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romkey  | | posted 10-Jul-2004 4:31pm |
Not till now.
It's not much of a theory.
It doesn't propose any reason that olive oil might be good and other vegetable oils bad.
The article doesn't discuss at all why there would be problems processing some oils and not others.
The article doesn't discuss at all any other factors. How much oil are the affected people consuming? Is it hydrogenated? Is their trans- intact too high? Is their omega-3/omega-6 balance out of whack?
The article doesn't give any reason to support this claim other than the word of very concerned Dr. Beaumont. |
| Dino | | posted 10-Jul-2004 4:56pm |
I have not heard this - and I don't believe it. |
Iseult  | | posted 10-Jul-2004 6:19pm |
I don't believe this. |
| darkshadowsseeker | | posted 10-Jul-2004 6:56pm |
Until I see more proof that this is true, I plan to make no changes as to oils in my diet. One study does not a fact make. |
bill  | | posted 10-Jul-2004 8:42pm |
I already use olive oil (evo) primarily, so yay, I guess I wont go blind.
I use evo because it's suppose to be healthier, but at the moment, I'm forgetting why exactly.
Frankly, I find the way this scientific studies are presented in the media to be unhelpful... are we expected to change everytime we read one of these things?  |
| justjulie | | posted 11-Jul-2004 7:05am |
no, i haven't heard of this.
but i can assume that it's caused from all that scary hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated stuff |
| justjulie | | (reply to bill) posted 11-Jul-2004 7:08am |
yeah....
like the whole debate on eggs
on year they say, "EAT EGGS". then the next year they say, "don't ever eat eggs!". and then the next year, they say, "EAT EGGS".
i just don't get it.  |
| ASexyBabe | | (reply to justjulie) posted 11-Jul-2004 9:08am |
If you like eggs, EAT EGGS  |
| bill | | (reply to justjulie) posted 11-Jul-2004 11:44am |
Don't even get me started on margarine vs. butter...  |
Enheduanna  | | posted 11-Jul-2004 1:07pm |
I'd never heard it before. I'm not inclined to believe it. |
| Zang | | posted 11-Jul-2004 3:45pm |
Not until I saw this survey in qualification. I think it would be more accurate to say that a study revealed a correlation between the consumption of certain types of cooking oils and the incidence of a particular condition which can result in blindness. I'm usually pretty skeptical about such things. If that were the case, there should be a hell of a lot more blind people in the world. |
| justjulie | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 11-Jul-2004 4:23pm |
right on sista! |
| justjulie | | (reply to bill) posted 11-Jul-2004 4:23pm |
me neither  |
| Mattias | | posted 11-Jul-2004 4:50pm |
As pointed out in the article vegetable oil is in many types of food, so I think it's unlikely that the solution is that simple. They also makes a big mixup in the article and says that margarine and vegetable oil is the same. I'm quite sceptical of this type of alarms. |
| ASexyBabe | | (reply to justjulie) posted 11-Jul-2004 10:59pm |
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| ROCKMAN | | posted 12-Jul-2004 10:02am |
I was not aware of this and don't believe it.
I almost always use olive oil anyways. |
| caviartaste | | posted 12-Jul-2004 3:43pm |
no - I hadn't heard |
| Biggles | | posted 16-Jul-2004 8:53am |
I have read it now. It seems to me that nothing has yet been conclusively shown. If it is, I might consider changing my diet. |
| kaleb777 | | (reply to Zang) posted 24-Jul-2004 12:32pm |
Macular degeneration in countries that do not use vegetable oils is lower than in countries that do. |
| moviesnob | | posted 17-Aug-2004 1:18pm |
I am now aware, but it's not changing anything. |
| clare | | posted 19-Jul-2006 3:32am |
It seems to be a very limited study. I'll reserve judgement and any plans to change my cooking oil until I get more conclusive proof. It seems to be that this is a lot like the butter vs margarine arguments that have been going on for years. People were told to switch to margarine, which was bad advice because it's trans fats are far worse for you than butter's saturated fats. Frankly, I'm getting tired of all the misinformation and scare tactics that these "scientists" keep putting out. |
