While the message of the toxic effects of sugar has become more mainstream, the havoc in terms of the association of ingesting bean & seed oils (aka, soy, canola/rapeseeed, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower) plays in our bodies as we age cannot be overstated.
After attending Low Carb Denver 2020, one of the speakers that stood out for me was Dr. Chris Knobbe who spoke on the following topic:
'Diseases of Civilization: Are Seed Oil Excesses the Unifying Mechanism?'
He is an ophthalmologist and Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, formerly of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, Texas; and the founder and president of Cure AMD Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (aka, AMD - - the leading cause of irreversible vision loss and blindness in people over the age of 65 affecting approximately 196 million people worldwide).
With respect to his expertise in AMD, he has been developing a hypothesis regarding the relationship between over consumption of highly processed omega 6 seed/veg oils (found in all processed foods and used for cooking in all restaurants), and the downward spiral these oils wreak with our overall health. As such, his current research focuses substantially on omega-6 seed oil consumption as a major unifying driver of the chronic degenerative diseases of civilization, including AMD.
By the way, the exhaustive/extensive research Nina Teicholz has written and presented on this topic (the pro-inflammatory nature of Omega 6 polyunsaturated oils), along with Dr. Cate Shanahan and Dr. Weston Price’s concurs with his hypothesis. Polyunsaturated, industrially produced seed, bean and vegetables oils do not belong in the proper human diet. Period.
Finally, here’s a great visual summary/reminder of the healthiest oils to use vs the not so good from Dr. David Jockers:
