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What we have been eating was sushi and rice- a deliberately low calorie choice.

Tempura is clearly not a good option.

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One of the issues here is that ultraprocessed foods are all loaded with seed oils. Since I have been aware of the seed oil issue I find it nearly impossible to find any ultraprocessed food (90% of the damn supermarket) that is not loaded with seed oils. So the problem is discriminating between seed oils and ultraprocessed foods. Do the studies clarify this distinction?

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I'm impressed by the work of the ophthalmologist Dr Chris Knobbe, who shows a strong correlation between the introduction of seed oils and chronic diseases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGnfXXIKZM

We do need to remember that low seed oil diets are not "wildly divergent" because these contents were not part of our diet prior to the late 1800s.

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I dont see how seed oils can be a safe additive when they are such a new feature of our diet. My own experience is that I gained significant weight at a time when my diet shifted to a much higher seed oil level (chronic pain made it difficult to cook and we ended up eating much more restaurant food. The diet, however was high in Japanese food and much lower in total calories. Getting the seed oils out of the diet is, however, a much more difficult exercise.

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