What accumulates inside you

You want to fry your vegetables and reach for rapeseed oil.

You don't think anything of it.

That is exactly the problem.

Because fat doesn't disappear after you eat it.

Your body incorporates it - into your fat tissue and cell membranes.

This depot is renewed over years, not days.

What is in your pan this summer will still be inside you in 2028.

Fatty acids differ mainly in their stability.

Saturated fats have no double bonds and withstand heat without any problems.

Linoleic acid has two and oxidizes even when exposed to light, air and heat.

It is the omega-6 fatty acid you eat by far the most of.

 

Sunflower oil is the extreme case.

Butter has less than one-twentieth as much.

And rapeseed oil looks harmless by comparison. It still has seven times as much.

A quick look back at 1942.

Back then, Canada grew rapeseed not for the kitchen, but for the war.

The oil lubricated steam engines on ships and trains.

No other lubricant adhered as reliably to wet, hot metal.

That was precisely its value.

Today, it is in your kitchen.

 

What happens when you fry

Linoleic acid is not just fuel. It is raw material.

Your body uses it to produce the messenger substances that trigger inflammation.

Inflammation is not a defect. It is a repair program.

The question is how much raw material is permanently available for it.

Then there is the heat.

When heated, linoleic acid breaks down into degradation products.

Researchers in Quebec fed these exact products to rats for 28 days.

The inflammatory marker IL-6 increased in only one group.

The group given the oil richest in linoleic acid.

A lot of omega-6 plus heat. That is the combination.

And this combination has already been tested once before.

In 1968, the Minnesota Coronary Experiment began. Double-blind, with 9423 participants.

One group replaced saturated fat with linoleic-acid-rich vegetable oil.

Cholesterol decreased. Exactly as expected.

Mortality did not decrease.

Among those over 65, it even increased.

The data remained unpublished for over 40 years until they appeared in the BMJ in 2016.

Starting tomorrow, fry with butter or tallow.

Use a good olive oil for anything cold.

And when it comes to ready-made products, take a quick look at the ingredients list.

Your fat tissue changes slowly.

That is precisely why every meal matters from now on.

Kind regards

Your Raw Animal Team