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“If the nonsensical fear of seed oils could be used as fuel, our rockets would have reached Jupiter by now.” With that blazing opener, Krish Ashok — author of Masala Lab, science communicator, and self-professed kitchen nerd — tore into the rising tide of fearmongering around seed oils in a recent …
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Social media teems with false information about food and farming. Influencers cover Instagram and Facebook with claims that food is poison and farmers are “dousing” crops in dangerous chemicals. It is a disinformation campaign that is founded on the fact that Americans make poor food and lifestyle …
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Zolnierek/Getty ImagesIn wellness-minded corners of the internet, seed oils (a.k.a. oils made from the seeds of plants) have been pariahs for several years, with folks of varying credentials calling them out as “toxic,” branding a set of them as “the hateful eight,” and even suggesting they’re the …
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Back in October 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized seed oils in a post on X, pushing for fast-food establishments like McDonald’s to switch back to frying their food in beef tallow. He wrote that “seed oils are one of the driving causes of the obesity epidemic,” and that Americans are being …
Read MoreSeed oils are in many foods. They are usually cheap and easy to cook with, and their inoffensive taste means they can be used in a huge variety of things. Go on any social media platform, though, and you will find self-appointed health influencers blaming them for everything from inflammation to …
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If you’ve heard about seed oils, it was probably within the context that they aren’t the best for you. (Unless we’re talking about black seed oil.)Last year, several restaurant chains announced they would move away from using seed oils. Sweetgreen switched to only using olive oil. Shake Shack …
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Meat is making a comeback, and some of its proponents are trying to take down vegetables in the process. Just as plant-based eating reached peak popularity in the pandemic era, ‘Big Meat’ began putting its most valuable PR players to work. Misleading marketing, manipulated research and rigorous …
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The flyers started popping up like dandelions around Manhattan last fall. “CARBONE PUTS SEED OILS IN THEIR SPICY RIGATONI,” they screamed in expectant outrage. “Your favorite restaurant serves you garbage,” they continued, explaining that seed oils cause bowel disease. But the overwhelming reaction …
Read MoreThe fear-baiting is truly out of control these days. I can’t open a web browser or social media app without seeing a wildly mischaracterized headline or meme from a wellness influencer that is intended to cause fear about science or health topics. Most recently? Blatantly false headlines and social …
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(RNS) — Millions of Americans made resolutions to start the New Year, hoping to exercise, eat right, and otherwise try to be healthier in 2025. For an increasing number of Americans, this includes avoiding seed oils — like corn and canola oil, often used in highly processed foodstuffs and in …
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