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Are Seed Oils Inflammatory?! (The *Evidence* No One Shows)

Are Seed Oils Inflammatory?! (The *Evidence* No One Shows) on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2022–2025.

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A nutrition-science explainer reviewing the human evidence on whether seed oils cause inflammation. It looks at nine different seed oils, heated oils, and genetic variability, and compares omega-6 intake with saturated fat.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it as a compact review of human trials showing seed oils are not inflammatory, to counter popular claims.

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“great video about it here [1]”
— Elte, Nov 2022, in “Being fatter than Homer Simpson”

What HN commenters said

4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

ElteNov 2022Recommends

I don't think there's any evidence that they're inflammatory (great video about it here [1]), but obviously oils are almost 100% fat and therefore have a ton of calories. At the same time, some people feel incredibly satiated from eating fats, to the point where they might eat fewer total calories if they include some... Generally, avoiding added high calorie fillers (that includes sugar and oils alike) is almost certainly a good idea if you're trying to lose weight though. [1] ▶ this video

in “Being fatter than Homer Simpson” · View on HN

rdedevSep 2025Cites it

Are there any human randomised control trials that show stuff like vegetable oil cause inflammation? Atleast the ones I've seen show the opposite ▶ this video

in “Myocardial infarction may be an infectious disease” · View on HN

aeriesOct 2024Cites it

Except the human studies we have suggest that seed oils are probably not inflammatory. A few examples are listed in this video: ▶ this video

in “Saturated fat: the making and unmaking of a scientific consensus (2022)” · View on HN

exe34Oct 2024Cites it

> Except the human studies we have suggest that seed oils are probably not inflammatory. A few examples are listed in this video: ▶ this video which part of that do you consider bullying? is it any opinion that goes against the underdog?

in “Saturated fat: the making and unmaking of a scientific consensus (2022)” · View on HN

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Nutrition & diet scienceseed oilsinflammationomega-6nutrition sciencediet