RFK Jr. Wages War on Seed Oils

RFK Jr. wages war on seed oils

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on a crusade against seed oils. The health and human services secretary has described them as “poison” associated with “all kinds of very, very serious illnesses, including body-wide inflammation.” Many wellness influencers agree with him,…

Seed oils: how a panic over cooking fats is lubricating the alt-right pipeline

It’s hard to articulate how the skeptical ‘spidey sense’ works, but sometimes you notice something and you just know there’s more to it, there’s a story there. For example, I consume a lot of wellness and diet content – they are some of my particular areas of interest when it comes to skeptical writing and research. Recently I’ve noticed that, in these wellness-adjacent spaces, there are more and more casual, passing comments that demonise seed …

New Alliance Takes Aim at Seed Oils with Certification Label, But Experts Warn of Misinformation

The Seed Oil Free Alliance has launched a certification label for products that eschew these fats, building on consumer concern around UPFs and amid a resurgence of tallow.