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Vegans undertake their diet either out of concern for the way that factory-farmed animals are treated, or because they have heard too-good-to-be-true claims about the health benefits. Anyone undertaking a vegan diet will need to supplement elaborately in order to avoid ruining their health, but i especially honor those gentle souls who do it for love of animals.

Dr. Ed Friedlander reviewed this

46 year experience in Pathology

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Diet

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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