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Stroke risk for Vegans

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blondenana Fri 06-Sept-19 10:18:09

I read this too yesterday, i'm not a big meat eater, but even my Dr said i should eat more meat even though i have to have blood taken if i get too much iron in my blood,

BlueSky Fri 06-Sept-19 10:13:03

Well this is the latest find: Vegans and strict vegetarians like myself run a higher risk of emorragic stroke possibly due to very low cholesterol and lack of B12! So if you thought you were doing good by getting your cholesterol really low, you were wrong! confused