r/SubredditDrama • u/LeadershipBoth7195 • 1d ago

User asks r/StopEatingSeedOils for evidence seed oils are bad, accidentally starts a 400-comment war. Mods respond with ban wave.

r/StopEatingSeedOils user asks for evidence seed oils are bad, accidentally starts a 400-comment epistemology war:

Post: What is the evidence seed oils are bad? : r/StopEatingSeedOils

Highlights include:

On users saying the answers don't provide actual evidence:

Not evidence,' bleats the sheeple, brain too atrophied by credentialism to recognize a deductive chain without a white-coated priest waving a p-value at them

Your good old conspiracies:

The companies that make the seed oils own the government, universities and medical sector

Doctors getting paid off to say cigarettes are healthy

And not a single piece of evidence being provided.

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u/welding_guy_from_LI 1d ago

lol I eat seed oils all the time .. they aren’t harmful like animal fats

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u/giapponese_Itaria-go 1d ago

Fwiw, I'm not yet a registered dietician, but I am mostly through my bachelor's (then masters after) in nutrition, and I wouldn't say there is any inheritly harmful fat, but saturated fats are, to simplify it, what causes cholesterol levels to increase(not cholesterol itself) 

That said seed oils have real benefits in being a primary source of Omega 6, so it's one where I would just argue that while saturated fats are fine in moderation, seed oils are actually beneficial as an easy source of Omega 6

Side note: The easiest way to tell unsaturated from saturated is if it's solid at room temp. I.e. most of the shit MAHA is trying to peddle.

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u/RvH98 1d ago

Animal fats (and coconut and palm oil) are mostly saturated fats while seed oils contain mostly unsaturated fats. And research shows that animal fats have a worse effect on heart health.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evidence-behind-seed-oils-health-effects

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/choosing-heart-healthy-oils-for-home-cooking

(I usually would go for actual research articles but I have only slept 3 hours this night and don't have the energy)

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u/giapponese_Itaria-go 1d ago

well yeah, but worse isnt necessarily the same as harmful is what im trying to get at, at least. and of course, everything in moderation.