#SeedOils #RJKJr

"The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients

As a clinical dietitian who works with cardiac patients, here’s what I want people to know

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The seed oil panic has achieved full institutional legitimacy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called canola, corn, soybean, sunflower, cottonseed, and grapeseed oils the most unhealthy aspect of the American diet. The January 2026 dietary guidelines — which discarded 421 pages of scientific recommendations from the advisory committee — now list butter and beef tallow alongside olive oil as acceptable cooking fats. Then came the food companies: Steak ’n Shake 'RFK’d' its fries, PepsiCo announced it would phase canola and soybean oils out of Lay’s and Tostitos, with Kraft Heinz, General Mills, and Nestlé following with their own reformulation pledges. The food industry is responding, at great speed, to a story that is running well ahead of the evidence.

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But seed oils are not why ultra-processed food behaves that way. They are but one ingredient in a complex and highly engineered product designed to keep you eating past fullness. The oil isn’t the villain; the food product surrounding the oil is. Blaming seed oils for the harms of ultra-processed food is as helpful as blaming the wrapper.

There’s something else worth knowing about beef tallow that isn’t making it into the wellness content: It contains ruminant trans fats. They’re naturally occurring, present in all beef fat, and according to cardiologists, present in tallow at levels far above what’s considered safe. A full Steak ’n Shake meal — their 7×7 Steakburger and a large order of their celebrated 'RFK’d' tallow fries — clocks in at more than 90 grams of saturated fat and nearly 10 grams of trans fats combined. The administration that declared it is 'ending the war on saturated fat' has found a cooking fat that delivers more of the exact compounds most associated with cardiovascular mortality. MAHA is road paved with artery-clogging cholesterol, and they’re calling it a health revolution."

https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/22/seed-oils-healthy-fats-tallow-fact-check-cardiac-health/

Critics say #RJKJr & his aides are🚨exaggerating the downsides & obfuscating the value of immunization.

“Sec/his CMTE: have stopped doing the hard job of balancing: risks & benefits of #vaccines" -D Jernigan *oversaw: CDC’s vaccine safety ofc -described their plb as “raise the risk, bury the benefits, sow confusion, drive down use.” He/2 other high-ranking ofcls resigned in protest over what they called an🚨unscientific & politicized appr to vaccines.

#Health #HHS #USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/30/rfk-jr-hhs-secretary-vaccines/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY3MDcwODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY4NDUzMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjcwNzA4MDAsImp0aSI6Ijk0NzE0OTY2LTI1YWUtNDNkMi1iYjljLTc3NjEwMTYzMjczOCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvMjAyNS8xMi8zMC9yZmstanItaGhzLXNlY3JldGFyeS12YWNjaW5lcy8ifQ.GniiEx_KtjBp2qh62CkazQbJ3tJRiTqXq44rGUXvy4k

We need better discourse, leadership, & action to protect #PublicHealth wkrs.

This tragedy isn't an isolated event🚨a reflection of ever-escalating threats PH wkrs face: misinfo, politicization, & inflammatory rhetoric.

>18 hrs: for #HHS Sec #RJKJr to issue a public stmt condemning the violent act. CDC employees: already demoralized by DOGE-led budget & staffing cuts felt abandoned.

Falsely claiming🚨these #vaccines: inherently dangerous: mislead +endanger lives.
#USPol https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/cdc-shooting-anti-vaccine-violence-rhetoric-public-health-workers/

#RJKJr laments over the “back then” of his youth when he says: diabetes & autism: almost unheard of & obesity rates: far lower. Yet #health is never simple. By avoiding discussion of ED, employment, soc support NETs, econ status & geographic loc the social determinants: #publichealth experts agree influence health outcomes➡️soft #eugenics.

+Increasing frenzy around IMM: Cuts to foreign aid:🚨already leading to increased child mortality & HIV/malaria cases💔in AFR...

#USPol https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/04/maga-soft-eugenics

#RJKJr opposes mass vaccination & culling as a strategy for controlling the #H5N1. He advocates for measures to protect flocks from infection by wild birds, isolating infected fowl, & allowing the highly pathogenic virus to spread.

The bird flu outbreak has ravaged poultry farms, leading to an egg shortage & higher prices.

His appt🚨signals "culling" humans.

The #TrumpMusk regime is against #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #Science #NationalSecurity #Vaccines #NIH...
#USPol
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/health-secretary-rfk-jr-calls-031543811.html

Ich habe ja den leisen Verdacht, er kannte die Wahrheit schon immer. Nur nützt ihm seine Skepsis jetzt nichts mehr.

#Masern #USA #rjkjr

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#RJKJr.

"Trump made the announcement late Thursday, following media speculation earlier in the day. It’s a move that would effectively place Kennedy in charge of the country’s public health, as he would oversee agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the Food and Drug Administration. Should the nomination go through, it’d be the culmination of RFK’s long-running crusade against science—one with the potential to harm Americans nationwide."

https://gizmodo.com/you-thought-anti-vax-was-bad-these-are-rfk-jr-s-most-disturbing-beliefs-about-health-2000524995