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Alex's avatar

Yes, seed oils

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John Lawrence Aspden's avatar

Well, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was the answer, but I am not confident of it. I am confident that there is something up, and fairly confident that it is some poison, and reasonably confident that it is something in the food.

Seed oils are the best guess at that point. But how? Why?

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Alex's avatar

How: disrupting catabolic processes within the mitochondria, mostly.

Why: plant oils are cheaper than animal fats.

I can't imagine that glyphosate is good for you, but the causal and epidemiological links between PUFA consumption and metabolic distress (of which obesity is one symptom) have already been well proven.

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John Lawrence Aspden's avatar

> have already been well proven.

My ass have they been proven. This stuff is hard, and we're rubbish at it.

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