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carbocationtoday at 3:51 AM5 repliesview on HN

300 grams of oatmeal a day, basically nothing else, and your LDL only goes down 10%.


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brandonbtoday at 3:55 AM

Definitely shows the comparative power of medications. Statins, ezetimibe, and PCSK9 inhibitors can reduce LDL or ApoB by 85-95%.

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lithocarpustoday at 4:27 AM

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.

Snoozustoday at 4:17 AM

the diet was just maintained for two days

deadbabetoday at 4:07 AM

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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ycombinarytoday at 4:16 AM

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