YouTube video by Ben Greenfield examining a surprising claim that Oreo cookies dramatically lower LDL cholesterol compared with statins. In this chunk Speaker A states a striking comparative result: a 71% LDL reduction after ~2 weeks on an Oreo regimen versus a 32.5% reduction for a statin, and emphasizes media and peer-reviewed coverage of the claim.
71% reduction in about two weeks.
32.5% reduction.
The headline was. And to be clear, when I say headline, I mean like media but also peer reviewed literature that like Harvard scientists, lowers his cholesterol with Oreo cookies. The punchline was the Oreo cookies slaughtered the statin for LDL lowering. No way. Really? They were twice as powerful and they acted in one third the time. So the drop in LDL was a 71% reduction on the Oreo cookies in about two weeks and then 32.5% for the stat. The Oreos were just way more powerful.
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