We need to remove seed oils from all our foods. They are in everything. Seed oils were never meant for human consumption, they were originally used in industry as lamp oil, pesticides, making plastics and to lubricate machines. Then seeing a chance for profit, they eventually found their way into our food replacing saturated fat (which was demonized by Ansel Keys). They are responsible for numerous diseases and fuel metabolic dysfunction which we now know is contributing to many diseases including Type II diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Of course, the harm that seed oils cause has been suppressed by the food industry, so what we have now is an unending supply of highly processed oils that are part of what is fueling the chronic disease epidemic.
I encourage everyone to look at the ingredients list of everything you eat the next few days. Seed oils are in almost EVERYTHING. One of the biggest drivers of metabolic dysfunction, obesity and health issues in my opinion.
Roger that! I’m even starting a seed oil free food delivery business (possibly Dubai)
I support the idea of removing seed oils from food due to the health concerns, but it’s important to have a plan for alternative uses for these oils. One option is to repurpose seed oils for biofuels or industrial applications, which could create new markets and reduce waste. By shifting the focus from food products to sustainable energy or other non-edible uses, we can ensure the oils still serve a purpose while promoting healthier dietary options for consumers.
Yes! So hard to avoid
Yes! These are in everything and as a nutrition coach, these are some of the worst things you can put in your body.
100% behind this. I quit eating foods with seed oils in them about a month ago and all of my health issues have cleared up. This should be a huge priority for the government to restrict or at least make American’s aware by putting a label on any product that contains the 8 harmful seed oils.
im not disagreeing with you, but i think a better start would be to fund some better studies on how they affect us. As of now all we have are studies showing that “seed oils” actually produce lower inflammation markers than butter. Personally i stick with avocado oil or evoo instead of other oils, but i also choose them over butter for the reason noted in those studies. However, i think the damage from seed oils could be more long term, but i dont think any studies exist on this, only short term effects. I think we need a better understanding but we need someone to ACTUALLY look in to it rather than brushing off our concerns. I think its a better starting point than just trying to convince someone to ban them all with no evidence.
What are the seed oils one should avoid? Is avocado or coconut or olive oil considered seed oils?
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I go to great lengths to avoid seed oils, which are even used in “healthy” snacks. I even got one restaurant owner to make all my food with clarified butter instead. He uses seed oils a lot in his food, but for me, he makes an exception. Most restaurants, you will get seed oils, and you can’t do anything about it. Magazines for restaurants should have articles against seed oils, but there seems to be an eery silence.
We just need to stop producing seed oils. The refining process is incredibly complex. We just need to shut down the factories, not plant/harvest so many canola crops, etc.
Seed oils are cheap because the gov’t subsidizes it with our tax dollars. I think its intentional. Our gov’t wants us sick.
I was recently travelling in Croatia and they only use olive oil. I could eat at any restaurant and never felt sick. It was so liberating. I even lost weight despite eating out all the time.
Some of these oils were originally used as machine oils in the late 19th and early 20th century, but we do not need to process so much of it. It is cheaper than animal or some other healthy fats to produce and that is why we have it in our foods. Our bodies store fats as saturated fats and that is what we know how to use. Some non animal fats are healthy, like avocado and coconut oils, but we need to know in what quantities. Olive oil has been used thousands of years with no problems. Beef tallow and hog lard are the healthiest, with olive, avocado and coconut oil a close second.
Butter has been villainized for decades but it’s one of the healthier fats you can have. People get so bent out of shape about their cholesterol and so they stay away from it. What they don’t understand is:
- It’s not the butter spiking your cholesterol… it’s the sugar you’re eating with it. If you’re fat adapted (using fat for energy instead of sugar), your body will only use so much fat before you just poo it out. BUT If you aren’t fat adapted and you’re eating sugar along with the butter and other forms of fat, that’s when you start seeing clogged arteries, holding on to excess weight, increased inflammation, etc…
- Everything in your body is made of cholesterol. You need it for hormonal function, brain function, organ function, etc. When you dont have enough cholesterol, you start having issues
- High cholesterol is a misnomer. Think about it. When do people normally get blood work…when they’re sick. The “normal” ranges for blood work comes from the averages of all the blood work drawn…on mainly unhealthy/sick people. Why should I, a healthy/active/low risk human be comparing my lab results to sick people? Yet they want to put me on medication that has 6000 side effects because my cholesterol is a bit too high… sounds like a scamola!
Sorry, I know this wasn’t a post on butter itself, but i had to say something lol it’s yummy, natural, and good for you when eating it properly
If we can’t get an outright ban, the foods with seed oils need to be labeled like cigarettes and other products.
Great! Let’s make food 3x the price it is now!! Great idea!
Absolutely agree as a Functional practitioner I have seen seed oils become on of the biggest problems driving up inflammation and causing symptom chaos in my clients!
See oils do not belong in human bodies.
I’m all for removing seed oils from all foods where they wouldn’t be otherwise or where they don’t belong, but don’t remove the seed oils from the seeds. There are some places where seed oil does belong. Keep that in mind.