How Body Fat, Inflammation, & Disease is Increasing Because of Vegetable Oil

In this episode of The Modern Health Show Shawn Stevenson sits down with Dr. Cate Shanahan to discuss the following topics:

• Proportion of processed seed oils in the average person’s diet
• Production process of vegetable oil
• Absence of safety testing for seed oils
• Concept of oxidation and its mechanism
• Classification of oils under vegetable oils
• An explanation of the “hateful eight” oils
• Reality behind a cooking oil’s smoke point
• Impact of refining on oils
• Health risks associated with inhaling processed oils
• Influence of the medical industry on food supply availability
• Underlying cause of all chronic diseases
• Primary factors leading to oxidative stress
• Evolution of human fat cells over time
• Reason vegetable oils contribute to stubborn body fat
• Way oxidative stress induces inflammation
• Link between oxidative stress and autoimmune diseases
• Distinction between being metabolically healthy and having a healthy weight
• Importance of metabolic health in managing oxidative stress
• Function of antioxidants in the body
• Dr. Cate’s top five preferred cooking fats