Do Seed Oils Increase Risk of Heart Disease?
They were marketed to us as heart healthy "vegetable" oils, healthier than animal fats humans have consumed for millenia. Yet heart disease rates rose in spite of consuming more and more seed oils.
Happy Tuesday! I am so thankful to have the opportunity to spread the word about simple changes people can make to be more healthy! I was reminded this week of how important it is to understand the why behind the changes. I was listening to Dr. Peter Attia, and he said that not one person has ever stuck with health changes who’s asked him just for a notecard of steps with no interest in the rationale behind the steps. A zero percent success rate. That’s why I write.
That said, actionable steps are absolutely helpful with the rationale. So by way of reminder, here’s a summary of what this newsletter has covered so far. You will improve your health if you do some fasting every day, eat more protein, especially red meat and eggs, avoid all seed oils, increase saturated fat intake, increase salt, get more sunshine, greatly reduce your intake of ultra-processed foods, and do mostly the opposite of whatever the mainstream health messaging is telling you to do. 🤪
But what about the environment? Isn’t eating meat bad for the environment and consuming plants good for the environment? By “plants,” do you mean consuming genetically modified, mono-cropped, pesticide-covered soy protein that’s highly processed in a factory using fossil fuels and transformed into “Beyond Meat?” Is that somehow better for the environment than a cow eating grass? 🤣
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