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Re:The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients by anon84873628 on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:04PM (#48258387)
To add, sunflower seed use predated maíz in some parts of North America, and mustard oil goes back to the Indus Valley Civilization.

Yes, the extraction of these oils is "novel" just like factory farms are novel. As the article explains, it is the ultra-processed food products that are the problem, not the seed oil ingredients.

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Re:The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients by basch on Sunday May 24, 2026 @01:27PM (#48259238)
There is also sunflower oil and high oleic sunflower oil, the latter, which after refinement is incredibly heat and shelf stable, and is essentially pure omega-9 monounsaturated fat.

The anti refinement process perspective is discounting that the end result is the perfect fat.

A similar thing can be said about hydrolyzed collagen with a little tryptophan added.

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