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Ancestral vs. Modern Human Diets, Seed Oils, Inflammation, Fat Oxidation, Influence of Industry on Food Science | Steven Rofrano

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Understand the Nature of Seed Oils

Seed oils are artificial, requiring industrial processes for their extraction and concentration from natural products, which allows them to be present in our diet in unprecedented quantities. Unlike oils derived from fruits like avocados or olives, which are inherently designed by nature to attract animals for seed dispersal, seed oils come from seeds that plants generally do not want animals to consume. This fundamental difference highlights the potential drawbacks of seed oils as they represent a heavily processed food ingredient that has become the most widely consumed in our diets.

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