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Seed Oils Are Still in Your Body From 2023. Here's How to Fix That.

The industrial oils hiding in your food that drive chronic inflammation (and how to avoid them)

Mar 06, 2026
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One ingredient hides in almost everything you eat. It’s industrial seed oils. They didn’t exist in the human diet until 1900. Now they make up 8 to 10 percent of total calories in the average American diet. Research shows they oxidize under heat, create inflammatory compounds, and work their way directly into your cell membranes.

One of the biggest problems about industrial seed oils is their linoleic acid (an omega-6 fat) content. Your ancestors consumed about 2 to 3 percent of calories from omega-6 fats, and almost none of that came from seed oils. On average, you eat roughly four times as much omega-6, mostly from seed oils. When you heat these oils during cooking or food processing, they create damaged, oxidized compounds that trigger chronic inflammation throughout your body.

Industrial seed oil consumption rose sharply alongside modern inflammatory disease. Coincidence? Maybe. But the timeline is hard to ignore.

In the full version of this article you’ll learn:

  • Which oils to eliminate and which to use instead

  • The 3-phase elimination protocol

  • How to handle restaurants and social situations

  • Expected results and timeline

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