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I have, B”H shed some pounds on a low carb diet for the past two months. I feel great – I do not eat any refined flour products or sugar. I am very fearful of having Pesach as every year my arthritis flares up after the sedarim because of the matzoh, etc.
Does anyone have any ideas? I am not diabetic thank G-d, but I imagine that there are diabetic Jews who must deal wit this every year.
Any tips would be helpful.
Buy a box of oat matza (Kestenbaum). Eat only the minimal possible shiur.
Use dry wine at the sedarim (this is halakhically preferable, anyways- to use unadulterated, pure, non-mevushal wine).
Eat meals centered around protein and green vegetables. Lots of salads with olive oil and lemon juice, a low carb Blanchard dressing (if you can find it), low carb vegetables, berries, fruits, all fresh foods. AB has Pesah low carb gefilte fish, IIRC.
The key is not to eat more matza than need be. The Kestenbaum matza will allow you to control blood sugar and is allowed even on OA.
If you use diet soda, there is plenty of that for Pesah, as well as seltzers. Water with lemon is always good.
Tuna with celery, cucumbers, lettuce, eggs with spinach and a little cheese, turkey cold cuts (watch for sugars), such as Hod Golan and Tirat Zvi, are all good ideas, too.
The low carb diet actually shtims nicely with Pesah.
I find it hard NOT to eat low carb…except for the sedorim. I wonder about all these people who are excited by quinoa as if they just have to have a starch in every meal.
I suppose if you are a vegan who doesn’t eat kitniyos, you’d need to eat quinoa because of the protein. I don’t know of any other vegan sources of protein that aren’t kitniyos or chometz.
Vegans I know eat nut loaf on Pesah- matza meal, sauteed vegetables and mushrooms, onion, garlic, herbs, spices, oil, potato starch, and lots of ground nuts.
Quinoa I can take or leave. I can also live without rice. I eat corn on the cob and chummus on Pesah, as well as corn pasta (my Pesah grain of choice).
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