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Dr. Chris Knobbe - 'Diseases of Civilization: Are Seed Oil Excesses the Unifying Mechanism?'

Low Carb Down Under · talk · Watch on YouTube

Nutrition & diet scienceMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

Ophthalmologist Chris Knobbe argues that excess omega-6 seed oils are a unifying cause of chronic diseases of civilization such as diabetes and macular degeneration. He presents the case at Low Carb Denver 2020.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it in nutrition threads as the strongest case against seed oils, though it is a contested claim.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I think the best talk of the health dangers of seed oils is in the following video”

    Best talk on health dangers of seed oils, with trials data

    shaicoleman, 2021-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Diabetes Drug Metformin Reduces All-Cause Mortality and Diseases of Aging (2017)”

  2. “this talk on how seed oils are destroying our health is also pretty interesting”

    Argues seed oils damage health

    wtetzner, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “New model could explain old cholesterol mystery”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: seed oils, omega-6, nutrition, diabetes, chronic disease

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