Mon, Jan-29-24, 05:45
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Plan: EpiPaleo/Primal/LowOx
Stats: 220/130/150
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Progress: 129%
Location: USA
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Oreos lower cholesterol better than statin medication
It exposes how little is understood about cholesterol. Partly because drugs are mostly about marketing and continuing profit. So I am not surprised. 
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His groundbreaking experiment aimed to test the Lipid Energy Model, a potentially revolutionary theory that could reshape our understanding of human metabolism, particularly in fat or “lipid” metabolism.
The experiment focused on observing the diverse effects of Oreo cookies and statins on cholesterol levels in a unique group known as “Lean Mass Hyper-Responders” (LMHR). These individuals typically exhibit elevated LDL cholesterol levels when following a low-carbohydrate diet.
The study revolved around a single subject adhering to a ketogenic diet — high in fats but low in carbohydrates — leading to increased LDL cholesterol levels in LMHR individuals. The study introduced an unconventional method to address this issue: incorporating 12 Oreo cookies daily into the participant’s diet, adding an extra 100 grams of carbohydrates, for 16 days.
Remarkably, this led to a dramatic reduction in LDL cholesterol, surpassing the results of a subsequent six-week course of high-intensity statin therapy, a common cholesterol-lowering medication.
At the study’s onset, the subject’s LDL cholesterol was a concerning 384 mg/dL. Post-Oreo consumption, it plummeted to 111 mg/dL, marking a 71 percent reduction. Following a three-month return to the standard ketogenic diet without Oreos, the cholesterol level bounced back to 421 mg/dL. Interestingly, when the subject then received rosuvastatin (a statin medication), the LDL cholesterol only reduced to 284 mg/dL, a 32.5 percent reduction.
These findings, aligned with the “Lipid Energy Model”, suggest that in specific dietary conditions like those of LMHR individuals, the body might respond more favourably to dietary adjustments involving carbohydrates than conventional medication. The model posits that in the setting of low carbohydrate intake and low body fat, the body increases fat particle (LDL) production for energy, which can be moderated by reintroducing carbohydrates.
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Super-over-simplifying biology, then dictating health terms which only enrich financial health for a few. To me, that's the Cholesterol Story, which is why I have been ignoring the way my cholesterol readings mean nothing. My triglycerides are low, I'm fine with all the other numbers.
If they were right, statins wouldn't trigger congestive heart failure. But they do.
I also like the scientist's reasoning:
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Explaining this study, he wrote on X, “Research on cholesterol on Keto diets and the LEM and LMHR phenotype has so much to teach people about human lipid metabolism.”
“But how do I (we) communicate the scientific ‘awe’ that we feel to the greatest number of people (as well as force a conversation about LMHR and LEM that needs to happen?)… A dramatic demonstration designed to turn heads might work!” he said and added that it is not “just click bait… it’s legit-bait”.
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