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My half-believed conspiracy theory is that "seed oils bad" is a psy-op from the corn/HFCS industries. I don't have hard data here, but it seemed like in the lat
by Analemma_ 5mo ago
My half-believed conspiracy theory is that "seed oils bad" is a psy-op from the corn/HFCS industries. I don't have hard data here, but it seemed like in the late 2010s people were converging on added sugar and especially HFCS as the thing which is truly messing up health. I can't help but wonder if the corn industry saw this, panicked, and began seeding (no pun intended) the seed oil meme among influencers.
I don't have evidence for this specifically, but there's certainly a long and documented history of both a) influencers suddenly adopting a new party line in response to a paid campaign and b) shitty policy specifically for the influential corn industry (ethanol subsidies, e.g.)
- robertlagrant 5mo agoI was reading things[0] about sugar a lot earlier than that - maybe 2007? And it made a lot of sense back then. [0] https://nosdiet.com https://nosdiet.com
- rsynnott 5mo agoOh, I mean people have known that high-sugar diets are a bad idea for about a century, but you could argue that it started coming more into the public consciousness in the early 21st century.