• ChristchurchAsshole@lemmy.ml
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      I always wondered why it made me feel ill and it’s because it’s overused. I actively cut down how much I eat because it’s gross anyway. Try eating a mars bar or similar when it’s 10% oil. Revolting!

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        IMHO that’s an issue of eating too much fat in general, not seed oil in particular.

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          Nah I don’t eat much fat I’m pretty thin but as soon as I eat a kit kat that’s filled with oil and sugar I instantly feel ill.

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            What makes so confident that it’s caused by unhealthy seed oils? There are numerous other ingredients that may cause that, you might have an intolerance/allergy etc. Geneally speaking, olive oil is not healthier than canola. And seed oils are not unhealthy. Especially not if you compare them to animal-based fats.

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              People have used olive oil for thousands of years, while other people cooked food in water with simple sauces or with clarified butter. There’s no reason for this seed oil crap, it’s just another filler ingredient that causes inferior taste.

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                People have smoked for thousands of years but it’s still not good for you.

                That said, I prefer nut oils. Walnut is high in omega 3s!

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                So they did with seed oil.

                Sunflowers for example are used for oil production for 5000 years (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_oil).

                Canola / rapeseed for 4000 years (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed_oil).

                That whole story of ‘seed oil is bad’ is nothing but misinformation.

                Not every seed oil is equally healthy. Not every single human will like the taste of every seed oil. Some people may even be allergic or intolerant towards a certain ingredient.

                But this all applies to all kinds of fats and basically all kind of food in general.

                If you don’t like it, that’s fine. But there’s nothing bad about seed oils in particular.