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Seed oils are really bad for you!

Recently I found out that fried foods can spike up blood sugar. Never knew that as a pre diabetic I was only avoiding sugary and sweet foods.

Low in omega 6, corn oil, soy oil, vegetable oil,Canola oil, seseme oil, shortening, crisco inflammatory and very bad for you. So most oils we use to cook are not good for us. Olive oil is good but not heated

Better to cook in natural oil like coconut oil, lard, good quality avacado oil.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

Oils aren't what you need to worry about as pre-diabetic. Fried foods spike blood sugar because of the carbohydrates. Carbs are what make sugary foods so dangerous as well. It's not sugar diabetics need to worry about - it's carbs in the form of sugar and other things. A number of studies have shown that consumption of vegetable oils may improve diabetes complications including inflammatory response and oxidative stress, but no study has been done on the effects of canola oil and olive oil consumption in patients with type 2 diabetes.

There are healthier oils that others (olive oil is actually a fine cooking oil. In fact, extra virgin olive oil is the most stable oil to cook with and can be heated as high as 400℉). But the oils we use are in tiny amounts - nothing in that quantity is going to do much harm or good. Carbs are essential to healthy human life, but not all carbs are created equal.

If you're interested, this might help:
https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/10-diabetes-diet-myths

SW-User

it's true. cook in organic butter, and use olive oil unheated. most seed oils are rancid before they make it to your shopping cart anyway

RadiantRuby

@SW-User I noticed a really bad smell in my home after frying with vegetable oil.

SW-User

@RadiantRuby yeah... a toxic smell. i never fry foods anymore

SW-User

@RadiantRuby ps- another good fat to cook with is ghee. it has a higher burning point than butter because there's no milk solids in it to burn

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

If you want, I can pass on a food plan that is really healthy for diabetics, high/low cholesterol

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Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

@RadiantRuby I will send it to you in a message

bijouxbroussard · F

@Jenny1234 I’d be interested in that, too, please. There may be foods that aren’t on mine. 🙂

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

@bijouxbroussard I sent it to you

bijouxbroussard · F

One thing that I discovered is that different things cause spikes in different people. I attend support group meetings and have found some foods that raise my blood sugar don’t affect other diabetics that way—and vice versa. I can eat peanuts, but not bananas. A friend’s thé exact opposite.
It’s definitely a learning curve.

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LeopoldBloom · M

@BlueGreenGrey I'm using an IBM "clicky" keyboard (the buckling spring design from the 1980s that weighs several pounds and is really loud) with a MacBook Pro, and I can create any accented letter easily just by holding the key down and selecting it: è é ê ë

Or these: ł ß š ç æ å ø

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LeopoldBloom · M

@BlueGreenGrey Mac OS is a lot easier. I remember having to type in those ASCII sequences in Windows to get those letters.

My keyboard is brand new; it's made by Unicomp as an exact copy of the original ones (other than having the keys unique to Mac). I liked it so much, I bought a Windows one for work.

https://www.pckeyboard.com/

SW-User

Coconut oil is high in saturated fat. I think it’s misleading that it’s now being treated like a health food. Any fat that is solid at room temperature is bad for cardiovascular health.

RadiantRuby

@SW-User That would be same for lard too right? Umm I don't know about health , isn't it warm inside our bodies?

MethDozer · M

@SW-User the unhealthyness of saturated fats on their own is actually highly debateable these days.

SW-User

@MethDozer I mean, sometimes it seems like astrology is more of a science than nutrition. Things that were unhealthy a few years ago now aren’t (and vice versa) and it’s always in flux. Seed oils are the big bad right now but I don’t expect that to remain. Keto is very popular right now but I’ve read all kinds of conflicting studies about the healthiness of that diet.

I think our bodies are very different and this affects the ability to make objective statements about the healthiness of food. When my dad was diagnosed with heart disease and high cholesterol, he cut out saturated fats (and most oils as well) and his cholesterol plummeted to the extent that his doctor prescribed a lower dosage of cholesterol lowering medication because it wasn’t even necessary. This effect might not be repeatable in others.

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

Lard is not good!!!!!

ozgirl512 · 26-30, F

Umm, no.

Lard in animal fat and high in cholesterol, the bad variety.
Fucking oil is a saturated fat do no good either.
Olive and canola plus many others are ok, but like everything, in moderation

SW-User

EVOO!!!

RosaMarie · 41-45, F

Um... So your title talks about seed oils... And then you go on to list a whole bunch of oils and only one seed oil. I'm so lost.

RadiantRuby

@RosaMarie Seed oils are vegetable oils obtained from the seed (endosperm) of some plant, rather than the fruit (pericarp). Most vegetable oils are seed oils. Examples are sunflower, corn, and sesame oils. So I'm right on point, everyone of the oils I listed is seed oil

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