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I’m so tired of this whack-a-mole game of one unfounded, usually dangerous and usually corporate-backed, dietary fad after another.
From a purely scientific and public health standpoint, the Mediterranean dietary pattern - as defined by Ancel Keys - has been the gold standard for decades, and will continue to be so unless something fundamentally changes about the human condition. Every well studied, consensus-backed reference diet from every leading nutritional authority around the world promotes some variation of that diet. If there are better diets, or diets with optimizations for specific conditions, they are still built on that foundation.
And while I tend to prefer to err on the side of no oil, if I’m going to use any added fats, it’s going to be olive oil or canola oil.
And also, there are more things to consider in diet than personal health. Go vegan.
But why is Mediterranean the gold standard?
Because people tend to live a lot longer there compared to most other places
Because it is the most well researched dietary pattern out there, and has proven beyond any other to have a host of beneficial effects, provide complete nutrition, and be most associated with reductions in all-cause mortality.
If this is a subject anyone is interested in understanding better, Adam Ragusea’s video covering the small scientific debate around this subject and the larger cultural impact it’s having was absolutely superb
So the debunking is an opinion piece, not fundamental research. Harvard is not making a new publication, it’s just giving out pre-existing opinion in this context
Many factors determine if seed oils are unhealthy - how the grains are grown, are toxic sprays used, what specific varieties of grains are used, how the oils are extracted, are toxic solutions used in the extractions, what is the self life of oils before they become rancid, whether harmful additives are used, how long are they stored, how much seed oil is consumed and do people only use only one type of seed oil, just to name a few.
If you’re going to make claims, you need to prove them. Let’s see real studies.
