The Truth About Seed Oils: Industrial Waste Product Now In Your Food

Cottonseed oil, once considered a waste product in the cotton industry, was transformed into ‘food' in the early 1900s by refining and hydrogenation. The acceptance of cottonseed oil as a suitable replacement for butter and animal fat was made possibly by effective propaganda and marketing strategies employed by Proctor and Gamble.

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Episode Time Stamps:

00:00 Crisco is hydrogenated cotton seed oil, originally a waste product.

00:57 Hydrogenated oils increase your risk for cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and possibly cancer.

01:20 Plant-based doesn’t mean it’s healthy.

02:22 There is a toxic to humans and animals, natural insecticide in cotton seed.

05:00 Proctor and Gamble convinced Americans that industrial processing was more like purification.

06:15 Hydrogenated oils make foods crispier and more palatable.

07:45 Doctors, dietitians, health experts, media, and influencers of the day were paid to promote Crisco as a superior food.

10:25 80 years later, we learned that animal fat is superior and more health promoting.

11:50 Focus on ingredients and how humans historically ate.