This thread will walk you through a few of the main benefits of cooking with tallow and why I view it as the most important cooking fat you can implement to improve your metabolic health.
First off, Tallow is rendered fat (Suet), typically from the organs of the animal. The rendered fat is slowly cooked over low heat until it becomes a liquid.
Almost all seed oils are made from GMO sources that can trigger allergic reactions & inflammation.
The rendered fat of tallow is a fantastic alternative that will allow you to remove these toxins from your body.
5/ Dairy-Free
Because Tallow is made from the rendered fat of the animal, there is no dairy content (unlike butter or ghee). This will allow it to sit more comfortably in your GI.
For anyone that has a sensitivity to dairy, Tallow could be a great option for you.
6/ High Smoke Point
Tallow has a phenomenal smoke point of 350 - 400 degrees.
Notice how when you try and cook a steak at high heat with olive oil or butter the liquid burns and turns black? That is because the smoke point on the oil & fat is low.
Tallow's high smoke point allows you to get a fantastic sear & crust on your meat without the burning of other oils.
PRO TIP: Let your pan get nice and hot before you put the tallow in. When you place your steak in the pan, you should hear an audible sizzle to develop the crust.
7/ Nose-to-Tail
By consuming tallow, you are using the entire animal and making sure none of it goes to waste.
Our ancestors were known for making entire use of the animal, which included cooking with rendered fat.
TIP: Opt for a Local Tallow Source
I highly recommend buying Tallow from a trusted source like a local farm or preparing this yourself.
if you are buying from a store, the product is almost definitely hydrogenated.
This allows for extended shelf-life but it is not natural.
TIP: Opt for Grass-Fed Tallow
Studies have shown that Grass-Fed tallow has 45% less PUFA and 66% Omega-6 Fatty Acid than Grain-Fed tallow.
PUFAs and Omega-6s are shown to trigger inflammation and damage mitochondrial health.
If you are unable to source directly from a local farm, brands like @EPICbar and @Fatworks have very high-quality products that you can order directly from Amazon.
Our app, @SeedOilScout, will allow you to find all local restaurants that are cooking with healthy fats such as tallow, lard, ghee, butter, etc.
You will be able to dine fearlessly and ensure that you are getting real foods prepared properly:
That beer you're sipping on is making you impotent, moody, and feminine.
It's not the manly drink you think it is...
In fact, it's quite the opposite.
Here's the truth about beer's estrogenic effects—and how to choose the ones that won't emasculate you:
First, let's talk about hops.
Hops are cone-shaped flowers of the Humulus lupulus plant (part of the cannabis family).
They're used in beer to add bitterness and aroma, balance the sweetness of malt, and act as a natural preservative due to their antimicrobial compounds.
Why is this important?
Hops contains two extremely potent phytoestrogens that are known as:
Animal studies link it to lower testosterone, disrupted hormones, and even reduced fertility.
It's marketed as a plant-based zero-calorie sweetener, but it's really just a glorified contraceptive.
Here's everything you need to know:
Before it was a fixture in wellness products, stevia was studied for its effects on fertility.
In the 1960s and '70s, researchers in Paraguay and Brazil reported that female rats given daily doses of stevia extract experienced:
↓ Fertility
↓ Litter sizes
↓ Conception rates
Newer research demonstrates similar findings as well.
According to a 2025 study:
"Stevia disrupted fertility, reducing pregnancy rates, litter size, and male offspring, while extending gestation. Prolonged exposure worsened these effects, highlighting stevia's impact on reproduction and prenatal development."
Most decaf coffee in the U.S. is made with a cancer-causing chemical found in paint stripper.
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Methylene chloride is used to strip caffeine from green coffee beans. The FDA says up to 10 ppm of residue in your cup is acceptable.
That limit was set in 1984, when people weren’t walking around with ventis. Today we’re drinking more (and bigger) cups of coffee.
Since 1980, at least 85 people in the U.S. have died from methylene chloride exposure, mostly on the job, stripping paint in poorly ventilated rooms.
The EPA: banned methylene chloride almost everywhere.
The FDA: still ok for food.
Inside your body it can break down into formaldehyde.
Dr Peter Attia: “…I have posed this question to every friend of mine who is more steeped in nutrition than I am & I still don’t have a great sense of how to explain these results”
The MCE is one of the most egregious examples of data suppression and cherrypicking in modern medicine.
The data “confusing” because they fly in the face of the “heart healthy” omega-6 fats narrative, taken objectively the results are clear as day.
The gold standard for scientific research is a “Randomized Control Trial”, in which treatment and control groups are randomly assigned, and the intervention, be it diet or drugs is tightly controlled.