The Harvard Cookie Study That Broke Cholesterol Science
From Nick Norwitz MD PhD - Metabolic Health & Longevity · 22:02
Show by Nick Norwitz MD PhD
For all references and even deeper nuances, check out the StayCurious Metabolism letter: https://staycuriousmetabolism.substack.com/p/the-true-story-of-the-cookie-that?r=40ekz2 Oreo vs Statin Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38276308/Lipid Energy Model Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35629964/ What if Oreo cookies could lower cholesterol faster — and more powerfully — than a multi-billion-dollar statin drug? That’s the question I set out to test in a 5-month controlled self-experiment I ran as a Harvard Medical School student. And the results were so shocking they were eventually published in peer-reviewed literature.This video shares the full story — why my LDL cholesterol skyrocketed into the 500s after going ketogenic, the physiology behind the lean-mass hyper-responder phenomenon, and how adding 12 Oreo cookies per day dropped my LDL twice as much as high-dose statin therapy and in one-third of the time.But this isn’t just about cookies…This is a video about challenging assumptions, testing mechanisms, provoking curiosity, and using a viral headline to shine light on a deeply misunderstood physiological phenomenon.Chapters0:00 – I Used Oreo Cookies to Lower My LDL 1:06 – Why My Cholesterol Skyrocketed in the First Place 4:43 – The True Mechanism Behind the LDL Rocket ship7:53 – Why Oreos vs Statin Worked So Well11:00 – What Does this Oreo Cookie Cholesterol Drop Really Mean?12:33 – What is the Risk of High Cholesterol in People Like Me?14:08 – What We Now Know#cholesterol #LDL #hearthealth #metabolism #LMHR #lipidenergymodel #LEM #exercise #ApoB #cardiovasculardisease #obesity #staycurious #VLDL #triglycerides #metabolichealth #educational #metabolichealth #cholesterol #LDL #statins #ketodiet #lipidenergymodel #leanmasshyperresponder #metabolichealth #healthscience #ApoB #nutritionresearch #NickNorwitz #StayCurious #cardiovascularhealth #scienceeducation #cholesterolmyth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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