Since 1961, the American Heart Association has recommended we eat more vegetable oil because it lowers cholesterol. But how much do doctors actually know about this oil?
As a family physician, and I can tell you that, back in 2002, I had no idea what vegetable oil — or corn, soy, canola, or other factory-refined oils — were or how much of it I was eating. I had no idea that they were in most of the foods I didn’t make from scratch. I didn’t care to know because they were supposed to be healthy. What could be bad about oil made from vegetables? The name itself is intentionally misleading, since these oils are not made from broccoli or tomatoes, as sometimes depicted on the labels.
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