Are Avocado Oil Chips Actually Healthy?

Half your feed says seed oils are poison. The other half says that’s nonsense. And you’re standing in the grocery store holding a bag of avocado oil chips, trying to figure out which one of them to believe. Elizabeth DiMeo is back with Dr. Terri to take the fat debate apart with data instead of opinions. Elizabeth is a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist with more than 25 years in the field, and she serves as Director of Nutraceutical Development and Education at EVEXIAS Health Solutions. They start with what a seed oil actually is, how it differs from a vegetable oil, and what industrial processing does to it. Then Elizabeth explains the part that rarely makes it into a social media post: how omega-6 and omega-3 fats behave inside your cells, why your body genuinely needs both, and what happens in your blood vessels when the balance tips too far one way. They look at why other countries eat these oils without the same consequences, trace the strange history of margarine from a wartime butter substitute to a heart-healthy marketing campaign, and find the seed oils hiding in foods you’d never suspect, including your peanut butter. They also get honest about the all-or-nothing instinct in American food culture, and why neither the chia seed camp nor the steak-and-butter camp has it figured out. **What you’ll discover** - What separates a seed oil from a vegetable oil, and how each is processed: 02:03 - What omega-6 and omega-3 fats actually do inside your cells: 03:19 - How oxidized fats affect your blood vessels, explained with a dump truck: 04:28 - Why other countries eat these oils without the same outcomes: 06:19 - How fast oil adds up across a single day of cooking: 07:37 - Where seed oils hide in the middle aisles of the grocery store: 09:55 - How margarine went from wartime butter substitute to “heart healthy”: 11:01 - The label rule that lets trans fats disappear from an ingredient list: 13:17 - Keto, paleo, carnivore, and the American all-or-nothing problem: 15:40 - What the Mediterranean diet includes besides food: 16:32 - A standard American breakfast, broken down ingredient by ingredient: 18:46 - The markers almost nobody tests for: 21:00 - Whether chia-and-blueberry eaters are getting enough omega-3: 21:42 - The woolly mammoth, foraging, and what fasting was supposed to be: 23:39 - Why even fresh produce isn’t what it used to be: 26:26 - Two camps, and the person stuck in the middle: 27:12 - Why eating well in this country is genuinely hard: 30:13 - How a palate for cheap food gets built, starting in childhood: 32:11 - Stress, screens, and the inflammation that isn’t about food at all: 34:18 - What to actually read on a label: 35:53 - The short list of oils worth cooking with: 37:00 *--* *00:00 The Fat Debate Flipped* *02:03 What a Seed Oil Actually Is* *06:19 How Much Is Too Much, and Where It Hides* *11:01 Margarine, Trans Fats, and How We Got Here* *15:40 The All-or-Nothing Problem* *27:12 The Snack Aisle, and What to Do Instead* *--* **Presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions** https://www.evexias.com **Connect with Dr. Terri** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices