Seed Oils

Skeptical Doctor Pointing To Busted Myth
PUFAs
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May 13, 2025

Omega-6 Linoleic Acid Is Not What Makes Seed Oils Bad

Introduction: Clearing Up Confusion About Omega-6 Linoleic Acid in Seed Oils You might have heard that seed oils, like soybean or corn oil, are bad because of a fat called omega-6. People say omega-6 causes health problems like diabetes or heart trouble because it’s “inflammatory.”  That’s a myth we need to bust! Omega-6 isn’t the real villain. The problem is how certain seed oils are made. Let’s learn about the eight unhealthy oils—I call them the “hateful eight”—and why they hurt your body. This simple story will show you the truth. What Are the Hateful Eight? The “hateful eight” oils…

Cigarettes In A McDonald's French Fry Carton
Seed Oils
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May 10, 2025

Toxic Seed Oils Turn French Fries Toxic, Sadly

French fries are a beloved indulgence, but the toxic seed oils used to fry them can transform this treat into a health hazard. You may have seen this photo of cigarettes in a French fry cup before. It’s an AI-generated image. But it’s not just a made-up meme. It started circulating shortly after I was interviewed for this movie. During the interview, I made the rather shocking comparison between cigarettes and French fries. That comes from a study called: Toxic Lipid Oxidation Product (LOP) Generation in Culinary Frying Oils (CFOs) During High-Temperature Frying Practices: Passage into Fried Foods. In it,…

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATING HOW SEED OILS PROMOTE OXIDATIVE STRESS AND FREE RADICALS
Seed Oils
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May 10, 2025

Why are seed oils unhealthy?

Why Seed Oils Are the Biggest Threat to Your Health Seed oils,  also known as vegetable oils, or more precisely as The Hateful Eight, are not benign. To best understand why seed oils are harmful, we need to understand a biological process called oxidative stress. Oxidative stress: the great disease promoter. Understanding oxidative stress is crucial if you’re interested in health or nutrition science. I have spent over two decades researching various diets and their ability to prevent or promote oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is the root cellular process driving all known diseases. It occurs when free radicals—unstable molecules—overwhelm the…

Dr Cate Incredulous In Front Of An Image Of An Abstract From JAMA With Headline
Science and Medical News
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April 15, 2025

Did Leading Nutrition Experts Manipulate Data in Widely Cited Seed Oil Study

JAMA Internal Medicine published the first-ever study comparing butter to seed oils. But they skewed the data to the point of absurdity. Time and again, I’ve seen supposedly peer-reviewed studies making conclusions that defy common sense. Especially seed oil studies. This latest journal is one of the worst examples I’ve come across. I’m going to break down what they did and how they got away with it in this article. Their paper is especially important. It’s the first, to my knowledge, to compare seed oils head to head with butter. More than 70 years have passed since health authorities started…

Hangry Man Holding Knife And Fork Over An Empty Plate
Insulin Resistance
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February 4, 2025

Why do we get hangry?

Hangry is not normal hunger. Normal hunger is usually brought about by smelling food. It’s also common to feel normal hunger around our normal mealtimes because our digestive system has its own internal clock that keeps excellent track of time. (This is why your dog or cat always seems to know when it’s dinner o’clock.) Ordinary hunger does not make us angry or irritable. And unless we’ve gone for days without eating, normal hunger is a light stomach-grumbling sensation that goes away when we ignore it. Hypoglycemia makes us hangry. Hangry on on the other hand is hard to ignore.…

Shelf Of Heart Healthy Mazola With The Words Is This Worse Than Sugar
Keto Diet
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October 13, 2024

Attention Keto Dieters: Seed Oil is Worse than Sugar

Fellow members of the keto community, keto dieters everywhere, we need to talk. I want to convince you that any amount of seed oils is way worse than small amounts of sugar. Ketones are not the miracle cure for all that ails us. A healthy metabolism is. The only reason we can’t see this is because we’ve been lied to about fats.  Seed oils destroy our metabolism. Sugar doesn’t. AFTER seed oils make us sick and insulin resistant THEN sugar can potentially become toxic to us. But because of HOW seed oils harm our body fat and mitochondria, cutting carbs…

Himalayan Sea Salt Close Up For Salt Good Or Bad
Root Causes
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April 20, 2024

Guilt by Association: Salt Is Not Even A Little Bad For Our Health

You might think salt makes you bloated. It’s actually something else. We hear all the time that salt is bad for us. So my patients who notice swelling or bloating after eating salty junk food naturally assume salt caused their symptoms. But of all the ingredients in junk food, salt is the least likely to cause health problems.  I grew up surrounded by messaging that salt was bad but I was always skeptical. Probably because my dad, a doctor, always snatched up the shaker and doused his food in salt before even tasting it. He’s done that his whole life,…

Controversial School Lunch
Seed Oils
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January 28, 2022

Dr. Cate Discusses Controversy Over School Lunch on Jesse Watters Primetime

Kids need love—that goes without saying. But kids need good nutrition too, and that very often is left unsaid in the conversations over the USDA’s National school lunch program. Or, only raised as a follow-up after what it costs, who is paying, and its calorie content. Jesse Watters hosts a National news and talk show on FOX, and on Jan 28, 2022 at 7:40 or so EST I’ll be appearing to discuss what exactly is wrong with what we feed our kids, and who can we ask to do better. Interview HERE :https://video.foxnews.com/v/6294318078001#sp=show-clips 

Reverse Fatty Liver To Prevent Long Covid
Health-Topics
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April 3, 2021

Fatty Liver Promotes Long Covid (New Study)

New studies show fatty liver makes COVID not just deadly but also disabling by increasing the chance you’ll develop “long covid.” You can reverse fatty liver to prevent long Covid by avoiding seed oils, cutting soda and juice, and keeping alcohol under 4 drinks per week. Of the above three factors, the most important is avoiding the hateful 8 seed oils! Getting alcohol down to zero would be even better than cutting back to 4 drinks per week, so if you need to reverse fatty liver keep that in mind and pick your poison wisely. If you do not have…

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