Keto without meat protein. I'm from the Mediterranean, so my diet is very much focused on our diet, but this info was an added bonus for me. Thanks.

[LovebeesOrSakhet]

Wow. This was amazing! I'm coming out of 3-day fast and decided I want to go back to a Vegetarian diet (probably Pescatarian, actually), to get my ethics square again, but was concerned about the effects of such a diet on my bodybuilding. I learned about the benefits of fasting while I was doing it, and want to try and keep up some of those benefits with a Keto version of my diet. This video was so chock-full of precisely the kind of information I was looking for! Thank you so much, Thomas! You're clearly fantastic at what you do, and such a huge blessing to all of us! 😊🙏💝🥚🥦🥑🫐🧀

[thegreatlimechan]

would love to see a veggie keto meal plan!

[vansan]

I appreciate the "nano-science" as you call it. This video confirmed that I've been doing a lot correct but I learned some things, too. I so prefer vegetarian keto and I'm happy to see more people showing it can be possible and healthy. I don't care to eat meat and every time I try to go keto while eating meat, I start having uncontrollable panic attacks and other disturbing side effects.

[kirstenrissling]

Thank you for all of this! I am doing vegetarian Keto, and leaning into vegan, as much as possible. I have been going nut crazy tbh, with walnuts, Brazil's, and cashews.
I appreciate the reminder to eat a bigger variety of foods, and to remember my micronutrients! 🙏
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[lovelycee]

Thank you! Definitely need more vegetarian keto videos

[payalpatel]

Can you please do a video on women meal plan for vegetarians and vegan?

[taylort]

I don’t know what I was expecting but I’m really impressed at how much you know! I need to watch this again with a damn notebook lol

[withramya]

I don’t know what your background is.. but I loved all the chemical terms you used, metabolic pathways you refer and pubmed citations. Good job! Subscribed.

[adimlah]

I've been considering going vegetarian keto for a few months now but haven't made the plunge, still researching recipes. I want to do it in 14 day spurts at a time, and see how it goes.

Lupin flour, seitan, soy (tofu, tempeh, natto, soy milk), hemp powder, pumpkin seed powder, chia seeds, pecans are great vegan sources of keto protein. They even have soy free tofu made from fava beans if you don't want to eat soy.

I'm vegetarian so I will be including organic dairy and eggs. I want to try to drop some weight. While i don't gain weight eating vegetarian, I also don't lose weight easily, so I figured I'd try keto.

[danvitale]

I was 80% animal, 20% plant and my weight loss stalled and cholesterol spiked. So I reversed to 80% plant and 20% meat.

[althe]

Yeah, high oxalate content with nuts, but also with avocado. Spinach too.

[pinkbubblegumprincess]

olives are my addiction lol. i buy them from whole foods and they are amazing.