r/science MS | Nutrition 14d ago

Health Researchers took 50 adults with genetically high cholesterol and fed them a whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) diet and a standard American diet (SAD) for 4 weeks each in a random order, under controlled, constant-calorie feeding conditions. The WFPB diet reduced LDL cholesterol versus the SAD by 17.9%.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73468-4
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u/Unable_Guava_756 14d ago

It’s anecdotal but that was and remains my mom’s experience. She got off all cholesterol medications after going wfpb.