Is beef tallow healthier than seed oils? Unpacking RFK Jr.’s views
FOX TV Digital Team ^
| November 14, 2024
| Austin Williams
Posted on 11/18/2024 4:04:50 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services has brought renewed attention to Kennedy’s stance on health matters, including his belief that beef tallow is a healthier cooking fat than seed oils.
On social media, Kennedy recently cited beef tallow as a more natural, nutritious option, especially compared to widely used seed oils like canola and soybean oil.
In an October post, Kennedy suggested that seed oils are a primary contributor to the obesity crisis, tying their rise in popularity to fast food chains like McDonald’s.
The shift from beef tallow to seed oils in the 1990s, he argued, aligns with rising obesity rates in the U.S. But is this claim supported by research? Here’s a breakdown of what experts say.
What is beef tallow? Beef tallow is a type of rendered fat made from the fatty tissue surrounding the organs of cows, often referred to as “suet.”
This fat is cooked down, purified, and strained, creating a stable, semi-solid cooking fat. Tallow can also be produced from the fat of other ruminant animals like buffalo or deer, though beef is the most common source.
Beef tallow has gained popularity in certain dietary circles for its high smoke point and nutritional profile:
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beeftallow; fadfoods; fads; foodscares; nutrinuts; rfkjr; seedoils; tallow
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To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:11:15 PM PST
by blackdog
((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
To: MinorityRepublican
In the UK, cuts of beef are fattier than the USA. But the UK also has lower rates of
certain types of cancer, lower rates attributed to the more beef tallow they consume.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:12:49 PM PST
by Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
A lot of seed oils are treated with derancidification agents. Canola (rapeseed) oil is one of the worst.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:14:25 PM PST
by Olog-hai
(“No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote.” — Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:14:29 PM PST
by sauropod
(“This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are.” James O’Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
To: blackdog
Makes all the difference with French fries.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:14:55 PM PST
by billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
And you won’t get a Brit to eat a “chip” that hasn’t been fried in beef tallow. (Pronounced “cheep”).
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:15:02 PM PST
by bigbob
(Yes. We ARE going back!)
To: MinorityRepublican
McDonalds fries tasted better when they fried them in beef tallow
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:21:03 PM PST
by McGavin999
( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
To: McGavin999
In the old days, they contained fresh potatoes with a minimum moisture content, sliced fresh, deep fried in beef tallow, and salted.
Today, a toxic waste dump
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:25:18 PM PST
by aMorePerfectUnion
(🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
To: MinorityRepublican
Nothing is worse for you than seed oils. Maybe plutonium.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:29:01 PM PST
by HYPOCRACY
(Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
To: MinorityRepublican
I don’t like government bans on anything. However, from a health, standpoint seed oils are terrible for health and should be banned. They are basically machine lubricants and should not be in our food.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:36:47 PM PST
by hdbc
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Those were the good days of McDonalds. Back in the late 1960s to early 1970s, my parents would take us there before going to the drive-in movies, which featured a “kids” movie like “The Love Bug” or “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and then an adult movie like “The Exorcist” in which us kids were supposed to put the blankets over us in the back of the station wagon and go to sleep.
Anyway, McDonalds in those days had no such thing as Happy Meals or Chicken McNuggets. We simply had a choice of hamburger (or cheeseburger), fries cooked in beef tallow, and a deep fried apple pie for dessert that always burned our mouths, but we liked them anyway. My mother counted the fries as a vegetable so all was good and it was considered that we had a well balanced meal.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:37:08 PM PST
by SamAdams76
To: MinorityRepublican
At one point. people thought beef tallow was worse for health. But now?
[Except that McDonald’s does buy their beef from very bad sources, so it isn’t as healthy as it should be.]
To: Olog-hai
A lot of seed oils are treated with derancidification agents. Canola (rapeseed) oil is one of the worst
Yep. Unless they are cold expeller pressed seed oils, they are best avoided. Some expeller pressed seed oils end up heated well above 100 degrees, and those should be avoided too.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:44:19 PM PST
by CatOwner
(Don’t expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: MinorityRepublican
It appears the diet-heart disease connection is not supported by empirical data, including the benchmark Framingham Heart Study. This longitudinal study has been considered a gold standard of research for many years. It found no relationship between saturated fat intake and heart disease.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:46:25 PM PST
by hinckley buzzard
( Resist the narrative.)
To: MinorityRepublican
The shift from beef tallow to seed oils in the 1990s, he argued, aligns with rising obesity rates in the U.S. But is this claim supported by research? Here’s a breakdown of what experts say.
What is beef tallow?
Damn. I thought they would get to the point.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:48:52 PM PST
by Fester Chugabrew
(In a world of parrots and lemmings, be a watchdog.)
To: MinorityRepublican
What about lard? I’ve heard that it’s healthier than Canola oil.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:49:48 PM PST
by MayflowerMadam
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; …
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:52:43 PM PST
by SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: MinorityRepublican
It doesn’t matter. The Sec of HHS doesn’t rule on science by fiat; he hires people to ensure that the science is correct. All RFKJ could achieve is to have it looked into. If he’s right, he’s right; if he’s wrong, no harm done. All the hysteria about his beliefs are admissions that the system has been corrupt all along, that administrators and bureaucrats make the science say what they want it to say.
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:53:47 PM PST
by dangus
To: SamAdams76
We had the same great experience!
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posted on 11/18/2024 4:56:49 PM PST
by aMorePerfectUnion
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