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Maintenance Phase · August 26, 2025 · 65m
Seed Oils
Seed oils: are they actually toxic? The evidence is far weaker than the discourse suggests. How a legitimate concern about omega-6/omega-3 ratios became a moral panic where 'seed oil avoiders' police restaurant menus.
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Gordon frames seed oil panic as misplaced control: people obsess over seed oils (uncertain evidence, marginal impact) while neglecting sleep, stress, and exercise (strong evidence, major impact) — a violation of the Stoic principle of focusing on what matters most.
Highlights
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The seed oil panic as wellness echo chamber — weak evidence amplified into moral certainty
Hobbes traces how a legitimate but nuanced scientific question (do high omega-6 intakes promote inflammation?) was transformed by social media into a moral panic where seed oils are treated as poison.Was this useful?