How to gain weight on a vegan diet?

I'm vegan and I have fast metabolism

I go to the gym and I lift weights. I try to eat legumes, fries, soy milk, etc.

But I still look clearly underweight!

Will increasing my protein supplement intake help me gain weight?



I'm a Male, 24 years old

thanks for your help!How to gain weight on a vegan diet?
i would say a lot of beans and brown rice with all kind of mix vegs.How to gain weight on a vegan diet?
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i think increasing your protein supplement would work as well because excess protein gets stored at fat, so i wouldnt think that the source would matter. but try increasing your daily intake of natural fats and calories first, and maybe email the company that makes your supplement and ask them how much protein is too much, just in case there are any severe negative side-effects of taking too much of the protein supplement (chances are its not straight protein anyways, theres a lot of other stuff in there).

btw, if you have a high metabolism you do NOT want to work out every day. your body builds muscle on your off-days (when you dont work out), so space your workouts 1-2 days apart.
Healthy vegan choices for gaining weight are complex carbohydrates such as wholegrains, rice, potatos.
Good sources of fat, such as avocado, raw vegetable oils and nuts will give provide you with a lot of calories.
If you are looking for vegan protein sources for muscle gain, I would reccomend hemp seed proetein and rice protein.
or some kind of powder mix with many kinds of vegan proteins. Soy is also a choice but I personaly avoid it.
Hope that helps!
All the best

FT BletsasHow to gain weight on a vegan diet?
Increasing the overall amount of calories in your diet will help. Try to eat healthy, yet calorie dense foods, like nuts.



However, you should probably meet with a nutritionist or doctor to discuss this issue, as they can give you solid advice that will keep you healthy and help you gain weight.



Hope this is helpful!



Linda from Recipes-for-Vegetarians.com
peanut butter and banana smoothies with chocolate (dark) and whey powder

hummous and pita bread

pasta with soycheese and olives

guacamole with chips

peanut butter pita breads with earth balance and jelly

rice salad with chickpeas, and kidney beans

noodles with peanuts, sesame seeds, oil and soysauce.

ALmonds and cashews roasted in a baked yam- add earth balance spread.

Eat double.How to gain weight on a vegan diet?
hmm... avocados are a good option.



Nuts too. Dairy is good too, but since you're vegan, you can't.



Maybe.... i don't know any others than nuts, avocados, and maybe things with protein.
The best way that I found is Portion Control and eating the Right Foods. i have attached the source of the book that helped me out.
Look into eating a lot of healthy fats such as avocados, coconuts, olive oil, nuts, etc. Also, try more carbs and beans. =)
I have no idea.

I'm a vegan of five years and I'm morbidly obese.



I've tried everything. :(
Peanut butter, avocados, almonds
Carbs.... I also was underweight at 24. Some of that will change with age, naturally. A 34 year old is heavier than a 24 year old.
If you want to gain weight, keep up the exercises, but don't stress the protein. As long as you're eating a variety of foods, it's hard not to get enough protein. Excess protein may get stored as fat, and it may be excreted and this stresses your kidneys and causes your body to loose calcium when it eliminates extra protein you eat.



You're better off eating more starchy and fatty foods. It sounds like you move %26amp; use your muscles enough to burn most of the extra energy. Your body will use fats and carbs for energy before it will use protein, and fats and carbs are more likely to be stored as fat than protein. Fats and carbohydrates are both made of carbon and hydrogen, and proteins are carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. That nitrogen makes it chemically trickier to turn a protein into a fat than a carbohydrate so your body may just want to get rid of it.



Peanut butter, nuts, tofu (the firmer a tofu is, the less water %26amp; more protein it has) root vegetables (potatoes, yams, turnips, rutabagas, etc) avocados, popcorn popped with oil (it's especially great with powdered nutritional yeast, salt, garlic powder %26amp; curry powder) a sandwich made with vegan cold cuts, lettuce and vegannaise, try some vegan sausages, maybe make some "franks %26amp; beans" with chopped up tofu pups mixed with some baked beans or kidney/pinto beans and some BBQ sauce. Bagels %26amp; soy cream cheese. Oatmeal with raisins %26amp; maple syrup.



If you can get one of those bread makers, you'll both have yummy fresh bread to eat and they make great pizza dough too. There are new vegan cheeses that melt well, so home made pizza with lots of veggies and vegan cheese. You can also make great thick cheese sauces with nutritional yeast, a little salt, garlic powder, mustard and a bit of water. Pizza or. . . grilled cheese sandwiches! Yes, you can use "brewers yeast", but that doesn't taste anywhere near as good as nutritional yeast, and brewers yeast is a waste product of the beer brewing industry. It is not grown to be eaten the way nutritional yeast is. Budweiser %26amp; company just have loads of that stuff left over after they brew their millions of gallons of beer, so some of it ends up in stores.