Knowledge is Power: The Corruption Behind Seed Oils

After five decades of inaction, the Food and Drug Administration revoked the authorization of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food on July 3, 2024. The additive bromine, used to stabilize fruit flavorings in beverages and sodas, has toxic effects and has already been banned in many places, including California, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. What was the agency’s excuse for its 50 years in limbo? The FDA insisted it was “waiting for more safety data.” Right. Consumer advocates called the FDA’s ban on brominated vegetable oil in food “a victory for public health.” Still, digging deeper, it is indisputable that there is a bigger problem than bromine. Deadly vegetable oils derived from seeds wreak havoc on unknowing individuals and are in nearly everything. Many believe these seed oils play a significant role in the proliferation of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, macular degeneration, and neurological disease.

Like so many other products, medicines, and foods promoted as safe for decades, the road that led to the flourishing vegetable and seed oil industry in the United States is a shocking tale of bribery and corruption. The revelation that in the early 1960s, the American Heart Association (AHA), which has since established itself as corrupt, was reportedly influenced by Proctor and Gamble (P&G) to promote the idea that saturated fat—not vegetable seed oils like canola, corn, cottonseed, soybean, sunflower, peanut, safflower, grapeseed, to name a few—primarily caused heart disease, should outrage us all. Akin to the deadly mRNA jabs fueled by greed and profit, this shocking manipulation of our wellness should not be taken lightly, as it has significantly impacted our dietary habits and health.

Notably, it is essential to realize that fat has always been a part of the human diet. Traditionally, dietary fat was mainly consumed in butter and lard, both rich in saturated fat. Seed oils were only introduced into the food supply in large quantities about 100 years ago when Crisco maker Proctor & Gamble—a significant manufacturer of vegetable oils and related products, including Crisco—had a vested interest in promoting these products as healthy alternatives to animal fats. Thus, the company sought to increase the market for its products by aligning them with heart health recommendations.

So how did P&G change their game? Originally a soap company, P&G sought an inexpensive alternative to animal fats for soap production in the late 1800s. They turned to cottonseed oil, a waste product from the cotton industry. Using new technology, they solidified this oil to create a lard-like substance. In 1911, their hydrogenated cottonseed oil was marketed as Crisco shortening. To promote Crisco, Procter & Gamble hired the J. Walter Thompson Agency, America’s first full-service advertising agency, employing graphic artists and professional writers to effectively market this industrially-produced seed oil fat to nutritionists and home economists. Bingo, it was a hit.

Similar to the windfall Fauci and others enjoyed with the introduction of the deadly mRNA shots (and taxpayer-funded research grants for sinister hobbies like gain-of-function research) in 1948, P&G really stepped up its game by donating $1.7 million (equivalent to roughly $20 million today) to the AHA. Undoubtedly, with new financial stability, P&G’s substantial donation enabled the once struggling AHA to transform into a more stable organization nicely armed to influence the health of all Americans.

As with all exemplary bribes, like clockwork, the AHA published its first official dietary guidelines for the prevention of heart disease in 1961. These guidelines recommended reducing the intake of saturated fats and cholesterol and replacing them with polyunsaturated fats like those found in vegetable oils. To trusting Americans, the AHA’s recommendations were highly influential. They became widely accepted by the public, as well as by health professionals and policymakers, leading to a momentous shift in dietary patterns, with many people replacing butter and lard with margarine and vegetable oils.

Quickly, for those unfamiliar with fats, saturated fats are stable and solid at room temperature due to being “saturated” with hydrogen atoms. Thus, they can withstand higher heat. In contrast, unsaturated fats have one or more double bonds, making them more flexible but prone to oxidation and rancidity. Polyunsaturated fats have multiple double bonds and are named based on the position of the first double bond (e.g., omega-3, omega-6). Seed oils, rich in the omega-6 fatty acid linoleic acid (which is incredibly toxic), have only been consumed in high quantities in the last century. Saturated and unsaturated fats are necessary for the body. Still, growing evidence suggests that excessive intake of newer fats like seed oils may disrupt the body’s natural fat balance and contribute to health issues such as obesity and heart disease.

Over the years, the validity of the AHA’s 1961 fat-related guidelines has been challenged. Based on flawed science and corruption instead of facts, many have argued that the emphasis on reducing saturated fats must be revised. This has proven to be the case, with research demonstrating that the relationship between dietary fats and heart disease is much more complex and that trans fats, prevalent in margarine and some vegetable and seed oils, are incredibly harmful. This truth underscores the need to critically evaluate our dietary choices and not blindly follow recommendations, especially in today’s corrupt healthcare climate.

Again, as with the COVID-19 shots, throughout the years, the FDA and others have ignored necessary research on oils and fats. In the meantime, others with influence—and harmful products of their own—chimed in to declare saturated fats as the bad guy. For this sinister endeavor, the lucrative and corrupt sugar industry put its foot in the game.

In 1977, joining forces with the AHA in attacking saturated fats, the sugar industry, through the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF), influenced scientific research to shift blame for heart disease from sugar to saturated fats. To do this, the SRF funded a project at Harvard to review existing literature on sugar, fat, and heart disease. The researchers, which included prominent scientists, were paid to produce a paper that downplayed the dangers of sugar and instead emphasized the dangers of saturated fat. Combined with the AHA’s false propaganda on fat, the sugar industry’s efforts had a lasting impact on dietary guidelines and public perception.

Vegetable oils, especially seed oils, are dangerous. They have high levels of Omega-6 Fats. Modern diets have an unhealthy ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats (15:1 instead of the historical 1:1), leading to various health issues. Seed oils alter the composition of cell membranes, affecting their function and stability. Excessive omega-6 intake (from seed oils) triggers chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, leading to diseases like diabetes, cancer, and cognitive decline. Seed oils also contain trans fats, which disrupt cell membranes and increase with repeated heating. Seed oils frequently contain harmful chemicals like hexane and preservatives, which can be carcinogenic.

Cheers to the FDA for finally banning BVO, but that one action is not enough. Don’t just ban BVO, outlaw sugary sodas. But that’s for another day. Without a doubt, vegetable oils, including seed oils, play a significant role in the proliferation of autoimmune diseases, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, diabetes, and macular degeneration due to their inflammatory and oxidative properties. We must take health decisions into our own hands and forget the corrupt FDA.