Max Lugavere

And what we're doing as a result is we are damaging these oils and then they become further damaged when they are

You know, heated and especially reheated in the commercial fryer setting.

And so, you know, I don't think that that's likely good for the brain, but we don't have solid data to say that.

That being said, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

So I think it, you know, I think caution is warranted.

But again, like, you know, you don't want to lose sight of the forest for the trees.

If you are 50 pounds overweight and you're fixating on, you know, whether or not the junk food in your hand that you're debating buying is made with sunflower oil or beef tallow, like you're you're missing the point.

You got to lose those 50 pounds.

That is the gist.

For example, I eat a largely gluten-free diet, not because I'm specifically avoiding or afraid of gluten.

It's just that I tend to reach for foods that have the most nutritional bang for the buck, that are the most nutrient-dense.

And so bread is not a very nutrient-dense food.

I'm opting primarily with every meal for nutrient-dense animal source proteins, for dark leafy greens, for berries, for cruciferous vegetables and things like that, legumes.

And so that's naturally going to be a gluten-free diet.

We don't want to allow ourselves to slide into food fear.

Being a human being in the year 2026, inevitably some seed oils are going to sneak in.

When I'm traveling on the road, there's no doubt that I'm being exposed to seed oils.

There's

i don't think there's any harm in that it's just that you don't want to lose sight of the forest for the trees you want to focus on the big levers you want to focus on the majors and when you're eating a diet that is primarily whole foods which is what the dietary guidelines recommend um you know hopefully we can we can now start to better adhere to the dietary guidelines because like you know most people didn't adhere to the previous ones most people don't even know that there was you know what's called the my plate which is now thankfully retired

If you want to adhere to the dietary guidelines and take them, you know, literally at face value, they say to avoid ultra processed foods.