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Is Vegetable Oil Good Or Bad For You?


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Many of us grew up with the message that vegetable oils are safe to use as a heart-healthy alternative over traditional saturated fats. Found at your typical grocery store, these clear, tasteless, and highly refined and processed oils include corn, soybean, canola, safflower, and sunflower oils. These highly unstable, highly inflammatory oils were given a gigantic push by advisory groups we trusted, including the American Heart Association, the National Education Cholesterol Program, the National Institutes of Health—and even our government’s own dietary guidelines. It turns out the truth about oils is not so clear cut.


In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I talk all about seed oils, why they shouldn’t be a part of your diet, and the type of fat and oils you should consume instead for optimal health. 


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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

  • What’s the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats? (3:57 / 1:40)
  • Should we cut out all vegetable and seed oils? (6:04 / 4:20) 
  • The connection between saturated fat and cholesterol (8:20 / 6:20) 
  • The importance of omega-6-to-omega-3 ratios (10:18 / 8:30) 
  • Oils I generally recommend avoiding (13:41 / 12:20) 
  • Saturated fats I generally recommend eating (14:38 / 12:40) 
  • My favorite fats and oils (17:57 / 15:55) 

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