Mouthing Off | US politicians, right-wing conspiracy theorists and … seed oils? Fats vs fiction

Seed oils have suddenly become the new target for anti-science health zealots and conspiracy peddlers.

One such proponent is Robert F Kennedy Jnr, incoming US president Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of health and human services.

The politician specifically mentioned such products – cooking oils like canola, corn oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, rice bran oil, and others made from the seed of plants – as something he would consider banning for their supposed harm.

By now, most people know Kennedy for frequently making false medical claims, such as linking vaccines to autism; he also once boasted he had a brain worm. He also does not like fluoride in water. By any measure, I don’t think he’s really someone to take seriously.
Robert F Kennedy Jnr and Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally in Arizona in August 2024. Trump has proposed Kennedy Jnr for the post of secretary for health and human services. Photo: TNS

His beliefs also extend to thinking seed oils can lead to mitochondrial dysfunction, obesity, and chronic tissue inflammation.

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