Are seed oils actually bad for you? #seedoils #processedfood #health Watch full video: https://lnkd.in/dnM3Eex3
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Back in 1990, it was a pretty big deal when McDonald’s announced that they would stop cooking their fries in beef tallow and start using a mixture of seed oils instead. It was around then that health experts agreed that seed oils are much better heart healthy options and they became a big part of the American diet. Now A reckoning of sorts is happening. Run forest, run. Because these are highly processed oils, it causes inflammation and people like Robert F Kennedy Junior are sounding the alarm on ultra processed seed oils. This is how we cook them our way. And pushing for beef tallow to make a comeback. Companies like Steak and Shake have actually removed seed oils from their menu and have gone back to tallo. So what’s the truth about seed oils? Are they really that bad for you? Seed oils are extracted from the seed of plants. Which is where you can find the highest concentration of fat. Take canola oil, which is made from rapeseed, a bright yellow flower in the mustard family. Manufacturers use pressure, heat and different chemical techniques to extract the oil. These days, it has gone through a lot of processes to reach you. It’s washed with a bunch of chemicals along the way to remove impurities and improve its colour and flavour and make it more stable to cook. But that doesn’t mean that there are more chemicals in the oil. There aren’t even chemical byproducts. Hexane, which is the solvent used to extract the oil, evaporates very fast and actually it can’t find with oil. Same with the bleaching process, which sounds really toxic. In reality, the oil is put in a VAT with activated charcoal or clay which absorbs the color. But those things are solids. They don’t, and they can’t mesh with the oil during the processing. And they’re not toxic to your health. Tallow is a fat made. From the trimmings of beef, when the fat melts, you can strain it through a cheese cloth and that’s pretty much it. You don’t need to use chemicals to extract the fact. And of course, you also retain most of the nutrients that are naturally in the oil. So beef tallow and fruit oils are minimally processed compared to seed oils, but the refinement doesn’t actually add dangerous toxins to the oil. It does, however, strip out some of the really good stuff from the original seed, like vitamin E and certain types of antioxidants. So does that mean that this is healthier for you? Not so fast. The reason tallow is good for cooking is the exact same reason that tallow is not that great for your body. It’s very high in saturated fat, and as we know, saturated fat can clog up your arteries and veins. It can cause obesity, cholesterol problems, and it can pave the way to heart disease. In fact, a recent study found that replacing butter with seed oils would drastically reduce your risk of an early death.
