When cells are stressed by too many processed oils, they may switch from burning fat to burning sugar—even when oxygen is available—similar to how cancer cells get energy, which might be a survival tactic that backfires for the whole body.

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The energy model of insulin resistance: A unifying theory linking seed oils to metabolic disease and cancer

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This study says that eating lots of processed seed oils (like soy and canola oil) forces your cells to switch from burning fat to burning sugar, even when they shouldn’t — the same weird sugar-burning pattern seen in cancer and diabetic cells. It says this switch is the body’s way of trying to protect itself from damage caused by these oils.

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The energy model of insulin resistance: A unifying theory linking seed oils to metabolic disease and cancer

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DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1532961

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