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haele

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15. I saw a PBS history type show "Food Saviors" - they were highlighting Okra
Sat May 23, 2026, 12:09 PM
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A medium sized family farm in Georgia presses their own small batch oils, including Okra Seed Oil (along with pumpkin seed, Sunflower seed, and various nut oils and olive oil mixes).
The primary reasons seed based oils are not well received is in the heat and time point between cooking (especially sauteing) and burning.
All that being said-
What is called a Mediterranean or East Asian type diet with moderate portion sizes has been shown to be healthy and recommended for almost two centuries now for the average person in the Northern Hemisphere: low starches, moderate fatty foods, whole grains as a "carb base" for the meal. Meals should consist of whole "fruits and veggies" and animal (including dairy and eggs) servings on about a 1 to 1 mix, with moderate amounts of sugars.
And, of course, vinegars, herbs and spices (don't forget those) as healthful digestive and metabolism supplements.
Proteins can be supplied with plant protein, but the lipids are not the same, and while good half of people in the Northern Hemisphere can easily live on on plant proteins, some people still need meat based proteins.
Also, extremely heavy labor or extreme environmental situations (especially extreme cold) where the body might require more fat and animal proteins for the energy to "keep going" might change a ratio of animal based fats to plant based fats needed, but nutrient requirement is still pretty much the same to maintain human health.

But with even a basic understanding of biology, when looking at the industrialized "diet plan" that has been pushed over the last century or so, public nutrition seems to be based on "class" and the amount of profit in the supply chain. The industry wasn't so much concerned about overall health benefits and varieties, it's designed to facilitate sales of high profit commercially grown or manufactured products as "just as healthy" as lower profit, regional food products that aren't mass produced and profitable.

Your milage on nutrition may vary, of course, but then, that's between you, your phlebotomist, and your doctor.

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Why would anybody follow nutbag Kennedy's nutritional advice? Diamond_Dog Saturday #1
I suppose the amount of saturated fat in a roadkill diet would depend Ocelot II Saturday #2
How much saturated fat in raccoon dick? PCIntern Saturday #11
It must be funded by the financial interests that will benefit bucolic_frolic Saturday #4
Bigotry. Period. LuvLoogie Saturday #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Saturday #12
There are basically only two ways that food spoils GreatGazoo Saturday #3
And yet, canola oil has essential fatty acids that beef tallow doesn't tinrobot Saturday #9
I saw a PBS history type show "Food Saviors" - they were highlighting Okra haele Saturday #15
I like my essential fatty acids without hexane MadameButterfly Yesterday #23
Then buy cold pressed/organic oils tinrobot 21 hrs ago #25
Yup Emrys 13 hrs ago #31
Here is a more complete (and less sensational) summation of analyses regarding seed oils liberalgunwilltravel Saturday #14
The amount of hexane remaining is incredibly small NickB79 21 hrs ago #26
What is the quantity left in canola oil used in the USA? GreatGazoo 20 hrs ago #27
Approximately 0.8 ppm NickB79 19 hrs ago #29
Thanks. NT GreatGazoo 15 hrs ago #30
This! Gasoline contains 1 to 7% hexane WestMichRad 20 hrs ago #28
I was in rehab to get my heart back to normal gab13by13 Saturday #5
Kick dalton99a Saturday #7
maha isn't why beef is high right now Kali Saturday #8
Flax seeds have most essential amino acids. ananda Saturday #10
Anyone who takes medical or nutritional advice MLWR Saturday #13
Steak n Shakes 7x7 burger is seven patties with seven slices of cheese. Midnight Writer Saturday #16
I love steak gulliver Saturday #17
Our ancient ancestors hunted and moved about with periods of famine long and short bucolic_frolic Saturday #18
They didn't have as much advertising then gulliver Saturday #19
Ha! bucolic_frolic Saturday #21
Food stances of MAHA and some on the right biocube Saturday #20
How else will Eliquis and Ozempic afford all those ads? flvegan Saturday #22
I hadn't paid attention to the seed oil panic. Chemical Bill Yesterday #24
The wellness industry is so full of bullshit and corruption. Initech 13 hrs ago #32
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