Seed Oils, Beef Tallow, and Skepticism: Doctor Responds | Dr. Roxie Becker

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🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Are seed oils or beef tallow the healthier option? The debate is raging over which is the best.

Doctor Roxie Becker reveals what the research actually shows as she responds to viewer questions and comments with Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.

The results may surprise you as restaurants are changing to beef tallow and proclaiming it to be the less inflammatory option. However, the findings suggest that idea is misguided.

Dr. Becker and Chuck also address the significance of scientific research in nutrition, advocating for evidence-based discussions rather than relying on myths.

Also In This Interview:

- Conflicting data and what to believe

- Drinking oil for health

- Avocado oil

- Glyphosate in your food

- BHA, EDTA and preservatives in food

- 16th and 17th century diets and lack of heart disease

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Global Burden of Disease Report

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6899507/

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Chia Seed Study

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11406937/

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Heating Seed Oils Study

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9002916/#nutrients-14-01489-f002

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Food Is Medicine Survey

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00585

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:05.0	They often say that beef teller seems more natural, therefore it must be better for us.
0:10.0	But really when you're a physician, the human health outcomes matter so much more to me than what is this made of.
0:19.0	Welcome to the exam room podcast. than what is this made of.
0:26.6	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the physicians committee.
0:31.9	Hi, I'm the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world.
0:33.0	Hi to the exam room.
0:33.9	He's listening in Glendale, California, Columbia, Maryland, and Simons Town, South
0:39.5	Africa. Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
0:44.9	This is episode 24 of season 8, number 623 overall. And today we are responding to your comments
0:53.4	and questions.
0:55.0	This is really kind of our first clapback episode, so to speak.
0:59.6	And Doc Rocks, Dr. Roxy Becker is back with us sitting in the fun seat as we go back to address the posts that you all have left after her first two appearances here on the exam room,
1:11.4	including a lot of conversation today about seed oils. Yeah, seed oils still. Are they better
1:18.6	than beef tallow? Is that the healthier option? Well, believe it or not, there is a huge debate
1:23.8	raging over which is best. And Dr. Becker will be revealing what the research actually
1:30.4	shows as she responds to some questions and comments from you guys right here on the exam room.
1:37.2	And the results may or may not surprise you. And they come at a time as restaurants are changing
1:43.7	over to beef tallow in the
1:45.7	interest of health and proclaiming it to be a less inflammatory option. However, the findings that
1:53.4	Dr. Becker will be discussing shows that that notion could be misguided. So we're going to be
1:59.8	addressing the significance of scientific
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