What I Really Want to Know Most After the Election – The Future of Seed Oils

Now that President Trump won the election, will Mc-Donald’s start frying french fries in beef tallow again?

This has been an ongoing joke on social media.

“Project 2025 calls for the elimination of seed oils in the human diet” - stuff like that.

We all know how much Trump loves McDonald’s. And he enlisted one of the most well-know seed oil disrespectors – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – as part of his campaign. Could it happen? Stranger things certainly have this election cycle.

So what’s the deal with seed oils? Should government ban them? If you ask me, no. Adults should be free to make decisions about what they put into their bodies.

But I am trying to eliminate them from my diet. Why? For a few reasons.

First, they taste gross. Acrid. If you start cooking without them, you immediately taste the difference when you eat something that’s been cooked with seed oils. But if you consume them all the time, you’ll never notice.

Second, they were never meant for human consumption. Throughout human history, seed oils have been used more for industrial purposes – lubrication, fuel, soapmaking, things like that.

Thirdly, a lot of recent research suggests seed oils are making us sicker.

So what are seed oils? They’re usually defined as oils extracted from the seeds of plants. Most oils marketed as “vegetable oil” are, in fact, made from seeds. Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, cottonseed oil, rapeseed oil and pretty much any oil with “seed” in the name are all seed oils. So is margarine, shortening and hydrogenated oil.

What isn’t seed oil? Beef tallow, pork lard, butter, bacon grease, and ghee are all animal-derived oils. There are also “fruit” oils. These oils are derived by pressing the fat from certain fleshy fruits. Olive oil, avocado oil, and coconut oil are classified as “fruit” oils.

In general, non-seed oils spoil or go rancid faster than seed oils. That’s because seed oils are highly processed for shelf life and to remove unpleasant odors. They’re higher in certain fatty acids known to cause inflammation. Some folks who suffer from arthritis find relief by eliminating seed oils from their diets.

Highly processed foods contain seed oils because of their long shelf life. If you eliminate seed oils from your diet, you’ll have to eliminate processed foods.

For some reason, health experts in the past warned against saturated fats. They’re “saturated” with hygrogen atoms, which makes them somewhat solid at room temperature. Beef tallow, lard, butter and coconut oil share this characteristic. Unsaturated and polyunsaturated