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What Seed Oils Actually Do Inside Your Body — And Why It Matters
If you've heard that seed oils aren't great but never understood exactly why — this is the explanation most people never get. The chain of events from the bottle to your body is more specific than "they're inflammatory," and once you see it, the case for clearing them out of your kitchen becomes a lot more concrete. Seed oils are polyunsaturated fats, which means they have multiple double bonds in their carbon chains. As we talked about last week, double bonds are weak points
Katie Barngrover
6 days ago4 min read
Why Your Grandmother's Butter Was Healthier Than Your Vegetable Oil
If you've been choosing vegetable oil over butter because you were told it was the healthier option — this will change how you look at your kitchen. The difference between fats isn't about calories or cholesterol. It's about chemistry. And once you understand it, you can't unsee it. Last week we talked about what happens when your body doesn't get enough fat. This week we're going deeper — because not all fats support your body the same way, and understanding the difference w
Katie Barngrover
Jun 154 min read
Why You're Still Exhausted Even Though You're Eating Healthy
If you cleaned up your diet, cut the processed food, and still can't figure out why your energy is low, your thinking is foggy, and the weight won't move — you're not doing it wrong. You may just be missing something your body is quietly asking for. Here's the mechanism most women have never been taught. You cleaned up your diet. You cut the processed food, paid attention to ingredients, maybe even went low fat because that's what you were told was healthy. And yet something
Katie Barngrover
Jun 123 min read
Why Eating Less Fat Made Women Sicker — The Science They Got Wrong
If you've been eating low-fat for years and still can't figure out why your energy is off, your weight won't budge, or your hormones feel out of whack — this is worth reading. Most of what we were taught about dietary fat wasn't just incomplete. It was built on flawed science. Here's what actually happened. You grew up hearing it. Fat is bad. Fat clogs your arteries. Fat makes you fat. Choose low-fat whenever you can. It was in the government guidelines, on the food packaging
Katie Barngrover
Jun 123 min read
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