Hypercholesterolaemia in a vegan.
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چکیده
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Ulster Medical Journal
دوره 66 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997