300 grams of oatmeal a day, basically nothing else, and your LDL only goes down 10%.
It seems as if some researchers think that reducing this single metric without considering any other factors is inherently always a good thing and is very important.
the diet was just maintained for two days
Hardly “nothing else”. Two smoothies a day with 150g of oats blended in them will basically cover this. You’d still have plenty of room for other food.
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Definitely shows the comparative power of medications. Statins, ezetimibe, and PCSK9 inhibitors can reduce LDL or ApoB by 85-95%.