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How could my cholesterol be very high if i eat a vegan diet?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Diet's not the key: I hope that you will manage your cholesterol and any other coronary risk factors appropriately. Vegans have the moral high ground, but all the really big good studies I've seen have shown no impact of vegetarianism / veganism on any health or longevity parameter when we control for other lifestyle factors. I'm sorry you were deceived. Eat to please yourself and stay physically fit.
Answered 5/16/2015
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Genes: If you have become a vegan to protest the cruelty of factory farming of animals, i honor and admire you. If you like it, great. If it's because you or somebody you want to please has read a subscientific book about no one having heart attacks in mao's china, or false claims that vegetarians really live longer or have less atherosclerosis or cancer, then maybe it's time to reconsider your decision.
Answered 9/28/2016
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