Fake Food Series: 🛑 The Truth About Vegetable Oils: What You Really Need to Know

🧴 From Pantry Staple to Health Hazard

In just a few decades, vegetable oils have quietly taken over our kitchens. Once promoted as “heart-healthy” alternatives to butter and lard, they now account for about 7% of total calories in the modern diet, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Their consumption has tripled in the last 30 years to an annual $100 Billion business! 😲

But are they really as innocent as they seem?

Let’s break down the not-so-healthy truth behind canola, soy, corn, sunflower, and safflower oils—and why Comfort Keto will never use them in our meals 💪

🔥 1. Inflammation Nation

Vegetable oils are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). While that might sound good, it’s not. These fats have multiple double bonds in their structure, which makes them highly unstable when heated. What does that mean for your body?

👉 They oxidize easily, forming toxic byproducts that increase inflammation, a known root cause of heart disease, cancer, and even dementia.

And those decades-old recommendations to swap out butter for margarine or canola oil? Science now shows that vegetable oil may actually increase your risk of heart disease 💔 — not reduce it.

Even worse, when you cook with these oils, they release aldehydes, dangerous compounds linked to cancer, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disorders.

🧪 2. Heavily Processed = Highly Problematic

Not all fats are created equal.

🥥 Coconut oil, 🫒 olive oil, and 🧈 butter are natural and minimally processed. In contrast, vegetable oils go through an industrial chemical gauntlet before they end up on grocery shelves:

• Extracted with petroleum-based solvents 🛢️

• Heated to high temps (oxidizing them even more)

• Deodorized chemically to mask rancid smells 😷

• Often hydrogenated to make margarine and shortening = 🚫 trans fats

Let’s be clear: Trans fats are banned in many countries for a reason. They’re some of the most toxic substances in the modern diet.

🌽 3. GMOs & Glyphosate Galore

Most vegetable oils come from genetically modified crops like soy, corn, and canola. These GMO crops are sprayed heavily with glyphosate, the infamous active ingredient in Roundup, a known endocrine disruptor and potential carcinogen ☠️

This means every drizzle of these oils may be coated in chemical residues your body was never meant to digest.

🎧 Watch & Learn: Full Deep-Dive into Questionable Vegetable Oils

Navigation:

0:00 - The Switcheroo

1:52 - History of Vegetable Oils

3:50 - The American Heart Association

5:27 - The Massive Increase in Vegetable Oil Consumption

6:06 - Is Vegetable Oil Bad or Benign?

6:55 - Why do some animals live longer than others?

7:51 - Vegetable Oils stay in your body for years

9:11 - Hidden Data

12:08 - Vegetable Oils are in EVERYTHING

13:07 - Why Vegetable Oils are bad for Health

15:04 - The Toxic Oxidation Products

16:28 - How Vegetable Oils are made

18:33 - Are Vegetable Oils linked to Alzheimer’s?

20:06 - Mitochondria, The Powerhouse of the Cell

24:35 - Most Studies on Vegetable Oils aren’t long enough

26:04 - Why aren’t more people talking about this?

👩‍🍳 Comfort Keto’s Promise

At Comfort Keto, we believe your body is sacred and your food should nourish you—not harm you. That’s why:

❌ We never use vegetable oils in our meals.

✅ We cook exclusively with clean, whole-food fats like grass-fed butter, coconut oil, and extra virgin olive oil.

📚 Disclaimer:

The information in this article and the linked video is for educational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare provider before making any dietary changes, especially if you have existing health conditions.

Healthy fats, happy body. 🧈💛Let food be your fuel—not your foe.