Thread by @blakeburris

#ProTip: If you could do just one thing for your health, remove seed (vegetable) oils like soy/canola from your diet. They are pure poison!

Seed oils are high in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, particularly one called linoleic acid...

h/t @Mangan150

which leads to the formation of HNE (4-hydroxynonenal), a destructive compound that reacts with proteins and lipids in cell membranes. Think of it as a molecular bullet, flying around at random in cellular space, until it makes contact with a target molecule, which it damages.

HNE has been consistently detected in atherosclerotic plaques and in oxidized LDL cholesterol, the kind implicated in coronary heart disease.

HNE plays a role in the metabolic syndrome, that combination of obesity, high triglycerides, and poor blood sugar control that sets the stage for type 2 diabetes.

It can cause nerve cell damage and death that lead to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

Metabolic diseases are not mysteries striking at random, they are self-inflicted (unpopular opinion)

Eliminating seeds oil and sugar is easy to do at home (addictions notwithstanding). Caveat emptor with all restaurants and processed food.