A Quick Take On Oil - Why We Avoid it!

[@fruitascension5089]

"Oil is the equivalent in the fat world, to what sugar is in the carbohydrate world." ✔💯🎯 Loved this

[@earthwisescott]

I was an olive oil chugga-lugga-lugger. When I minimized oil from my cooking routine, it was not a problem. I just use veggie broth. Now, when I eat something processed like a meat sub, I can literally taste the oil. So glad I stopped using oils in my cooking.

[@yougotshnaucked]

SMH

[@AstraVex]

I've been oil-free for 5 years now and WOW, I've felt the benefits! 🌈🌎💖

[@Gjentush]

Wow! Been oil-free for almost 2 weeks now! Never thought it would be me🥹💪🏼🌱 Also feel better!

[@russb24]

I agree about the calorie density problem, but for me and others with any kind of heart disease, the far greater reason for avoiding oil is the devastating effect oil has on the arteries, which whole food sources of fat don't seem to share. Edit: I realize you know this Rip, because your dad taught it to me and you emphasized it in your book too. Just saying for anyone else reading the comments.

[@p81286]

0:42 "nutritionally" should be swapped with "calorically." Oils are calorically dense and nutritionally dilute, i.e. the opposite of what we want:)

[@extropiantranshuman]

that's why I use it for cold days

[@brettgreen9247]

Love it, oil free/ low fat life is amazing. All kinds of pains go away after getting on this kind of a diet. Stunning. You and your dad are saints.

[@ozioz82]

I've been eating whole food diet for the past 7 years. Getting rid of oil was very easy for me. I've realized that not consuming any added oil has given me a lot of energy. I'm very happy this way.

[@Engine2PlantStrong]

Thanks for sharing!! Happy for you!

[@Gjentush]

Same for me! Been oil-free for almost 2 weeks now! Never thought it would be me🥹💪🏼🌱

[@angelaangelopoulos3507]

I’m Greek and my grandparents and great grandparents had olive orchards. Both my grandmother and great grandmother lived to over 100 years old and they consumed olive oil like it was going out of style 😄 I only use olive oil. ❤️

[@Stardust137]

Thanks for sharing this. Blue zone areas in the Mediterranean also use Olive oil very freely. They live well and long. I do wonder about some modern diet trends that may be based on science but are not time tested. Science does not have all the answers.

[@visualizecreate2530]

Nice to hear. However oil is pure fat! It isn’t good for your arteries. It could cause atherosclerosis which causes all kinds of quality of life issues such as Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease!

[@CarolynViolin]

Exactly! Drs Caldwell Esselstyn and John McDougall agree with you! I've been following a strict vegan diet for the past 10 years. It has kept me super healthy. I NEVER ever eat oil of any kind.

[@time4sanity]

Rip, you said these oils are "insanely nutritionally dense". Nutritionally "dense" would be a GOOD thing. Oils are nutritionally DEVOID.

[@butchgalvez6242]

I think he meant calorically.

[@VFDirector]

I was just about to make the same comment...glad someone else heard that and questioned it!

[@longfield0023]

Yes, that was confusing.

[@chinoto1]

I don't get why people are so obsessed with oil, it hardly even has a taste. Unless we're talking about sesame seed oil, but with that, you don't need much for an effect.

[@dizziemisslizzie4040]

I've consumed so much olive oil in my life, I'm surprised I'm alive. Recently stopped buying olive oil and vegan butter. I don't miss either, to be honest

[@Engine2PlantStrong]

Good for you!!!

[@techcat67]

But we don’t ‘drink’ oil. In soda or fruit juice its literally like drinking sugar. A table spoon of oil for stir-frying a wok full of veggies - surely thats not harmful?

[@veggiemom5]

Thanks Rip, short and sweet to share with my family!

[@patwhite8741]

Thanks for the great video - I don’t cook or eat oil. Use veggie broth or water instead!

[@longfield0023]

What if you can’t eat nuts or seeds or avocados?

[@Gjentush]

@@longfield0023soak them beforehand!! And dry them!

[@Gjentush]

You can just put the lid on, and the natural water in them, will steam them. I do that😊

[@operasinger2126]

Your dad is my hero.

[@butchgalvez6242]

What about peer reviewed research that shows high-polyphenol rich olive oil to be beneficial for artery function and possibly triggering anti-aging pathways. Not saying to bath in it but it would seem, in the context of a whole food diet, that perhaps moderate use of this oil may be cardio-protective? Or am I missing something?

[@neorich59]

@ Butch Galvez. No, you're not! 😉 People all over the Med and Middle East have been using Olive Oil for Millenia.

[@lostboi3974]

It's ok in reasonable amounts. Unless your overweight, then I wouldn't consume something with that high of calories. Geez, these people with their all or nothing way of doing things is what adds confusion. HIGH GRADE OIL LIKE EVOO, AVOCADO OIL OR COCONUT OIL IS GOOD IF YOU DONT GO OVERBOARD OR HAVE A WEIGHT PROBLEM!!!

[@longfield0023]

@@lostboi3974 Thanks SO much for saying this. I’m 15 pounds underweight, allergic to nuts and seeds, and can’t eat whole avocado. But I can tolerate a small amount of avocado oil & sunflower oil. And cacao butter. Otherwise I have almost zero fat in my diet which is really unhealthy. If I cut out oils I’m really in trouble. Without fat your body can’t utilize certain vitamins. So thanks very much for this. I’m already so stressed for what I can and can’t eat.

[@Stardust137]

@@neorich59 Feeling this! Isn't it a bit arrogant to dismiss centuries old traditions.

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

@@Stardust137 No, tradition is not much relevant to science

[@MyPammer]

Thanks for the great info!

[@JohannaZee]

Do you mean calorie dense nutritionally dense?

[@christinebadostain6887]

Still am going to use a little olive oil in my salad---life is a precious experience, but quality over quantity rules!

[@JohannaZee]

Yup! Thanks!

[@JulieSomeone]

i wrote on someone's vegan wall, i am too lazy to try to stomp all of the oils out of olives, in order to fry something or use it in a recipe. Sadly, someone else repied, "just buy it in the store." serving size of olives..5... [and there's nutritional value in 5 olives] over 5 servings of olive for one tbls of oil, with no nutritional value, except heart clogging empty calories. on the spot, the person did not understand, what machinery has done to damage our health... machinery path to Big Pharma programming syntax errors.

[@Prodigious1One]

Good reasons to eat the whole source of the oil rather than only the oil.

[@Atheria444]

I shouldn’t even admit this, but I’ve become addicted to Country Crock plant butter. It’s a problem.

[@longfield0023]

Now I want to try it, lol.

[@doug2587]

Inaccuracies abound in this. E.g. Plants provide the precursors to EPA and DHA and only the possibility of a trace amount of either... exceptionally inefficient access to an important nutrient. Carbs add to visceral fat, not a reasonable amount of a nutritious oil having a good Omega 3:6 rato. This conversation is way bigger than this short video.

[@vaytray5510]

thank you!! I only use them in my hair!!! ijs.

[@Szandijean]

Thank you for this helpful video and I completely agree! I have a question, oil is hidden in so many things. It’s tricky. Why do they even add it to non dairy coffee creamers? Maybe for consistency or flavor?

[@Engine2PlantStrong]

Oil IS everywhere - and for lots of products, it's a processing aid and a way to make baked goods moist or to add fat and flavor to products.

[@gelbsucht947]

Best to avoid processed foods.

[@neorich59]

Olive Oil has been used liberally around the Med for millenia, including in the "Blue Zone" areas. Likewise, sesame oil in the Far East, particularly in China. They're not "water frying" their stir fries in their woks, over there! 😉 I've just (mostly) given up eating animal sources of fat and am totally off dairy, but I would struggle to give up drizzling Olive Oil over my steamed veg and salad. I much prefer Dan Buettner's more moderate approach to the subject.

[@CharlesMichaelSidwell]

Most olives that come packaged in a jar or can seem to be loaded with sodium. What are some ways around that?

[@loretta9478]

Charles, you can rinse olives to reduce some of the salt.

[@jeffreymillermd]

I soak them in water overnight

[@longfield0023]

What if you are 10-15 pounds underweight and allergic to nuts and coconut and avocados? That’s me. I eat cacao butter and small amounts of avocado oil. I really do get ill eating whole avocados. It’s more of a sensitivity but am able to eat a little oil. Other than these I have virtually no fat. Then what do I do? I have histamine intolerance (so olives probably won’t work if you know about histamine intolerance) and am vegan.

[@7jacqueline9]

I would really love to get some advice on putting on weight too.

[@saladstrongsoprano9625]

0:37 - 0:43 I hope he means nutritionally dilute.

[@pinetree909]

You said it was nutritionally dense? Did you mean calorically dense?

[@destinyramsey4]

the problem with store bought veggie broths is they have oil in them

[@titov7823]

If no oil, how do I cook my veggies for a stir fry etc? My whole life I used oil for cooking

[@carmadefries3729]

I personally use homemade veggie broth and it's delicious. I never cook with oil anymore.

[@carmadefries3729]

Another thing I did was switch to a nonstick wok for stir fry, etc. No need for any oil.

[@gailgrieco1781]

Water sauté. Watch A few of Chef AJ and Nutmeg Notebook videos. If I have some veggie broth open I may use that but most often it’s just water

[@name.terrie]

I just did a search for you on "cooking without oil". Lots of ideas came up. Here's one of many: www.forksoverknives.com/wellness/plant-based-cooking-how-to-cook-without-oil/ You'll be pleasantly surprised at how well you do. Have fun exploring new ways to create what you want.

[@Pamcreatesjournals]

Water sauté works great. Add some vegetable broth also adds some flavor at the same time.

[@dimablazhko9397]

What about Cannabis seed oil?

[@venicebeachsurfer]

so, no omega 3's?

[@extropiantranshuman]

oil makes me really not well with the coating, etc. it does. It ends up on your face and hair, damaging your body along the way.

[@Crazydoglady.]

Oil is insanely nutritionally dense?🙃 :40 seconds

[@ginac7235]

I noticed that, too. I think he misspoke and probably meant either “calorically dense” or “nutritionally devoid.” 🤔

[@gallakochar4245]

Mis-spoke for sure… I think he was saying devoid

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Thank you Rip.

[@momochago2136]

You did not mentioned what happens to your body when you consume this ...

[@sandraredmond4812]

What about mct oil?

[@miaash3870]

Great information!

[@JoJo-ew2vm]

I think he meant to say calorie dense rather than “nutritionally dense”. 🤔

[@natalieamore8195]

Sharing

[@frankchen4229]

use oil for soap lol

[@veronicajay3466]

So, do the oils that you stated clog up your arteries the same way animal fat does? Is the only concern the fact that they are empty calories?

[@adriangodmode]

Yes they damage cells in the arteries which help the plaque stick and clog them.

[@peterkuskis3825]

There is pain and inflammation in my back that I have been fighting with an almost entirely whole food plant-based diet (except for high dose Omega 3 fish oil) for a long time now, and it kept getting worse. Lately, I went back to coconut oil based stir fries with ketogenic levels of fats from olives, avocados, nuts and seeds, as well as olive oil on raw salads, and I couldn’t believe how much pain it took away! Last night I also went back to baked Atlantic salmon fillet baked with rosemary, garlic powder, pink salt, and rosemary--along with a hummus (with fats in it like tahini, and sunflower, I think) wrap, and a coconut oil-based stir fry of shiitake, onion, garlic, spinach, cabbage, eggplant, and broccoli with curry powder and garlic powder on it, and I felt great today with no pain in my back and gut! I don’t know what I am fighting, but no question, coconut oil and coconut fats, flakes, milk, MCT oil, etc. and salmon with everything I mentioned above, absolutely just doused my pain and inflammation. Go figure. Having said all that, I also feel my arteries constricting post-meal such that the numbness and tingling increases in my toes, and my legs start to feel stiff-suggesting a narrowing of the arteries, which was really bad 4 years ago to the point of my barely being able to walk in March-April 2017! I did Wahls paleo plus keto because they thought I might have MS! Turns out it wasn’t MS. But Wahls and healthy foods, instead of Domino’s pizza night, burgers, eggs most mornings, etc., etc., turned it around. All I am saying is I need fats-even coconut oil fats. I still try to stick to whole food fats like whole olives and avocado, but going ketogenic again truly doused the pain... What can I do to maximize arterial function while eating keto/low carb? ...That is the question!

[@visualizecreate2530]

“Insanely nutritionally dense…” I think you meant insanely calorically dense…

[@bobclark6703]

I use a quality cod liver oil for my joints is there a problem with that?

[@Engine2PlantStrong]

We don't use any oils at all on our plan.

[@extropiantranshuman]

salt is the equivalent to the micronutrient world.

[@melissameyer6726]

"Insanely nutritionally dense" @ :40 isn't nutritionally dense foods a good thing?

[@ginac7235]

He misspoke and probably meant either “nutritionally devoid” or “calorically sense.”

[@jboogs49]

Going straight to your waistline is a lie. It's about your total caloric intake. If you are at a caloric deficit you aren't gaining weight. This is misleading

[@VOLightPortal]

Calorie dense and nutritionally dead.

[@bulentguneralp]

👍🌱🙏

[@scottsummersreloaded4618]

Being a vegan is good and I support it but Dont delude yourself, vegans end up in same place as meat eaters. You should advocate for antinatalism even more than plant based diets.

[@saladstrongsoprano9625]

Dense??? Dilute!!

[@OurSecret]

Oils are not “insanely nutritionallly dense” but are “inanselg energy/calorie dense! Duh! You neec tonre-shoot the video and that part part right, Rip. What you intended to say and what you actually said - A BIG MISMATCH!