This Is Why You Should Avoid Seed Oils with Jeff Nobbs

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 129 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by WHOOP and Rupa Health. Vegetable oils are a hot topic in the wellness world. Some believe they’re a heart-healthy alternative to saturated fats, while others claim their impact is far worse for our overall health than we initially thought. If you’re confused about seed oils, this episode is for you. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Jeff Nobbs to discuss the top seed oils consumed today and why they are so problematic for cardiometabolic health. Jeff Nobbs is the cofounder and CEO of Zero Acre Farms, a food company replacing destructive vegetable oils with a healthier, more sustainable option. With over 15 years of experience in health and nutrition, Jeff has cofounded several start-ups to offer better-quality ingredients and nutrition-forward foods to people and communities, including the fast-casual restaurant chain Kitava. In this episode, Dhru and Jeff dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): -Why seed oils aren’t as good for us as we initially thought (0:32 / 0:32) -The impact of seed oils on the body (2:34 / 2:34) -How to test your omega-6 blood levels (10:38 / 8:08) -The history of seed oils and how they’ve become so pervasive (12:16 / 9:59) -Why trans fats were “banned” from commercial production (20:06 / 18:40) -Observational research and the argument for seed oils (30:01 / 27:07) -Randomized controlled trials and the argument against seed oils (41:13 / 36:35) -Jeff’s story and how he became involved with seed oils (52:40 / 50:25) -The top seed oils consumed in restaurants and ultra-processed foods (59:20 / 57:04) -The downsides of fear-mongering seed oils in mainstream media (1:13:05 / 1:09:16) -The adulteration of olive oil and avocado oil and why it’s a problem (1:22:50 / 1:20:32) -Jeff’s thoughts on high-oleic oil (1:33:20 / 1:31:05) -About Zero Acre Farms’ mission and their cultured oil’s flavor, calorie density, and environmental impact (1:38:32 / 1:36:12) -The top dietary principles Jeff follows to keep himself healthy (1:58:42 / 1:56:21) -The top lifestyle principles Jeff follows to keep himself healthy (2:04:08 / 2:01:50) Also mentioned in this episode: -Dietary alteration of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids for headache reduction in adults with migraine: randomized controlled trial -McDonald’s Broke My Heart - Malcolm Gladwell -The Minnesota Coronary Heart Experiment -Zero Acre Cultured Oil -Zero Acre Farms Blog For more on Zero Acre, follow them on Instagram @zeroacrefarms and Twitter @zeroacrefarms. WHOOP is a personalized digital fitness tracker. To get yours, go to join.whoop.com and get your first month free. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The reason seed oils are bad is because of the types of fats they contain, specifically
0:04.6	that they contain unprecedented, very high amounts of omega-6 linoleic acid.
0:09.9	That's what makes them so bad.
0:11.3	Jeff, a pleasure to have you on the podcast.
0:13.6	Let's jump right in.
0:15.1	The top public health organizations, top doctors that are out there, or at least recognized
0:21.0	that are out there, they all say seed oils are not only safe to eat, but they're actually
0:27.8	correlated with positive health outcomes, and you feel differently.
0:32.7	Give us a list of reasons why you disagree with them.
0:37.0	First of all, that's changing, and an increasingly large number of more mainstream of viewpoints
0:41.9	are now coming around to the fact that seed oils like soybean oil may not be good for us,
0:46.4	may not even be neutral, and in fact, may be quite harmful.
0:50.3	The key word from what you said is correlated, often a lot of the science I'm putting in
0:55.4	air quotes that says seed oils are good for you, are based on observational studies, are
1:00.9	based on correlation, not causation, and or are based on biomarkers like cholesterol levels
1:07.7	as opposed to actual health outcomes like death, for example, which is a pretty good one
1:13.0	to track closely.
1:15.0	The other thing to keep in mind is seed oils have, or the linoleic acid, which is a type
1:19.4	of omega-6 fat, it's sort of what defines seed oils and that most seed oils are very high
1:24.9	in this particular fat, no other foods are.
1:28.1	It has a half-life of 680 days in our body, and most of the studies showing that seed oils
1:33.6	say aren't inflammatory or don't cause issues are a good for you.
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