Seed Oils Decoded: My Secret to a Perfect Omega-6/3 Ratio

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  @AaronHalliday · 1 year ago · pinned

  Thanks again for producing such great and relevant content. A lot of people read a headline printed online and lose all critical reasoning and sense of tempered rationality. Others are inspired by fear to change their lifestyle to some degree of harm or detriment. Evidence-based content producers like you are truly doing the community a public service!

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  @jennyiffers1 · 1 year ago

  Have you read &quot;Dark Calories&quot; by Dr. Catherine Shanahan? <br>She certainly makes the distinctions you are flagging. It&apos;s the deepest and most complete research (incredibly well-referenced) I&apos;ve ever seen. She&apos;s making the point about the predominance of highly processed seed oils and meticulously walks you through the history of how it infiltrated the American food supply.

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  @scottjones6624 · 1 year ago

  Wow, as I have watched you this last year, you have had a dramatic change and maturation of your delivery. It is so great! Slower delivery and one can really think about what you are saying as you present it due to your pacing. I just wanted to congratulate you. It is so great to see your presentation skills just blossoming!

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  @robinbeers6689 · 1 year ago

  I have been carnivore for 12 years with 5 more years strict keto before that. &nbsp; I have settled into what works for me which is an animal based diet with some non-harmful plant foods around the edges for flavor and variety. &nbsp;I have been finding your videos very helpful as a nuanced counterweight to the absolutist thinking in much of the carnivore &quot;space&quot;. &nbsp;Meat Perfect/Plants Deadly. &nbsp;The strict carnivore diet is not wrong, I just think that the case is overstated.

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  @hanvanderzwan6176 · 1 year ago

  I approach vegetable oil as a non-food. I&apos;m not afraid of Omega6 as part of real food. I have also solved most of my aging problems with this rule (insulin resistance), besides low carb. However, nuance is not always the best road while recovering from insulin resistance. True or false, excluding vegetable oil-rich food is an important step that brings real food back into the picture. Excluding food with vegetable oil helps to make that step. It helps you persevere. Thanks Nick.

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  @vivander807 · 1 year ago

  Nick, I love the fact that you hit the contentious issues head-on.

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  @Clive-m2t · 1 year ago

  Very interesting to consider the wider picture and context of Omega 6 and 3 oils. It’s too easy to vilify omega 6 and forget that it’s the oxidation of these oils that has negative metabolic effects and not the oils per se.<br>I store my walnuts in the deep freeze, and can now eat them with confidence.<br>Thanks, great post.

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  @heintess · 1 year ago

  Thanks for the great video, Nick. I always appreciate the nuance. Would you consider doing a video exploring different types of seed oils, particularly focusing on their manufacturing processes? For instance, comparing cold-pressed methods to solvent extraction and bleaching. While JFK Jr. didn’t explicitly mention these details, I suspect that’s what he was alluding to—and it would have been helpful if he had clarified that.<br><br>There’s a lot more nuance to unpack here, which is why I also personally lean toward whole food fats, with the exception of high-quality, cold-pressed olive and avocado oils from trusted sources.

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  @IndigoAwakener · 1 year ago

  I’ll call the new awareness of these dangerous oils and their effect on human health a MIRACLE🎉🎉🎉🎉

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  @okharren · 1 year ago

  Great video Nick. &nbsp;In context, it&apos;s worth discussing how a particular oil is produced; if it requires an industrial distillation process that uses hexane and benzene to stabilize, deodorize and clarify, then its really hard to consider it real/whole food regardless of its profile.

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  @williamhightower4940 · 1 year ago

  It is a tricky landscape to try to navigate and understand. &nbsp;I often hear both sides and they seem to contradict each other. &nbsp;What I have learned is to go with what my experience is, and what I have come to know. &nbsp;I feel much better without these &quot;highly processed seed oils&quot; and excessive carbs in my diet.

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  @annfuller9044 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for being a voice of reason--balanced. Nuance is what it is all about and that is why I listen and hear you. Research is important to me but there is too much blindness and lack of critical thinking going on.

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