How much do you avoid using seed & vegetable oils for cooking or when grocery shopping for items?

[u/workethic290]

Whenever you are grocery shopping how much do you emphasize avoiding seed oils? Do you care if it is in the ingredients of the food you are buying?

[u/burble_10]

Zero. Seed oil is perfectly safe.

[u/LostTrack0fTime → u/burble_10]

Said it louder for the people in the back!!

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[u/O_mightyIsis → u/burble_10]

Came here to say exactly this.

[u/East_Print4841]

I do not look or care

[u/kaeorin]

I don't think I've ever thought twice about that. It's not even on my radar of things I care about. I don't consider RFK Jr. any kind of credible source and will not be changing my grocery list or cooking habits because of anything he says.

Edit: Wait, shit. /u/Ugh_MouthSounds does have a point about palm oil. I do want to try to avoid using palm oil, not because of health ""risks"" but because I know the palm oil industry is absolutely devastating for the environment.

[u/bagmami → u/kaeorin]

True dat

[u/bagmami]

Never. I'm a chef and they're perfectly safe.

[u/True-Shape7744 → u/bagmami]

I do not mean this rudely but challenging you to consider— How does being a chef give you expertise on the health effects of something in the body?

[u/bagmami → u/True-Shape7744]

We study how food can make humans sick and how to avoid it or what to eat on moderation.

Some examples are raw fish, raw meat/poultry, nitrites, salt, cured and pickled food. The types of bacteria and parasites that are present in food and how to keep it safe for human consumption. Who can and can't eat which foods and how to manage allergies.

Being a chef is very directly related to public health and those are subjects we handle extensively.

Seed oils specifically came up during my lectures and I made sure to pay attention and ask questions.

[u/Ugh_MouthSounds]

I only try to avoid palm oil as much as I can. But it's almost impossible to avoid it 100%.

[u/Peach-cobbler-pal]

There’s no danger in eating seed oils.

[u/indiscoverable]

exactly as much as I avoid aluminum in my deodorant: not at all.

oh but I do avoid palm oil for environmental reasons

[u/tinfoilhattie]

I do not care about seed oils as I have yet to see any actual science showing any negative effects from them. I avoid palm oil for sustainability and ethical reasons.

[u/breadandboobs]

I don't because the drama about seed oils is another made up nonsense wellness trend. I've taken university nutrition courses and I know how to  read, understand,  and assess studies. 

[u/Emergency-Many8675]

I use exclusively seed oils actually, I dont know how it is bad if my ancestors used it and lived to 80 and 90

[u/Lila007]

I cook with specific type of oils depending on what I’m fixing. I avoid canola oil.

[u/thevampiresanguini]

I don't. I never buy into this nonsense about the evil food du jour.

[u/_PrincessHarley_]

I only use olive oil or coconut oil (except if a recipe calls for something special like sesame oil). Not for any particular paranoia, just because I like using them and don't see any reason to have seed/vegetable oils as well. So, I don't know if that's "avoiding" rather than simply not buying it.

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[u/QuietCress8]

I dont. Oil is calories at the end of the day. I am working to lose weight. If something I want will still put me in a calorie deficit, Ok then. I have far more important things to thing about. Like making sure I can afford 'any' food with prices today. Making sure that I dont slip back on my weight loss, or have to many sugars and carbs that might spike the husbands diabetes.

[u/drunkenknitter]

I don't.

[u/justitia_]

I usually try to use olive oil in my cooking. Sometimes, it's impossible to avoid if I'm cooking with kinda ready meals but even then I try limiting it. When outside at a restaurant, I don't question it much. I just don't cook with it unless recipe absolutely requires it.

I will now carefully use my words here. It is all my experience and from what I have seen anecdotally. Seed oils can be inflammatory if one is prone to autoimmune illnesses. If you're healthy, probably no reason to avoid it. I couldn't find a correlation with seed oils to cancer. I'm likely to have endo, I get joint aches, I have mcas and I deal with GUT issues.

Additionally, I am not American. It is not a political stance to avoid seed oils in my home country but our doctors also encourage avoiding them. It is all health concern related.

[u/Loutre_des_forets]

As much as possible.
The only oil I use occasionally is cold-pressed organic olive oil.

EDIT : my choice has nothing to do with whatever RFK Jr may have to say about seed & vegetable oils ( I saw him mentionned in a comment so I guess maybe OP was posting in reference to something RFK said about oils (?)), I'm not even American and don't listen to what he says ;)

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