Are Seed Oils Inflammatory?! (The *Evidence* No One Shows)
What it is
A nutrition-science explainer reviewing the human evidence on whether seed oils cause inflammation. It looks at nine different seed oils, heated oils, and genetic variability, and compares omega-6 intake with saturated fat.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters link it as a compact review of human trials showing seed oils are not inflammatory, to counter popular claims.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2022, last 2025
What HN commenters said
“great video about it here [1]”
Evidence review finding no sign seed oils are inflammatory
Elte, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “Being fatter than Homer Simpson”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: seed oils, inflammation, omega-6, nutrition science, diet
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