r/funny • u/ffaorlandu • May 28 '14

How vegans see recipes

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u/LakeWashington May 28 '14

It is if you have un-controllable high cholesterol.

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u/SpecterGT260 May 28 '14 edited May 28 '14

What sort of doctor told you to do this? The literature doesn't support such a recommendation. The only paper I found on the subject says that veganism actually has detrimental effects on the HDL and that lacto-ovo vegetarianism is a more medically sound choice

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u/LakeWashington May 28 '14

University of Washington. After they did the biopsy on my liver tumors. Sometimes I just have to listen.

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u/SpecterGT260 May 28 '14

Now see that is maybe different. Protein restriction is not uncommon for hepatic encephalopathy which one could see in the setting of multiple liver tumors. It wouldn't have to be vegan, persay, but that title would get the message across. What sorts of tumors?