Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's been 80% vegan the past 5 years and his 'bad' cholesterol is now so low his doctor thought he 'might be a different person'

• Arnold Schwarzenegger said he'd been mostly vegan for the past five years.
• The bodybuilding champ said he ate about 80% plant-based food and it kept his cholesterol low.

The bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger said he'd been eating a mostly plant-based diet for the past five years and it significantly lowered his cholesterol.

Schwarzenegger said in a recent edition of his email newsletter that about 80% of what he ate was vegan. He said he made an occasional exception for steak or Austrian wiener schnitzel — $4 can help avoid restriction and help you stick to a diet long term, experts $4.

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He said it had helped him feel "healthier and younger overall" and aided in reducing his levels of LDL cholesterol, a type of cholesterol sometimes called $4.

"My bad cholesterol number is so low that my doctor thought I might be a different person," Schwarzenegger said in the newsletter.

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