After seed oil was invented, heart attacks and other diseases started showing up for the first time.
Scientific Claim
The introduction of industrial seed oils into the American food supply coincided temporally with the emergence and exponential rise in recorded cases of cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders.
Original Statement
“Then in 1909, the United States got its first seed oil, Crisco. 3 years later, have a guess what happened. The first heart attack was recorded, and every disease rate since then has climbed.”
Context Details
Domain
epidemiology
Population
human
Subject
introduction of industrial seed oils (Crisco)
Action
coincided with
Target
emergence and rise in recorded cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
Intervention Details
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (0)
Contradicting (1)
This study says it’s not the new vegetable oils that cause heart disease, but a different thing — artificial trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils — which means the original claim blaming seed oils is probably wrong.