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Fries fried in canola oil is very different than fries fried in tallow. The author seems to suggest that it’s all the same because “of course fries are junk fo
by tempsy 2y ago
Fries fried in canola oil is very different than fries fried in tallow.
The author seems to suggest that it’s all the same because “of course fries are junk food” but there is a significant health difference if you recognize that reusing seed oils at high frying temps over and over again degrades the oil in a way that is not the same as with saturated fats.
- atrus 2y agoThat's actually indirectly mentioned in the article, where they talk about how the polyunsaturated fats can be turned into transfats at temps over 200C.
- tempsy 2y agoYet the author insists it doesn't matter because "of course Cheetos are junk food", even though it's just a fried corn puff.
- joshuahaglund 2y agoDeep fryers are usually 175 to 190C so trans fats shouldn't be much of a concern. I'm more concerned about everything else about deep fried foods -- being high calorie, low nutrient, zero fiber. The choice of oil is irrelevant
- tempsy 2y agoYeah that's absurd. Go to a fast food place and they are reusing the oil over and over again for as long as possible. Believing that the vegetable oil is in a non degraded state by the time they switch it out is naive. That is going to create a lot of oxidative stress and inflammation.
- ch4s3 2y ago> That is going to create a lot of oxidative stress and inflammation. Can you define "a lot" in this context?
- elevatedastalt 2y agoExcessive saturated fat consumption is not going to be good for your LDL levels.
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoAren't cholesterol meds good and cheap enough now that you basically never even have to worry about your cholesterol? On top of that, it's all genetics and pointless to worry about. Just enjoy the ride. BD
- elevatedastalt 2y agoDid a Pharma exec write this message?
- tempsy 2y agoThe high cholesterol scare is another thing that needs to be explored. You are operating under the assumption that raising cholesterol levels is somehow a terrible thing.
- pstuart 2y agoThe latest take seems to be related to ApoB numbers (which correlate to LDL numbers). I resisted for a long time but I'm finally swayed and am medicating to take the ApoB levels down (diet and exercise can help but medication seems to be the strongest factor).
- elevatedastalt 2y agoI am pretty convinced by the scientific consensus that LDL levels (even by themselves) are strongly predictive of Atherogenesis and overall CVD risk. "An overwhelming body of multiple, converging lines of evidence has established a causal role for LDL in atherosclerosis and CHD/CVD progression as a fact, beyond a hypothesis." https://sigmanutrition.com/lipids/ https://sigmanutrition.com/lipids/ has a very good overall survey of the field.
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- tshaddox 2y agoTallow is more expensive, so if it were the only option, fried food would be less profitable. And that would mean there would be less fried food in our diets.
- PHGamer 2y agoso a good thing? i think the big probably with all these substitutions is they are to make us eat more of the bad thing. if you could only eat fried food or sweets on an occasion then no issue. however, those are the things that are made cheap. then again maybe its cause those taste the best due to being evolutationary selected and companies arent trying to kill us but get us to buy whatever our bodies easily go for.
- Turing_Machine 2y agoBurger joints essentially get tallow for free. There are some recyclers now that will pay you a bit for used oil, but I doubt it's enough to make it cheaper to buy fresh vegetable oil rather than cooking the fries in the beef fat you already have.