... Twilley: In other words, cutting out
seed oils is not going to help boost your omega-3 levels. For that, you
have to eat more omega-3s. And, outside of oily fish, which are
delicious but which most Americans consume very little of — and outside
of tofu and chia seeds and flaxseed, which are also pretty
underrepresented in the standard Western diet — canola is actually a bit
of a omega-3 superstar. ...
Darriush Mozaffarian, Tufts University:
This is, you know, one of the great Internet myths that’s out there,
that seed oils are harmful. Canola oil has been studied in well over a
hundred randomized control trials and overwhelmingly been shown to
improve every risk factor that has been looked at, and never been shown
to be pro inflammatory, which is kind of the theory. We have all the
science. Like, we don’t need any more studies on canola oil. This is one
of the most well established areas of science there is, is the health
effects of plant oils. ...
