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Exchanges for Special Vegetarian Foods
In my practice, I treat legumes differently than the American Diabetes Association Exchanges do.
I count 1/2 Cup of legumes as 1/2 very lean protein and one bread exchange, while ADA uses slightly different size portions and just counts them as a bread. For a vegetarian diet, this needs to be modified.
| Food |
Measure |
Exchanges |
nutritional yeast flakes
vegetarian support
formula |
3 tablespoons |
1 bread or more
accurately, 1/2 bread plus 1 very lean meat |
| nutritional yeast flakes, VSF |
1 ounce |
1 bread plus 2 very lean meat |
| carob flour |
2 tablespoons |
1 bread |
| kefir, low fat |
1 cup |
1 milk + 1 fat |
| Loma Linda Veggie Links |
1 oz |
1 high-fat meat |
| Morningstar Farms Grillers |
1 oz |
1 high-fat meat |
| miso |
3 tablespoons |
1 bread plus ½ lean meat |
| seaweeds, cooked |
½ cup |
1 vegetable |
| soy flour |
¼ cup |
1 lean meat + 1/2 bread |
| soy nuts |
2 tablespoons |
1 lean meat |
| soy grits, raw |
2 tablespoons |
1 lean meat |
| soy milk, plain, calcium fortified |
1 cup |
1 milk + 1 fat |
| tahini |
1 teaspoon |
1 fat |
| tempeh |
4 oz. |
1 bread + 2 protein |
| wheat germ, plain |
1 tablespoon |
½ bread |
| wheat germ, plain |
3 tablespoons |
1 medium fat meat |
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