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It may not. Her doctor could be erring on the side of caution. Also, cutting out animal products completely could demonstrate that her high cholesterol is due to something besides her diet which should open up referrals to a specialist and other kinds of testing.

In my experience, as a patient with some unknown problem, the less experienced a physician is, even if they are a specialist, the more likely they are to try to match up your issues with what they know and hand wave away any inconsistencies. When you get to an expert, if there are inconsistencies they will straight up say they don't know what's going on and will start looking into it (running tests, trying different meds, etc).