THE VIDEO SHELF · seed oils and nutrition
The $100 Billion Dollar Ingredient making your Food Toxic
A What I've Learned video arguing that industrial seed and vegetable oils have displaced saturated fats and harmed health. It covers the history of vegetable oils, the American Heart Association's role, and rising consumption.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as an accessible summary of the case against seed oils, and some say it changed what fats they cook with.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Joseph Everett - WIL
- Topic
- seed oils and nutrition
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I started on this path when I was trying to nurish myself back to health over a decade ago when I suddenly got fat. I thought science was the way to go... but was robbed of that notion a couple of years into it when …
ComradePhil on Hacker News · 2022-04
In Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?IIRC, vegetable oils (unsaturated fats) exploded in popularity in the middle of last century when chemical companies figured out how to mass produce them. Prior to that, we got most of our fats from saturated fats. Very interesting video about this and more from What …
bavell on Hacker News · 2021-11
In Fatty acid found in palm oil linked to spread of cancer> Soybean oil I saw this video about seed oils a few months back.[1] Some of the information there tracked stuff I have been reading for a while. Decided to switch over completely to coconut oil and ghee (clarified butter). A comment on the video …
sinyug on Hacker News · 2022-02
In Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020)
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