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Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter

Episode 401: Professor Philip Calder - Seed Oil Truths

Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter

Zach Bitter

Sports, Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Hybridathlete, Ultra, Endurance, Ultramarathon, Running, Run

4.7615 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Philip Calder is Head of the School of Human Development and Health and Professor of Nutritional Immunology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton. He is an internationally recognized researcher on the metabolism and functionality of fatty acids, with an emphasis on the roles of omega-3 fatty acids, and on the influence of diet and nutrients on the immune and inflammatory responses.

Topics Prof Philip Calder and I touched on for our seed oil discussion:

  • Breakdown of different lipids and their impact (specifically cell membrane & structure)
  • Impact of balance between omega 3 & 6 in diet
  • Potential for lowering LA through simply meeting vs exceeding energy intake needs in energy surplus environments 
  • Heating LA (repeated deep frying, home cooking, processed shelf stored oils)
  • Lag time to oxLDL impact and how it is impacted through adequate intake of antioxidants such as vit. E
  • Lowering LA through removal versus addition of ALA in manufacturing

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0:00.0

Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter.

0:09.7

Yeah, so I mean, I think this can be a nice discussion.

0:13.1

And I mean, if you follow the area, which you're saying you do, you know, there are sort of polarized views.

0:24.6

But I mean, there's's I'll probably say this but you know most of the evidence is that linoleic acid which is the major

0:33.7

component of the oils you're talking about is health promoting but it's and it has

0:40.4

particular properties like LDL cholesterol lowering but if you you can confuse this this

0:48.0

interpretation because if you make that comparison let's say between linoleic acid and

0:53.3

omega-3s omega-3s come out better so therefore

0:59.3

relatively speaking linoleic acid is less less healthy than omega-3s but if you make a different

1:06.5

sort of comparison it can come out more healthy so i think think it's, you know, a lot of it is about

1:11.1

balance, I guess, Zach, and getting, you know, the right amounts of the right things and

1:18.7

not too much of the bad things. But, you know, obviously heating up these vegetable oils

1:23.9

repeatedly is not a good thing. So we can discuss this.

1:29.5

All right, everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Human Performance Outliers

1:32.7

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1:33.5

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