Simon Martin

Remember that JAMA study supposedly proving seed oils are better for us than butter? I wrote a comment about how it was flawed, and the authors responded. They say that median is not the mean (average) and my calculations are flawed. No kidding! But its the best I could do given that they fail to report the mean, which they should have done according to other experts (like @zoeharcombe who also did a take down on this article). They also make other excuses for the data being so skewed, as if that somehow makes it valid! I did a more detailed breakdown here: drcate.com/seed-oil-study-us… You can read their reply under the comments section here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

It's published! The energy model of insulin resistance: A unifying theory linking seed oils to metabolic disease and cancer Here’s the link to the full text. Let’s make this the most downloaded paper on their website!! Here’s my summary: The paper proposes that seed oils, by causing oxidative stress, force cells to change their fueling strategy. The result of that is metabolic disease and cancer. It works like this: Oxidative stress suffocates cells. It puts them into a kind of survival mode, and activates genes for bringing sugar into the cell. That's called aerobic glycolysis, which is now understood to be the main mechanism driving cancer! At the whole-person level, many cells stealing sugar from the bloodstream all at once lower our blood sugar. That causes hypoglycemia, and then you get a flood of stress hormones. This is immediately practical. Wonder why you feel hangry? That's why. And yes it means you have insulin resistance. Cancer and insulin resistance share the same root cause. So if you get hangry, you are at higher risk of cancer. This paper explains why insulin resistance and cancer are rampant among youth. They were tragically born and raised on more processed foods than any previous generation. Seed oils are the worst ingredient in processed foods. I tried to make the theory airtight. But I appreciate anyone who wants to poke holes. Writing this paper consumed many hours over the past few months. Keeping me away from terribly important things, like posting on X. Read the full text here: frontiersin.org/journals/nut…

Don't bother taking olive oil as a supplement. Just cut out seed oils. Unbeknonwst to all these experts, the evidence that olive oil prevents dementia, heart disease, cancer etc etc is actually evidence that seed oils cause these problems and that people who eat more olive oil and less seed oil are healthier. The Hateful Eight: Corn canola cottonseed soy sunflower safllower ricebran and grapeseed.