Questions tagged [cholesterol]
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How long does it take for cholesterol to lower down after switching to veganism?
Once a person switches to veganism, how fast do the cholesterol levels lower?
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Is there a way of telling if foods are vegan by a single nutrient or a certain combination of nutrients?
The USDA define 235 kinds of nutrients in their database. Is there a nutrient found in all animal products and no plant foods?
I read that some foods with zero cholesterol aren't always vegan.
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Why does this vegan chocolate have cholesterol?
If I am not wrong, this chocolate is vegan. And I also know that vegan foods do not contain cholesterol.
So why does it say it has 1mg cholesterol?
Thank you.
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Are foods with zero cholesterol always vegan?
I've developed this quick trick after reading a lot of food labels.
If the nutrition label says it contains any cholesterol, it's definitely not vegan.
This is based on the idea that cholesterol ...
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Do vegetable saturated fats increase cholesterol?
Many studies have investigated the relation between the intake of saturated fats and the increase of cholesterol. Saturated fats are usually found in animal products, such as meat and dairy. We can ...
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How quickly does cholesterol decrease when on a vegan diet?
Vegan diet reduces blood cholesterol 1,2,3. However, how does cholesterol decrease with time? What I'm looking for is a sort of graph where X = days or weeks, and Y = cholesterol level.
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