A vegan is a vegetarian that does not eat eggs, dairy or animal derived products including honey. Simple and complex carbohydrates are the main type of nutrient your body uses as a source of energy. Some individuals follow a low carb diet to lose weight or for other health reasons. The recommended daily intake of carbohydrates for a 2,000 calorie diet is 300 g as recommended by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Fruits
Not all fruit is low in carbohydrates. Choose select fruits to avoid adding too many grams of carbohydrates to your diet. Eat 3 g of carbohydrates when you consume the juice of one lime. One fresh apricot has 4 g of carbohydrates and one star fruit has 7 g of carbohydrates. Half a pink or red grapefruit, the juice from one orange, 10 grapes or one plum contain 9 g of carbohydrates.
Vegetables
Some vegetables are lower in carbohydrates than others. A 1 c serving of alfalfa sprouts, one 8 in stalk of raw celery, one clove of garlic and 1 c of shredded romaine lettuce have 1 g of carbohydrates. Consume 2 g of carbohydrates when you eat four spears of asparagus, one beet, three flowerets of cooked cauliflower and 1 cup of raw curly endive. One cup of peeled, sliced cucumber has 3 g of carbohydrates. One cup of air popped popcorn contains 6 g of carbohydrates.
Nuts
Nuts provide vegans with a low carb food that adds protein to the diet. Eat 4 g of carbohydrates when you consume 1 oz of brazil nuts, macadamia nuts or pecan halves. One ounce of hazel nuts has 5 g of carbohydrates, 1 oz of whole almonds contains 6 g of carbohydrates, 1 oz of dry roasted peanuts has 7 g of carbohydrates and 1 oz of dry roasted cashews has 9 g of carbohydrates.
Grains
Grains are a vegan-friendly food, but usually high in carbohydrates. To consume low carb grain food products, eat 10 -- 2.25 in pretzel sticks for 2 g of carbohydrates, 1 tbsp wheat germ for 3 g of carbohydrates, one brown rice cake for 7 g , one medium taco shell for 8 g of carbohydrates and 10 low-fat baked tortilla chips for 11 g of carbohydrates.
Oils
Adding oil to your meal does not add carbohydrates. Most oils used in American kitchens contain no carbohydrates at all including canola, corn, olive, peanut, safflower, sesame and sunflower oils.
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