While it’s true that many foods that use seed oils—such as packaged snacks and french fries—are unhealthy, they also tend to be high in refined carbohydrates, sodium, and sugar. “Sure, if you cut back on these foods, chances are you’re going to feel better,” Crosby said. But these other components, not the seed oils themselves, are the culprit behind weight gain and other negative health outcomes.
~ from the main article.
That said, the title really should be "Scientist dismisses claims ..." (singular) as it's a press release that quotes a single scientist who no longer works for Harvard and who asserts that no scientific papers find the seed oils to have health risks.
He may well be correct in that assertion, but that has to be taken as hearsay.
He's a Harvard professor and scientist who spent years studying it. I'll just take his word for it, unless you have better credentials or proof to the contrary.
I have scientific credentials of my own and I report scientific and technical data for a living. Please reread what I wrote and correct any mistakes I made.
To clarify further, factually,
* in 2022 he was reported as being adjunct associate of nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
* Today he is unlisted on the staff rolls of Harvard.
* In 2022 he was reported to have made a statement that "scientific evidence does not support these claims, according to experts" where the claims in question were reported to be that "that seed oils such as canola and soy are “toxic,”".
While I personally have no belief that seed oils are in any way toxic I will strongly note, and urge you to see for yourself, that there is ample room for the opposite to slip through,
* whoever reported the statement claimed to have been made by Guy Crosby may have made an error in presenting a claim for Crosby for comment or in reporting back Crosby's response.
* of all the papers that Crosby has read he may have not read one or several that reveal a toxin (yes, this is unlikely but possible, no human has read their complete field).
> I'll just take his word for it,
"His word" in this press release is hearsay. The text of the press release was not written by him. It is not uncommon for people quoted in press releases to take issue with how their actual position has been reported.
You arent wrong to note the deficiencies in the linked source. Still, did you click through to read the consumer reports article this blog post acrually about?
It itemizes the claims of seed oil opponents, then links to peer reviewed studies to refute most of them. All seem to be from reputable journals. None of the linked papers note that they've been retracted. Nobody is citing Facebook here, unlike some proponents of the theory that seed oil is the number one cause of "inflamation" or whatever.
That's pretty solid reporting, and exceeds my standard of evidence when it comes to health reporting for the most part.
Admittedly, linking to the blog instead of the actual article was silly.
That said, the title really should be "Scientist dismisses claims ..." (singular) as it's a press release that quotes a single scientist who no longer works for Harvard and who asserts that no scientific papers find the seed oils to have health risks.
He may well be correct in that assertion, but that has to be taken as hearsay.