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Vegetable oils are harmful [video]

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I stay away from animal fats. I lost 70 pounds eschewing animal fat which nothing else ever did in my 53 years. "and these are just anecdotes, so just move on" <-- the video

Heart attacks - everybody also started smoking like mad and the industrial revolution was in full swing, at the same time.

I think it was the light bulb/extra light at night. no wait, it was plastics! no, it was computers.

Hydrogenated vegetable oils are crap. Oils high in polyunsaturates aren't good either. Soybean oil is crap

Get N-3s fatty acids, get plenty of monounsaturated fats. Don't heat them if you can avoid it.

Read this, it's been around forever

https://www.amazon.com/Fats-That-Heal-Kill-Cholesterol/dp/09...

PubMed > YouTube. 2016 - "Olive Oil and the Hallmarks of Aging" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26840281/

Thanks for the recommendation.

What is also fascinating is the marketing and advertisement influence in all this.

In villages here a couple of generations ago, they would dry coconuts and make the oils at home. No industrial refinement, heating, and deodorization. But a few years ago there was a huge push against coconut oil, probably from the other segments of the cooking oil industry. Now there are studies saying coconut oil is actually better than most seed oils.

It's the same thing with sugar/fat and cigarettes.

And that brings us to the underlying problem: How does the public form an informed opinion when industry-funded research skews results one way and also has the "propaganda" benefit?

Losing 70 pounds doesn't mean you will live longer though.

Being younger also doesn't guarantee that death isn't around the corner next week.

Smoking doesn't necessarily mean you'll live a shorter life either

Losing 70 pounds increased my chances

What are the substitute for vegetable oil?

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