[profmarshmellow]

There are countless peer reviewed studies and articles on both sides of the argument sure - but the sheer volume of anecdotal evidence and the overwhelming consensus across 100K and even 1M+ subreddits against seed oils is unique. You don’t see this level of unified backlash against most other everyday substances.

[KempyKolibri]

Tbh the evidence in the literature on seed oils is actually overwhelmingly in their favour. Studies that find in the opposite direction are few and far between, comparatively.

So then we’re just left with “lots of people on the internet believe a thing to be true, surely there’s something in it.”

Hopefully I don’t need to come up with a counter example here, you can just see how poor an argument this is.

[profmarshmellow]

Let’s not forget the entire field of dietary fat and heart disease was dead wrong for decades while the real culprit was sugar. Alzheimer’s research? Decades of faked studies, costing billions. Peer review is hardly the gold standard if universities are dependent on corporate and government money.

The flood of case reports online about seed oils causing issues makes it obvious there's a problem. Ignoring this isn’t just unwise it’s willfully blind.

At best, seed oils might work for some but they’re clearly harmful to a large portion of people.