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SEED OIL DEFENSE!
"people love to point fingers at seed oils like they’re some modern plague, but the reality is they’re one of the most studied dietary fats on the planet—and the data just doesn’t support the hysteria.
linoleic acid, the main omega-6 fat in seed oils, is essential. your body can’t make it, and you need it for things like cell membrane integrity and immune function.
clinical trials going back to the 1960s, including massive meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials, show that replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats, including seed oils, lowers ldl cholesterol and reduces cardiovascular events.
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that’s mainstream, peer-reviewed, human-level evidence.
yeah, people bring up oxidation products, aldehydes, or some rat study where they fed animals 60% of calories from overheated soybean oil.
not only is that unrealistic, but it ignores how most people actually cook and eat.
dose, context, preparation.
all that matters.
and let’s not pretend butter or bacon fat is chemically superior. they also oxidize and generate toxic compounds under heat.
‘evolutionary’ argument
modern life isn’t paleo.
our ancestors didn’t live long enough to get heart disease.
‘natural’ doesn’t mean ‘better.’
processed doesn’t mean ‘poison.’
we extract nutrients and medicine from all kinds of unnatural sources and we’re better for it.
what’s really going on here is fear-mongering driven by food purists, influencers, and people who need a scapegoat for metabolic disease.
they ignore sedentary lifestyle, ultra-processed carbs, chronic stress, and shitty sleep.
instead, they zero in on seed oils like they’re the antichrist, when in reality, moderate consumption of properly stored, non-overheated seed oils is one of the least problematic things about the modern diet.”
