Seed oils are in the news today, and that’s a really good thing! Make America Healthy Again is long overdue. I witnessed America’s food corruption personally when I almost died from aspartame poisoning and started my research into aspartame’s corrupt approval starting in the 1970s. These food issues are real. They’ve been going on for decades, and it is time to clean out our government agencies, Big Pharma, and the Big Media covering up for the corruption.
Rancid seed oils are a serious core problem at the root of weight gain, high blood pressure, and multiple health issues today. The question most of us ask is which oils are good and which are bad? How do you know?
Here’s a good Rule of Thumb that I use:
When you wash your dishes, healthy natural oils will wash off your dishes easily. If you have to use extra soap and hot water to get the oils off your plate because you can’t easily wash the oils off, you won’t be able to easily excrete them from your body.
The stickiest and most unhealthy oils are what’s found in just about EVERYTHING today – especially processed foods and in restaurants. These trans fats oils are used for mass marketed, pre-processed foods because these are purposefully manufactured not to dissolve easily. Crisco® is a hydrogenated oil with a shelf life that can last for two or more years unopened and for about a year after it’s opened.
No wonder you can’t scrub it off your dinner plate!
Studies show that the trans fats in hydrogenated vegetable oils increase inflammation in your body, and adding hydrogen to oil (hence, hydrogenated) makes the oil more difficult to digest. Your body recognizes trans fats as saturated fats, which makes them less digestible.
Saturated fat is naturally found in butter, lard, fatty meats and cheese, and if you over eat these fats and add processed hydrogenated forms to your daily diet, weight gain and inflammation can result.
Unwanted Belly Fat
Hydrogenated seed oil is unhealthy for you because it contains a high level of hydrogenated fats, and these are called trans fats or trans fatty acids.
They are created in the lab to NOT break down.
Trans fats have been clinically proven to cause weight gain, even when the participants consumed a diet with less calories necessary to maintain their weight.
Like all fats, trans fat contains 9 calories per gram and consuming a lot of trans fat can lead to unwanted weight gain, the inability to lose weight, and to inflammation. The fat stored in your body typically collects in your abdominal region, creating unwanted belly fat.
The more trans fat you consume, the more trans fatty acids remain in your body fat. If you eat a small amount of trans fatty acids in your diet, you can break them down to carbon dioxide and water, and these can be easily removed from your body.
My point – don’t beat yourself up if you cheat every now and again and enjoy sweets during holiday times or an occasional candy bar – just don’t eat trans fatty foods every day.
Worst Oils For Inflammation
Our American diet is very high in hydrogenated processed oils, and it’s also high in omega-6 fatty acids – a type of polyunsaturated fatty acid that plays a crucial role in brain function, and in growth and development. Omega-6 fatty acids are found in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds.
Omega-6 fatty acids help stimulate skin and hair growth, maintain bone health, regulate metabolism, and maintain your reproductive system, but omega-6s can also trigger your body to produce pro-inflammatory chemicals.
They’re OK to eat in raw forms, in natural foods and in small amounts, but read your labels and avoid the omega-6 fatty acids in corn, safflower oil, sunflower, corn oil, soybean and cottonseed oils that contain the highest amounts.
Food products made with omega-6 fatty acids are some of the worst causes of inflammation. Butter, lard, cold-pressed coconut oil, palm oil, and olive oil are all relatively low in omega-6, so focus on these forms.
Eat More Clean Veggies
Eat foods that contain no trans fats such as raw or steamed vegetables, fruits, and unprocessed whole grains to avoid inflammation and weight gain.
Avoid deep fried foods. Select grilled, steamed, broiled or baked dishes instead, and eat out less and cook more at home.
Replacing saturated fats with healthier unsaturated fats, such as white meat and fish, can led to weight loss.
In a nutshell, if you have to turn up the hot water and pour extra dish soap on your dishes and on your hands to get them clean after you eat, you are using the wrong type of oils. Heads up!
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