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bradortoday at 11:37 AM2 repliesview on HN

And this is the real reason.

The oatmeal put them on a crash diet of 1000 calories a day. And filled them so they didn’t reach for non reported snacks.


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FrancisMoodietoday at 12:30 PM

They had a control group who also went on a reduced calorie deficit but without oats and found that the oats eating group had a much higher decrease of cholesterol, it's in the article.

_fluxtoday at 12:17 PM

Two-day crash diet can reduce LDL levels for 6 weeks?