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i've been trying for the last decade or so as well and i think i will have to make peace with the fact that i'm never going to fully succeed; only minimize as much as possible.
i think that lentils are the closest thing to a meat replacement you can find; but they usually have a lot of carbohydrates. the fiber and protein helps a little bit in keeping the glucose level down and adding in fats/oils while cooking/preparation helps too; but i find that i sometimes have to pair it with meat to give my pancreas the break it needs.
some lentils are better than others and i place emphasis on the good ones to help me stay away from meat; but all the best & most delicious lentil recipes i know have been handed down through the generations and only seem to work with the "less better" lentils like pinto beans. (vegan and vegetarian restaurants have great recipes, but they're expensive and sometimes won't share their recipes).
Literally any whole grain paired with literally any legume. The combination gives you every essential amino acid in protein. Popcorn and baked beans is a meat replacement.
i'm going to give this a try and see if my glucose monitor goes off from all the carbohydrates; i hope it works because this is the only thing holding me back and ty for making me aware.
I was diagnosed with prediabetes in my late 30s and I followed the precursor to this program https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/book/ along with the work of PCRM to get it under control with a vegan diet and its been 8 years now, I'm in my mid 40s now and its all under control for me. I get it that different people are different and I don't really know anything about type 1, but this really worked for me and I can't sing its praises enough, it really totally changed my life.