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haele

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15. I saw a PBS history type show "Food Saviors" - they were highlighting Okra
Sat May 23, 2026, 12:09 PM
May 23

A medium sized family farm in Georgia presses their own small batch oils, including Okra Seed Oil (along with pumpkin seed, Sunflower seed, and various nut oils and olive oil mixes).
The primary reasons seed based oils are not well received is in the heat and time point between cooking (especially sauteing) and burning.
All that being said-
What is called a Mediterranean or East Asian type diet with moderate portion sizes has been shown to be healthy and recommended for almost two centuries now for the average person in the Northern Hemisphere: low starches, moderate fatty foods, whole grains as a "carb base" for the meal. Meals should consist of whole "fruits and veggies" and animal (including dairy and eggs) servings on about a 1 to 1 mix, with moderate amounts of sugars.
And, of course, vinegars, herbs and spices (don't forget those) as healthful digestive and metabolism supplements.
Proteins can be supplied with plant protein, but the lipids are not the same, and while good half of people in the Northern Hemisphere can easily live on on plant proteins, some people still need meat based proteins.
Also, extremely heavy labor or extreme environmental situations (especially extreme cold) where the body might require more fat and animal proteins for the energy to "keep going" might change a ratio of animal based fats to plant based fats needed, but nutrient requirement is still pretty much the same to maintain human health.

But with even a basic understanding of biology, when looking at the industrialized "diet plan" that has been pushed over the last century or so, public nutrition seems to be based on "class" and the amount of profit in the supply chain. The industry wasn't so much concerned about overall health benefits and varieties, it's designed to facilitate sales of high profit commercially grown or manufactured products as "just as healthy" as lower profit, regional food products that aren't mass produced and profitable.

Your milage on nutrition may vary, of course, but then, that's between you, your phlebotomist, and your doctor.

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Why would anybody follow nutbag Kennedy's nutritional advice? Diamond_Dog May 23 #1
I suppose the amount of saturated fat in a roadkill diet would depend Ocelot II May 23 #2
How much saturated fat in raccoon dick? PCIntern May 23 #11
It must be funded by the financial interests that will benefit bucolic_frolic May 23 #4
Bigotry. Period. LuvLoogie May 23 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed May 23 #12
There are basically only two ways that food spoils GreatGazoo May 23 #3
And yet, canola oil has essential fatty acids that beef tallow doesn't tinrobot May 23 #9
I saw a PBS history type show "Food Saviors" - they were highlighting Okra haele May 23 #15
I like my essential fatty acids without hexane MadameButterfly May 24 #23
Then buy cold pressed/organic oils tinrobot May 24 #25
Yup Emrys May 24 #31
Here is a more complete (and less sensational) summation of analyses regarding seed oils liberalgunwilltravel May 23 #14
The amount of hexane remaining is incredibly small NickB79 May 24 #26
What is the quantity left in canola oil used in the USA? GreatGazoo May 24 #27
Approximately 0.8 ppm NickB79 May 24 #29
Thanks. NT GreatGazoo May 24 #30
This! Gasoline contains 1 to 7% hexane WestMichRad May 24 #28
I was in rehab to get my heart back to normal gab13by13 May 23 #5
Kick dalton99a May 23 #7
maha isn't why beef is high right now Kali May 23 #8
Flax seeds have most essential amino acids. ananda May 23 #10
Anyone who takes medical or nutritional advice MLWR May 23 #13
Steak n Shakes 7x7 burger is seven patties with seven slices of cheese. Midnight Writer May 23 #16
I love steak gulliver May 23 #17
Our ancient ancestors hunted and moved about with periods of famine long and short bucolic_frolic May 23 #18
They didn't have as much advertising then gulliver May 23 #19
Ha! bucolic_frolic May 23 #21
Food stances of MAHA and some on the right biocube May 23 #20
How else will Eliquis and Ozempic afford all those ads? flvegan May 23 #22
I hadn't paid attention to the seed oil panic. Chemical Bill May 24 #24
The wellness industry is so full of bullshit and corruption. Initech May 24 #32
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