Seed Oil FAQs
All the answers to your health questions about how seed oils are harmful to your health. And which vegetable oils and fats are good and which are bad.
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,…
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…
Low Smoke Point Olive Oil on High Heat–Is It Safe?
Olive Oil has a Low Smoke Point. Can you still cook with it? We’ve all heard a thousand times high smoke point oils like soy and canola are the oils of choice for cooking–especially high-heat cooking. This is a particular concern for professional chefs who typically cook with temperatures far higher than those used by a home cook. If the oils aren’t smoking that must mean, the thinking goes, that they are chemically stable. No smoke, no free radicals, no toxins. No problems. But I want you to set aside, for a moment, everything you’ve been told about smoke point…
How Eliminating Seed Oils Boosts Metabolism & Fat Loss
To lose weight we need to burn more body fat than we build. But the hateful 8 seed oils block fat burning. Find out how.
Seed oils: Questions and answers for your health
All the answers to your health questions about how seed oils are harmful to your health. And which vegetable oils and fats are good and which are bad.
Valentine Chocolate: Saying “I love you” Without Lecithin
Soy lecithin is unavoidable in all but a few chocolates. How important is it to avoid? What are the best brands of chocolate?
Why is Junk Food Bad for Your Health? It’s the FAT (mostly) but NOT the Saturated Fat
Processed food can make us fat, but it may have effects that are more profound, including the disruption of facial geometry.
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…
Make Mayo Fast and Foolproof in 2 Minutes Flat
Unknown to most mayo lovers, the mayo in the store is a metabolism-breaking fat bomb, greased up with highly toxic seed oils.
The Hateful Eight: Enemy Fats That Destroy Your Health
Eliminating the eight high-PUFA seed oils that are overabundant in the food supply is the NUMBER ONE best thing you can do to help your immune system beat coronavirus. Here’s why.
Deep Nutrition Made Simple: START HERE
As a doctor, I’ve discovered that most chronic conditions occur because two thirds of our calories come either toxic seed oils or blood sugar elevating carbohydrates and sweets. These are themain ingredients in junk food. But many products containing these same unhealthy ingredients are disguised as health foods.
