A quarter cup of olive oil a day is…a lot. More than most people ever consume. I get it, drinking cups of oil isn’t good. But the heart benefits of healthy oils (hemp, olive, coconut, avocado, etc), the benefits to cholesterol and blood pressure alone mean they shouldn’t be bundled with sweets and processed garbage foods. That’s my point.
Dont overindulge, but they have benefits. Lumping them in with completely unhealthy foods is super misleading, that’s my point. If you can eat no processed foods! Great. No sugar, no junk food? Great? But that’s not the case with healthy oils. There are benefits. Unlike the junk food they’re categorized with.
Oils are high in calories and have next to zero micronutrients. They are refined macronutrients the same as sugar.
Health outcome data also shows better health for no-oil plant based diets, vs the same diets with as little as a quarter cup of olive oil a day.
A quarter cup of olive oil a day is…a lot. More than most people ever consume. I get it, drinking cups of oil isn’t good. But the heart benefits of healthy oils (hemp, olive, coconut, avocado, etc), the benefits to cholesterol and blood pressure alone mean they shouldn’t be bundled with sweets and processed garbage foods. That’s my point.
Dont overindulge, but they have benefits. Lumping them in with completely unhealthy foods is super misleading, that’s my point. If you can eat no processed foods! Great. No sugar, no junk food? Great? But that’s not the case with healthy oils. There are benefits. Unlike the junk food they’re categorized with.