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Nick Norwitz MD PhD

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Nick Norwitz MD PhD

@nicknorwitz

MD, PhD. Harvard, Oxford. Educator. Professional Guinea Pig. StayCurious Metabolism Letter, Top Best-Seller in Science 🔗 staycuriousmetabolism.com

Boston, MA

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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
May 12
🚨New Paper: "Seven Years of 700 Cholesterol Without Coronary Atherosclerosis: A Lean Mass Hyper-Responder Case Report" Link: doi.org/10.3390/diseas… For the past 7 years, I’ve been running what is essentially a natural experiment in cholesterol and heart health. During that
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Feb 17, 2023
Describe in 3 words
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Sep 22, 2024
Well, since @2Swerdy's Tweet is going viral, I may as well double down by posting the full video on X - Sincerely, Dr "Some Dude on Instagram" Here's the link to YouTube youtu.be/bhUMUCoJOsc Subscribe for more, upcoming N = 1 🥓🍪🧈😘
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Jan 22, 2024
🚨#OreoVsStatin - PUBLISHED!🚨 mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/1… @Oreo cookies were 💥2X as potent💥 at lowering my LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) compared to high-intensity statin therapy! What you NEED to know... 👉This was a metabolic demonstration, a 'do not do this at home' experiment
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Nov 13, 2022
“Addiction is the progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.” -@hubermanlab
Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Aug 16, 2024
🔥 Why I’m Committed to Making Metabolic Health Mainstream (in 2 min) 🔥 From a young age, I was fascinated by the wonders of biology, but it was a personal health crisis that truly defined my mission: to Make Metabolic Health Mainstream. After battling severe inflammatory
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Feb 20, 2024
Everyone is talking about this new "high protein = BAD" study. If you want to know what the 'high protein' (liquid) diet was composed of... it was Boost Plus... (ingredients below) For the high-protein mixed, macros were 22% was protein (25 g), 48% was carbohydrates and 30%
New York Post
@nypost
Feb 19, 2024
Eating this amount of protein is too much and can damage your arteries, new study warns trib.al/yPw5KCe
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The study in question uses two protein supplements, one of which contains oils high in PUFAs as canola and high oleic sunflower oil, which can lead to cardiovascular disease because of their proneness to oxidation, which is significantly associated to CVD clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03946… ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Sep 9, 2024
I just completed an Eggs-treme experiment: eating 720 eggs in a month—averaging one egg per hour for a whole month🥚 Here's what happened: ↔️First 2 weeks: my LDL cholesterol was stable ⬇️Final 2 weeks, my LDL cholesterol DROPPED by 18% These results were possible, even
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Jan 23, 2023
My reason for being on a #ketogenic diet has nothing to do with weight and everything to do with health Anyone else?
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Oct 11, 2024
🥓I Ate 600 Strips of Bacon 🥓 🫀Here’s What Happened to My Cholesterol🫀 1/4) In an N =1 experiment modeled on the #720Eggs Eggperiment, I dropped my LDL by 22% while eating 600 strips of bacon over 20 days. That’s 21,000 Calories from bacon while eating ~300 grams of fat per
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Apr 7, 2025
🚨FINALLY! The Lean Mass Hyper-Responder 1 Year Data Just Dropped!🚨 jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… 🫀Most participants showed NO OR MINIMAL or progression of coronary plaque 🫀Neither ApoB nor LDL exposure predicted plaque progression 🫀But plaque predicted plaque progression,
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Sep 2, 2024
🚨 New Paper: Could the Carnivore Diet Revolutionize Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Treatment? frontiersin.org/journals/nutri… 👉 In a case series of 10 patients with IBD, either ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, all 10 saw major clinical improvements on a carnivore-ketogenic
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Jun 14, 2023
1/10) 🚨NEW! #Keto for Anorexia🚨 We report on 3 patients who achieved remission from treatment-resistant anorexia using animal-based keto diet 🥩🍳 👉BMIs 10 - 13 kg/m2 👉Each gained ≥20kg 👉+Dramatic improvements in mental health insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/… Read & Share🧵🙏
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Nick Norwitz MD PhD
@nicknorwitz
Nov 13, 2025
I just completed a month-long sardine diet. 1/5)The results were... surprising 😳 👉Body fat (7%) 👉Omega-3 levels, off the chart (literally, 25% higher than the visual scale goes and 2.7% above reference range) 👉Energy = Excellent (after some tweaks) 👉Cold Resistant. Maybe
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