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Wrong. Americans are consuming more fat than ever, with the excess primarily coming from vegetable oils (soybean oil being #1): https://www.vox.com/science-and
by throwaway48952 4y ago
Wrong. Americans are consuming more fat than ever, with the excess primarily coming from vegetable oils (soybean oil being #1):
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/2/2/14485226/americans-avocado-consumption-usda-report https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/2/2/14485226/ame...
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/charts/81355/December16_Finding_Rehkamp_fig01.png?v=1162.4 https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/charts/81355/December16_Fin...
Many Americans actually get between 10-20% of their daily calories from soybean oil alone.
- someotherperson 4y agoAnd I get at least 50% of my calories from olive oil, and maybe a further 20% from cheese. Given that people from the US make up a little over 4% of the global population they’re not the measuring stick.