Mainstream Medicine Says Seed Oils Are Completely Safe, But This Doctor Says They’re Destroying Our Health with Dr. Cate Shanahan

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The debate around vegetable oils is heating up in the wellness community. While some tout them as a heart-healthy swap for saturated fats, others argue they pose more significant risks to our health than previously believed. Our guest today contends that vegetable oils are wreaking havoc on our well-being and are a primary culprit behind numerous chronic diseases.

Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Dr. Cate Shanahan to discuss seed oils and how they have overtaken our diet. Dr. Shanahan shares the top eight oils destroying our health and their hidden sources. She also shares the process used to make these oils and the research on the impact of oxidative stress. Dhru and Dr. Shanahan also discuss why there is so much confusion about these oils and how to reduce overall exposure to these oils. 

Dr. Cate Shanahan is a Cornell-trained physician-scientist whose works have inspired movements involving bone broth, live-culture ferments, and seed oil-free business empires. Together with NBA legend Gary Vitti, she created the LA Lakers PRO Nutrition program, which wide elite championship teams worldwide have emulated. Dedicated to her field, she runs a telehealth practice and a health education website. In her upcoming book Dark Calories, Dr. Shanahan provides shocking evidence that vegetable oils are a public health disaster, wreaking havoc on our bodies by depleting antioxidants and causing the cellular damage that underlies virtually all chronic diseases.

In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Shanahan dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The hateful eight oils that are destroying health (00:00:03 / 00:00:03)

What are the sources of these oils (8:20 / 4:42) 

Are french fries comparable to cigarettes (10:20 / 6:50)

Underestimating the harm seed oils cause (15:50 / 12:15)

Why consumers are confused (28:10 / 23:30)

How oxidative stress caused by oils  (32:10: / 27:00)

What diseases these oil accelerate (39:20 / 33:58)

Why many believe that vegetable oils aren’t harmful (42:40 / 37:25)

Are vegetable oils inflammatory and how to test for damage (45:25 / 40:05) 

The impact of Ozempic and insulin resistance (53:15 / 48:00) 

Oxidative stress and the science that currently exists (1:15:45 / 1:05:30) 

Reducing exposure and removing vegetable oils from our diet (1:22:40 / 1:17:20)

Pillars of processed foods (1:41:00 / 1:36:40)

Final thoughts (1:47:00 / 1:42:00) 


Also mentioned in this episode:

Dark Calories: How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back

Simon Hill’s Instagram post


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