Ok, time for a MIND. BLOWN. thread
I was cooking myself lunch just now. I wanted something quick and practical (and meat is always on the menu) so I went for steak and butter on steel pan. About a pound of it.
I'm not a frequent cook so sometimes I mess things up a little.
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A really nice interview with Susan Flory, whose "The Big Middle" podcast is about "Free-range conversations about living healthier for longer and demanding more from the bigger middle of life"
A cautionary, fascinating tale of how so-called 'heart healthy' seed oils can make us sickThe podcast is here, with the usual subscription options, or listen below.
On this episode of The Big Middle, the compelling case against seed and vegetable oils still being touted as ‘heart-healthy’. Those bottles of chemically-extracted fat that take up entire aisles of grocery stores are increasingly seen as hazardous to our health – key drivers of autoimmunity, macular degeneration and the modern plague of lifestyle diseases known as metabolic syndrome.
Even the major makers of soybean, sunflower, corn and other seed and vegetable oils are quietly backing away from them, well aware of the biological damage they can do.
Tucker Goodrich has been sounding the alarm over the health risks of seed oils for more than a decade. He suffered 20 years of gastrointestinal torment and much – scary – more that mystified his doctors. So he dug into the medical science himself, eventually pinpointing industrial seed oils as a villain in his sickness puzzle.
Tucker’s become a recognised world authority on the subject and I guarantee his Patient Heal Thyself story will blow your mind...
When Justin Owings posted a link to one of the posts in Stephan Guyenet's series*, he couldn't possibly have imagined the effect it would have on my life.
As someone who had stopped eating sugar in hopes it would have a beneficial effect on cavities (it did) I was primed for the message of this series, but I couldn't have imagined the effect it would ultimately have on me.
Since I mention it regularly, I thought I would provide links to the entire series, as it's been somewhat buried in the mists of time in the internet (it's from 2009!).
Enjoy!
Post moved to Substack.
"Today is a special show that I really enjoyed with 2 guests - Dr. Cate Shanahan and Tucker Goodrich. I had Tucker on years ago for episode 20 and he laid out the entire case against seed oils which was very compelling. Dr. Cate has been on twice already (more recently) and is a wealth of knowledge on many, many things, especially the dangers of seed oils and reinforcing the Sapien diet concepts. We cover how people get fat & sick all the way down to the mitochondrial level. We discuss the different players in this process including seed oils (or more specifically excess amounts of omega-6), refined grains, and sugar.
"We also do my favorite thing and look at all sides of the arguments. We use an article a seed oil supporter wrote as a tool to check in on the studies and claims cited. You won’t want to miss this one! It’s a long one, but we cover a lot, and there’s a bunch of great new info....
