“Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your cholesterol”

Vegans are often asked about how they get enough protein in their diets. “Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your cholesterol” is a vegan saying that has been printed on many images.
     
“Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your cholesterol” was posted on Twitter by Lauren Nelson on October 15, 2013. The saying probably originated on an image.
   
     
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Lauren Nelson
@Sunflowerery
“Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your cholesterol”.  Good one
8:14 PM · Oct 15, 2013·Twitter for Android
     
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womanthefuckup
@hellonursekris
Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your cholesterol #vegantruth
3:15 PM · Oct 16, 2013·Twitter for Android
     
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plant babe
@vegbarbie
Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your cholesterol.
5:23 PM · Oct 25, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
     
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chelsea mason
@Chelseaa_Masonn
”@Vegbarbie: Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your cholesterol.”
@kadurkin #accurate
5:29 PM · Oct 25, 2013·Twitter for Android
 
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@AMELlAJAYNE
don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your cholesterol
1:01 PM · Nov 12, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
 
Google Books
Title Don’t Ask Me about My Proteins and I Won’t Ask You about Your Cholesterol: Cool Vegan Quote Journal for Broccoli, Recipe, Cookbook, Keto Bowls, Pizza
Author Yeoys Vegan for Life
Publisher Independently Published, 2019
ISBN 1798537877, 9781798537879
Length 102 pages
Subjects Cooking › Vegetarian
       
Google Books
Title Don’t Ask Me about My Protein and I Won’t Ask You about Your Cholesterol: Ruled Notebook Journal I Funny Vegan Gifts
Author Marcel Doll
Publisher Independently Published, 2019
ISBN 1094623954, 9781094623955
Length 128 pages
 
11 May 2019, The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Queensland), “Unmasked” by Leisa Scott, pg. 8:
They’re mostly under 30, this gathering of people in the Holland Park Library, many of them wearing T-shirts with slogans like, “Proud to be vegan”, or “Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask you about your ­cholesterol”.