Oreo Cookie Treatment Lowers LDL Cholesterol More Than High-Intensity Statin therapy in a Lean Mass Hyper-Responder on a Ketogenic Diet: A Curious Crossover Experiment
1. IntroductionCarbohydrate-restricted diets, especially ketogenic diets (KD) hold promise for the treatment of obesity-related chronic health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, as well as for other conditions less related to obesity, including of epilepsy [1], neurodegenerative diseases [2] and mental health conditions [3], polycystic kidney disease [4], and so on. Clinical use cases for KD are rapidly expanding. However, this dietary strategy may cause elevated LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), a ris...
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