The worst seed oil (not soybean)

Hi {NAME}, Let’s look at some substitutions for seed oils… Corn Oil: Arguably the worst oil, simply because of the amount of solvents and deodorants that are in it. The oil is extracted from corn using hexane which, as covered earlier, can negatively impact your nervous system, respiratory and general health. The oil is also deodorized meaning that it could be high in trans fats. While some people may question the pro-inflammatory effects of a high omega-6:omega-3 ratio, corn oil really pushes the upper limit of this as it has a ratio of around 46:1! Most corn is GMO with which people have concerns over herbicide usage and the potential effects of a build-up of glyphosates in the body. The WHO has defined glyphosate as a ‘probable carcinogen’. The highly refined nature of corn oil due to its processing means it is more likely to become rancid (become oxidized). Instead of Corn Oil, Use Avocado Oil or, if you want to try something new, try fermented oil. There’s a company called [Zero Acre Farms]( that has a really cool way of getting high monounsaturated fat oil through a natural means of fermentation. It’s 10x less omega 6s than olive oil and avocado oil AND is 90% monounsaturated fat. They literally use a culture, like what you would use to make yogurt, and bacteria feed on some of the plant matter to make an oil as as byproduct of the fermentation. It really is as cool as it gets and the oil is one of the best fatty acid mak-ups that you could find (in my opinion) Here’s a link to try them out: [( It’s completely tasteless and there are no additives, no deodorizers or solvents. Just literally created from bacteria that produce the oil as a byproduct. The next worst oil is going to be Soybean Oil, and unfortunately its used in salad dressings all the time. Although this study is in rats, it’s still quite alarming: A study in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry divided rats into 3 groups: 10% fat from soybean oil, from interesterified soybean oil, or a high-fat diet with 60% fat from lard (positive control). Compared to regular soybean oil, interesterified soybean oil significantly increased body mass, adipose tissue mass, fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance after 16 weeks! In addition, there was increased expression of the liver stress markers Atf3 and Tnf. In other words, interesterification of soybean oil (a popular processing method that ‘replaces’ trans fats) may have a very damaging effect on your metabolic health. So, in short, instead of soybean oil, I would opt for something like macadamia nut oil or olive oil, particularly for salad dressings as I wouldn’t recommend heating macadamia nut oil too hot (however olive oil is okay to cook with at moderate temperatures. Next up is Canola Oil - And the problem is not because it is an Omega-6, it’s because the amount of transfats that are created through the heating and processing of canola oil from rapeseed oil. There was a study in the Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society where they performed an experiment where canola oil samples were deodorized at temperatures ranging from 204 to 230°C for 2 to 86 hours. In effect, the hotter and longer the process, the greater the trans linolenic and linoleic acid content (trans fats). Additionally, there is some observational data that adds up with this as well: Another study in Nutrients looked at various fat-related behaviours and the association with metabolic syndrome in young adults. One of their findings was that there was a positive association between people of higher weights and the frequency of use of canola oil for cooking. Now, I know this is observational, but when you stack it up with the other data, it just makes sense that maybe it’s a bit of a gateway to other processed garbage, OR the transfats themselves are truly problematic. Instead of Canola Oil, if you absolutely must go for a seed oil, I would choose sesame oil or very worst case, sunflower oil (although not ideal, just better than canola as it takes much less in the way of chemicals). But when all is said and done, I would just opt for the following: - Cultured Oil that is flavorless and chemical free [(zero acre)]( - Macadamia Nut Oil - Lard/Tallow - Ghee - Olive Oil As always, I’ll see you tomorrow! Thomas Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( Thomas DeLauer, PO Box 1120, Stateline, NV 89449, United States