And he was wrong. When frying at high heat, it's healthier to use fully saturated fats in order to avoid the formation of transfats from polyunsaturated fats like with canola oil.
It's like how 40 years ago we were told that margarine is healthier than butter and to eat a low fat high processed carb diet. Wrong.
FADScience is everywhere. There are popular food agendas such as:
Dietary Fiber
Cholesterol
Omega 3
Calcium
Caffeine
Sugar
Salt
Preservatives
One day the advertisers get in a frenzy for about a year or two and they “push” a food substance saying it’s unhealthy.
A few months or years later they say it’s OK, then there is counter research to the contrary of the contrary. Sound confusing?
Suddenly you’re buying processed foods that have a long list of “No X”, no cholesterol, no sugar, no blah, blah, blah.
Suddenly you see products like Tums with Calcium added or fish sticks with Omega 3.
They’re trying to convince us that what is very unhealthy is indeed healthy and we buy into it.
When you see a product that has a long list of “Does not contain...” you know it’s a farce already.
Buy butter instead of margarine.
Use sugar (in small quantities) instead of an artificial sweetener, eat healthier foods and more importantly, REDUCE the quantities.
Margarine. Yech. Whoever thought it was a good idea to feed people a product bacteria can’t eat?
Bingo.