@dr.matthewnagra: Dadfluencer gets a lot wrong about seed oils: “Seed oils cause inflammation.” Nope. Higher intakes or adipose tissue levels of linoleic acid (the omega-6 fat found in seed oils) are actually associated with a lower risk of mortality, and randomized controlled trials have consistently failed to show that consuming seed oils significantly increases inflammation. He provided four references to support his inflammation claims, and not one is about seed oils or linoleic acid. One is literally titled “Mounting natural teeth for preclinical exercises.” So I’m about 99% sure he got AI to spit out some references and didn’t bother checking them, because AI is notorious for fabricating citations. “Linoleic acid increases OXLAMs.” Again, no good evidence supports this. I wrote about OXLAMs extensively in our review on seed oils, and there’s no convincing evidence that consuming linoleic acid increases OXLAM levels. And, unsurprisingly, he didn’t provide any references that actually support the claim. “Seed oils increase oxidized LDL.” Wrong again. This hasn’t been demonstrated in the available randomized controlled trials. In fact, replacing butter with turnip rapeseed oil has been shown to lower oxLDL. And while oxLDL gets a lot of attention online, ApoB is a much better-established predictor of cardiovascular disease risk. Replacing saturated fats from foods like butter with polyunsaturated fats from seed oils can lower ApoB. So if you’re going to lecture toddlers about seed oils, at least check your references first. 😬 References: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32020162/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2026.2657527 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21122147/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16949489/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep44279.1?seq=1 #seedoils #canolaoil #healthyfats #nutrition #inflammation

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