Welcome to the Dr. Gundry podcast, where Dr Stephen Gundry shares his groundbreaking research

from over 25 years of treating patients with diet and lifestyle changes alone.

Dr. Gundry and other wellness experts offer inspiring stories, the latest scientific

advancements, and practical tips to empower you to take control of your health and live a long

happy life.

First things first, let's get this straight.

Not all seed oil is bad to cook with.

Not all seed oils are bad to use. What we're talking about bad seed oils, we're really addressing

an omega-6 short chain fatty acid called linoleic acid.

Now linoleic acid is the primary fat, even though it's called an acid, it's a fat in a great number of seed oils.

And what we've learned through the years is that even though Linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid that means we have to have it in our diet.

We don't manufacture it and believe it or not it's an important component of our

mitochondria and our cell wall. We have to have some. Unfortunately we don't

need much.

And it's the excess of linoleic acid in our diet

that has been attributed to a lot of mischief. Now one of the things we now know is that linoleic acid is

converted into what are called aldehydes. Now aldehydes are compounds that among other things stiffen our blood vessels

stiffen our cell membranes and many people have heard about formaldehyde, which is an aldehyde.

And what is formaldehyde?

It's embalming the fluid and having worked with formaldehyde for most of my life,

formaldehyde makes tissues stiff.

So the last thing you want is to use oils that stiffen your tissues.

...