The War on Vegetable Oils

Scientists all over America started getting suspicious. How could an oil this process be good for you? And if it was, why didn't we think of it first? So they headed for the labs and what they found was not flattering for you. One group of scientists found that although replacing animal fats with vegetable oils did lower cholesterol by 13%, it also made you twice as likely to die from cancer. This wasn't exactly music to your ears, but you also weren't too worried about a few nerds in the lab. Because even though scientists were telling the world how bad vegetable oils were for your health, you had already formed a secret alliance with the one organization that mattered most. The American Heart

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