Seed Oils Health Debate
The cluster focuses on debates about the healthiness of seed oils (e.g., soybean, canola, sunflower) versus alternatives like olive, avocado, and animal fats, often citing inflammation, processing, and omega-6 content as reasons to avoid seed oils.
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"soybean oil which is not very healthy" - can you provide evidence for this?
Olive oil and avocado oil are not derived from seeds but rather the fruit. And yes the suggestion would be to eat these oils (authentic ones - there is a lot of counterfeit), butter and animal fats.
Maybe he meant healthier than other types of oils. E.g., olive oil is healthier than corn oil.
Seed oils like canola aren't great for health. They're fairly new to the food stream (only widely available since about 1900), heavily processed, and chock full of compounds the plant was making to protect it's seeds, many of which cause inflammation and other negative health effects. Olive oil, coconut oil, and animal fats have all been in use longer, and seem to be better for us. Avocado oil also seems to be decent, though it can be challenging to find quality unadulterated o
why stop olive oil? what is so bad about it?
Anyone want to speculate or know why olive oil is good while soybean oil is not?
Not healthy, but likely healthier than many vegetable oils or other unholy substitutes.
Why not just cook with healthy fats like extra virgin olive/coconut oil?
I'm no nutritionist but I read that one source might be: high-oleic sunflower canola oils.> Sunflower oil is naturally high in polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are great for frying and cooking with but can expire quickly. To remedy this, harvesters have bred a healthier form of this oil that is lower in polyunsaturated fats and higher in oleic acid.https://
Canola oil is basically the only mainstream cooking oil with a somewhat healthy omega-3/6 ratio. Why do you think it's unhealthy?