re: Anybody try to take seed oils out of your diet....virtually impossible

Carnivore says hello

It's interesting. I have not seen any evidence that seed oils are any worse than tallow or butter. I'm not talking about frying. Anything fried is bad no matter which oil is used. I'm also not saying processed foods are fine. No need for straw man arguments. I'm saying if I saute vegetables, I haven't seen any evidence that tallow is better than seed oils.( And a blog post is not evidence). But this has become ubiquitous, and it causes me to think twice.

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This is the reason I almost exclusively shop at whole foods now. It's the only place around here you can find a large selection of stuff without them.

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Don’t you drink like 5 bottles of wine a week?

I use ghee, tallow, and duck fat

It’s easy if u don’t eat processed foods

If you are evaluating the issue of seed oils, here’s a few articles to read on pro’s & cons, research history, etc.

Harvard Medical School

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Regarding hexane, for example, the average person's intake of any possible residual traces of this chemical in oils and other foods is dwarfed by exposures from other sources, such as gasoline fumes. What's more, the dangerous compounds of heated seed oils in fast food are just one aspect of deep-fried fast foods like fries and chicken fingers. These foods also contain high amounts of fat, added sugar, salt, and calories. That's also true of other common calorie sources in the average American diet. "Seed oils are hiding in our food supply, mainly in crunchy, salty, or sweet snack foods that come in a bag, like chips, crackers, cookies, and other baked goods," Kane says. Finally, the linoleic concerns aren't backed by science. Research shows that increasing linoleic acid in the diet doesn't increase levels of inflammatory markers in the blood.

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Mayo Clinic

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However, it’s important to keep in mind that many processed, packaged foods contain seed oils — which is sometimes why seed oils are thought of as unhealthy. “We do know that diets high in processed foods are linked to poorer health outcomes,” says Ewoldt. “The seed oil is not the likely driver for negative health effects. These processed foods also tend to have higher levels of refined carbohydrates, salt and sugar, which are all things we know in excess can impact health negatively.”

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Johns Hopkins

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Seed oils do not cause inflammation, according to nutrition scientists. The concern that they do is based on a misunderstanding of the omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids they contain—essential meaning that humans cannot produce these on their own, so we have to get them from food. Omega-3 and omega-6, the main classes of polyunsaturated fatty acids, exist in high amounts in many seeds, nuts, tofu, fatty fish, seaweed, and eggs, and they play important roles in our overall health. Christopher Gardner, director of nutrition studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, explains in an episode Public Health On Call that in addition to providing energy, omega-3 fatty acids are also anti-inflammatory, help lower triglycerides, and help with blood vessel constriction and dilation. “Omega-6s do many of the same things,” just not as effectively as omega-3s, he says. “Somewhere along the line, this got flipped into a misunderstanding that … [omega-6s] do the opposite of omega-3s.”

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Carnivore!

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Quit worrying about seed oils and start moving more eating less, and lifting weights.

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Inflammation alone is enough reason to want to completely eliminate seed oils from diet this isn't even factoring in all the other stuff.

If you eliminate seed oils totally you basically can't screw up your diet which takes care of what you posted before you even lift a weight.

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I guess I just don’t understand the obsession of what could possibly be so bad about “seed oils”? It’s oil, from a seed. Why is that so bad?

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This is your level so not shocking