Are Seed Oils Healthy? Toxic Facts and Falsehoods | Dr. Roxie Becker
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🗓️ 21 January 2025
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Summary
Are seed oils healthy?
The truth lies in the research. Dr. Roxie Becker does a deep dive into the data surrounding the controversial cooking oils. In a conversation with "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll, Dr. Becker highlights misinformation surrounding seed oils, particularly the claim that they are inflammatory. Critics often reference a systematic review showing no significant difference in arachidonic acid levels in the body, regardless of linoleic acid intake.
However, Dr. Becker also emphasizes that seed oils should not be the primary focus of a diet due to their high fat and caloric values, both of which contribute to obesity.
The interview concludes with personal anecdotes about their vegan diets and health outcomes, underscoring the importance of evidence-based nutrition.
In This Interview
- Seed oils vs non-seed oils
- Inflammatory seed oil science
- Least healthy seeds oils
- Does heating the oil make it worse?
- Fat from seed oils vs. fat from animal sources
- Fat sources, cholesterol and heart disease
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Studies Referenced
Increasing linoleic acid in the diet doesn't change the amount of linoleic acid in the body
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3132704/#sec9
Increasing linoleic acid did not increase markers of inflammation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28752873/
Cooking with peanut oil or corn oil did not increase markers of inflammation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32756661/
Flaxseed oil did not increase markers of inflammation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26959052/
Canola oil did not increase markers of inflammation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33127255/
Sunflower oil may lower markers of inflammation compared with butter
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21430255/
Sesame seed oil may lower markers of inflammation compared to a control oil
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3683238/
Soybean oil did not increase markers of inflammation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22031659/
Safflower oil did not increase markers of inflammation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12818406/
Minnesota Coronary Experiment
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4836695/
American Heart Association core 4 trials on unsaturated fat vs saturated fat
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/cir.0000000000000510
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the exam room. |
| 0:05.0 | I think people automatically assume because this is now ultra processed food, that automatically |
| 0:11.0 | that means that it's bad for you. But when we actually look at the science and how it affects their health, we see that it's actually not that clear. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to the exam room podcast. it's actually not that clear. |
| 0:26.7 | Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:33.3 | Hi, I'm the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world. |
| 0:40.3 | Hi to the exam room. He's listening in Port St. Lucie, Florida, Glendale, Arizona, and Rome, Italy. |
| 0:44.7 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:49.6 | This is episode 9 of season 8, number 608 overall. |
| 0:58.0 | And today we are doing a deep dive into the highly controversial topic of seed oils. Are they a magical health elixir or a fast track to health problems? |
| 1:04.0 | Well, joining me for this discussion is Dr. Roxy Becker. |
| 1:07.0 | She is a returning guest and an expert in this field. And I got to tell you, |
| 1:13.5 | this is one of the most fun interviews that we have done in a while. I think that you are really, |
| 1:20.2 | really going to enjoy Dr. Becker's energy and her humor here. So I actually call her Doc Rocks because well she rocks. |
| 1:30.3 | So we're going to be exploring the science behind seed oils, including the distinction |
| 1:36.3 | between these seed oils and vegetable oils such as avocado and coconut oil. And Dr. Becker, |
| 1:43.3 | she is also going to clarify the misconceptions about |
| 1:46.1 | peanut oil being a seed oil and discuss why many people label seed oils as inflammatory. |
| 1:53.7 | Plus, we're going to be examining research surrounding oils like canola and safflower and |
| 1:59.2 | sunflower, revealing that get ready for this, they may not be |
| 2:03.9 | quite as harmful as some claim. In fact, some studies suggest that they could even have beneficial |
| 2:10.1 | effects, but that does come with a caveat. So stay tuned for that. And then we're going to get into |
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