Vegans' elevated heart risk requires omega-3s and B12, study suggests
Monday, February 14, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
People who follow a vegan lifestyle -- strict vegetarians who try to eat no meat or animal products of any kind -- may increase their risk of developing blood clots and atherosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries," which are conditions that can lead to heart attacks and stroke, study suggests.