S12 EP15: Should You Stay Away from Seed Oil?
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Seed oils are having a big moment, with many health experts raising concerns about their detrimental effects. Our guest expert, Steven Rofrano, warns that seed oils constitute one-third of our diet and are harmful to our bodies. This alarming statistic brought us to a full stop. In today’s episode we ask Steven if avoiding seed oils is feasible, and how we can make informed choices at the grocery store without a food science degree.
Steven is the founder of Ancient Crunch, and he believes that classic American foods can be both healthy and delicious, AND made without toxic ingredients. We don’t want you to feel a sense of hopelessness with the amount of things that you have to fight against in order to be healthy. Listen for some practical advice on navigating grocery aisles and identifying trustworthy brands, because it’s NOT too much to ask for food that’s healthy, convenient and delicious!
(00:00:58) Welcome Steven Rofrano, “the seed oil guy” to the podcast.
(00:06:28) Missing from the health food space: convenience and desirability.
(00:11:50) How the idea of junk food came about and why everyone stays sick.
(00:18:00) The history of seed oil and how much we are consuming.
(00:23:57) Seed oils comprise 25 to 30% of the average American’s total calories.
(00:25:50) A rule to stick to at the grocery store.
(00:30:27) What happens to your body when you excessively consume seed oil.
(00:35:09) It’s not hopeless.
(00:38:37) Will the government someday regulate the seed oil industry?
(00:43:35) Practical tips for grocery shopping and brands to look for.
(00:51:27) The most rewarding thing in Steven’s journey so far.
(00:54:04) Where to find Steven Rofrano and his brand.
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| 0:00.0 | So that's where seed oils come from. They are this foreign thing to the human diet that we |
| 0:03.8 | are not supposed to be eating. And they now comprise about 25 to 30 percent of the average |
| 0:10.0 | Americans total calories. We're talking people eat kilograms and kilograms of seed oils. |
| 0:19.7 | Hey, everybody. We've had some of the most incredible guests coming to you these past couple of months. |
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| 0:57.9 | Hi, guys, and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:01.7 | I'm Rachel, and I have a awesome guest for you today on a topic that is super hot. |
| 1:07.5 | Everywhere on the internet, I am running into everybody and anybody who's in the health |
| 1:13.2 | space talking about seed oils. So I brought you the seed oil guy. You are the seed oil guy. |
| 1:22.2 | Are you not, Stephen? I would say one of many, but certainly one of many, yes. |
| 1:28.7 | So, Stephen, you were brought up in a very sort of old school, traditional Italian-American |
| 1:38.9 | family. |
| 1:39.5 | You guys ate. |
| 1:40.5 | You guys, everything was around food. |
| 1:49.3 | And you consider yourself a bit of a foodie but struggled with some chronic health issues growing up and went on a quest a quest of obsessive |
| 1:59.2 | research as you call it. |
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