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Thanks for the insights! It's indeed still such a controversial topic, but one's you start to look deeper you see that there's a lot of shady business going on. Like your article suggests, I avoid any seed oil and go for butter, olive oil, coconut oil, and even lard (more common in Brazil and also Italy I think).

I'm going to remember: did this exist a 100 years ago? It's very helpful.

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Coconut oil is a good shout too! Not something very native to me, but definitely a great option too. I guess lard is the tallow equivalent, thinking of it I believe some UK dishes do require lard, like the pastry of pies.

It’s pretty crazy if you see the power of companies that run the food industry, and of course the capital that has been gained from it. They’re definitely partially responsible for the obesity epidemic. Baby formula and baby milk is another controversial one. If you read the ingredients you’d be very surprised at what is in them…

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