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Hypercholesterolaemia in a vegan.

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: A vegan is a person who abstains from all food of animal origin. It is generally accepted that a vegetarian diet and especially a vegan diet is associated with a low serum cholesterol.",2'3 When vegans are surveyed they have a significantly lower intake of total energy and especially energy from fat4 and their mean serum total cholesterol is also lower than expected values for the normal population.5 We present a patient who was a strict vegan but had a high serum cholesterol. No identifiable evidence was found for either familial or secondary hypercholesterolaemia. Case Report A 58 year old man was admitted for coronary

Source: PubMed

Authors: B Duggan, H O'Kane

Institution: Royal Victoria Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W135302114

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