Sometimes when I'm shopping, I wonder what products should I avoid buying/using?
So, I figured this is the best place to ask this question and we could get a list going.
I could edit this post making a list of the products everyone posts in comments. Are there any suggestions on a better way to do this?
What if I did another post to make a list of all the GOOD products that are safe/ beneficial for us to use?
Avoid polyunsaturated fats common in soybean, sunflower, safflower, vegetable and corn oils. Peanut and canola oils are more moderate but should still be avoided.
Saturated fats have been demonized but our bodies actually make saturated fat when we eat excess calories. If it was so harmful would our own bodies make it? We can also convert saturated fat to monounsaturated fats as need via the SCD1 enzyme. We also have a mechanism to create polyunsaturated fats (called mead acid) but that is very rare. Humans only require a trace of poly fats, not the high percentages present in modern industrial foods.
Why avoid poly fats? Our bodied builds cells, cell membranes and organelles with whatever fats are available. Normally that is saturated fats we make ourselves from extra calories or from meat and dairy.
Saturated fats are simple, straight carbon chains with zero double bonds. They don't oxidize or rancidify. They don't break down into toxic byproducts like poly fats do, especially linoleic acid which becomes the toxic 4HNE,9HOD, 13HOD etc.
If your body is built from years of consuming fragile polyunsaturated fats you cells will be nowhere near as robust as if they were made from saturated or monounsaturated fats. Even something as simple as sunburn does not occur in any severity if you abstain from poly fats for a year or two.
If you become more resilient to something like sunburn then what other ailments or sickness could be prevented?
Was the high usage of fragile poly fats introduced into the mass food supply with the intention of making the population weak or sick? I believe so.