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In reply to the discussion: Seed oils vs.Beef tallow [View all]

marble falls

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1. Animal fats melt at low temperature and burn at high temperature. Hydrogenated veg oil may be ...
Tue May 27, 2025, 09:06 AM
May 27

... polyunsaturated until it's been hydrogenated to make it hard enough to form sticks and at that point is no longer polyunsaturated and hydrogenated or not, veg and seed oils with few exceptions (peanut oil, avocado oil) are not high temperature oils. High temp is what keep food from absorbing oils.

Using lard for baking has improved the quality my output.

Next time you're in a grovery, look at a can of pure veg shortening and a can of shotening.lard mix: the veg is the can with the bad nutrition numbers.

We blame animal fats for poor health and heart disease. We cut the amount of animals fats since 1900 and heart disease rates have increased. The the three things we've increased in our diets are sugar, salt and vegetable/seed oils. And we've added much more stress.

But we blame animal fats.

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