THE REAL REASON WHY SEED OILS ARE SO TOXIC: DEUTERIUM BOMBS
High deuterium fat = mitochondrial dysfunction
Seed oils. A household name at this point due to the tireless work of the health sphere on social media. We have quite literally meme’d seed oils into a category of rat poison, and rightfully so (although pea brains like Layne Norton still defend them). Seed oils are certainly one of the most, if not THE MOST toxic food product one could consume and is in my opinion one of the biggest needle movers toward chronic disease on a standard american diet (SAD). So why I am I writing about seed oils if everyone already knows they are engine lubricant and not fit for human consumption?
I am writing about seed oils to educate you on the fact that there is a MAJOR piece missing from the education on why seed oils are so harmful for our health. It is in my opinion, likely the number 1 reason seed oils are so toxic.
The major reason seed oils are so toxic is not because they are PUFAs, but rather because they are DEUTERIUM bombs.
Deuterium: Intro + Overview of this Mitochondrial Toxin
Deuterium is simply a heavier isotope of hydrogen. Protium, the standard for 99.9+% of hyrdogen is comprised of a single proton and single electron. Deuterium is like protium, except for it has a neutron in its nucleus as well. That neutron DOUBLES the atomic mass of deuterium compared to hydrogen.
Double the mass means a whole lot of trouble in biology, especially when we are talking about the most abundant element (hydrogen) in the unvierse and in our body. Although deuterium accounts for only 0.015% of all Hydrogen's...there is about 6X more deuterium than calcium & 10X more than magnesium in our blood due to Hydrogen’s abundance.
Here is a quick rundown on why deuterium is a problem for our biology:
It is a problem only in excess
Excess is a problem from either overconsumption and/or failure to deplete
It causes mitochondrial dysfunction
It changes bond angles and strengths (compared to protium/H+)
We need some amount of deuterium, but in excess it causes problems. The reason is that after a certain threshold, we can no longer prevent deuterium from causing damage in our mitochondria. Deuterium's heavy mass causes biological disruption, specifically in our in our respiratory proteins, which are designed to pump protons and not deuterons (2X the mass). When deuterium gets in these proteins, they stall and eventually break.
If you are a regular reader of my newsletter, you know the importance of the electron transport chain (ETC) and our mitochondria. When you stall or break the respiratory proteins via high deuterium…you are causing biological chaos (aka inflammation).
Compromised respiratory chain = compromised energy production + water production
Dysfunctional mitochondria = hallmark of chronic disease
High Deuterium Diets + Glyphosate
Why do our bodies have far more deuterium than ever before in human history?
First reason: Our high carbohydrate, processed foods diet. Plants store their detuterium in their glucose. Modern carb sources are not only deuterium bombs, but they are also glyphosate bombs.
Glyphosate disrupts our bodies ability to produce deuterium depleted hydrogen gas via our gut microbes (Glyphosate nukes gut health). This typically very depleted H2 gas will then be far higher in deuterium than it should be, and is the building block of many nutrients and compounds in our body. This creates a negative feedback loop of higher deuterium levels ON TOP of the already high processed food consumed. I did a full podcast with the brilliant Stephanie Seneff on the connection of glyphosate with deuterium, check it out.
Fats are typically far lower in deuterium content compared to carbs. Fat across the board is lower in deuterium, but specifically grass fed animals provide at least 10-15ppm lower deuterium content due to their more deuterium depleted energy carriers in the mitochondria. Quality of food matters tremendously, as we will see with seed oils in the next section.
Overall, high quality grass fed animal fats could be as low as 110-120ppm while typical carbohydrate sources are usually 150-160ppm. That 30-50ppm difference may not seem like a big one, but it is massive on the biological scale when you recall the abundance of hydrogen in our biology + account for the fact that a deuteron is 2X the mass of a proton.
Seed Oils: The Devil’s Fat
So I just got done telling you how fats are far better than carbohydrates when it comes to deuterium, so where does the engine lubricant…i mean seed oils fit into the picture here? I heard people saying seed oils were a deuterium bomb in close circles but how could that be if it was a pure fat? Now this is something I wondered about for a very low time and it wasn’t until talking to Dr Laszlo Boros that my questions were answered.
The TRUTH about DEUTERIUM in SEED OILS:
They are sky high (160-220ppm)
They are the highest food item Dr Boros has ever measured
They are so high because of the PROCESSING of seed oils
Unadulterated, cold pressed seed oils would NOT be as high in deuterium
Seed oils (b/c deuterium) cause far more damage to mitochondria than carbs
Dr. Boros has measured dozens of food items across his time researching deutonomics and he mentioned to me the highest food item he has ever mentioned was seed/plant oils. He mentioned that it was due to their processing and the way they are grown in mono crop agriculture. Almost all seed oils are grown in a mono crop, high input high output farming system that is extremely DE-generative to the surrounding biodiversity, including the soil health. They are also almost always sprayed with herbicides such as glyphosate, which I have already mentioned above creates a negative feedback loop for higher deuterium in our body.
Most importantly, during their extremely industrial processing method, which includes steps such as: chemical extraction, refining, degumming, bleaching/coloring, deodorizing, preserving, and sometimes hydrogenating.
These are all horrid steps, and the most important thing to know is that the extent of this processing is what makes seed oils so heavily deuterated. Why? Many of these steps require inputs from external chemicals. Specifically chemical extraction, degumming, deodorizing, preserving, and hydrogenation. I can guarantee you that each chemical input, because this process is so heavily fixated on cost, is EXTREMELY HIGH IN DEUTERIUM.
Chemicals made in a lab that try and cheat nature and claim they are “chemically identical” are actually not because of the deuterium content. EXAMPLE: HEXANE Hexane is a chemical solvent used to extract seed oils from the plant. Hexane is used in gasoline, and rubber cement and even has a gasoline esque smell (that is why they have to deodorize the oil). Hexane is heavily deuterated and passes that on to the oil after extraction.
Degumming, coloring, deodorizing can also all be issues contributing to high deuterium…but the granddaddy of them all is Hydrogenation. Hydrogenation is the process of saturated an oil with hydrogen gas. The main component of hydrogenation is…you guessed it…heavily deuterated hydrogen! That means they are basically flooding the seed oil with extremely high deuterium hydrogens. We have know for sometime that hydrogenated vegetable oils are terrible for health and not all seed oils are hydrogenated…but many are still partially hydrogenated (aka TRANS FATS).
Although the FDA has “banned” partially hydrogenated oils, most soybean oil consumed in the US today is still partially hydrogenated. Especially in restaurants and fast food places. McDonald’s frying oil is as follows: vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent.
The processing of seed oils is really what makes the food a pure poison, and it is the processing that adds a completely un-natural level of deuterium that our human biology has never seen before. “Nature makes no bad fats” rings true, and there is a massive difference between a processed seed oil and an un-adulterated / cold pressed oil regardless of the fact if it is high PUFA/MUFA/SFA content.
Does this mean that cold pressed sunflower oil for example is not bad for our health? Herein lies the nuance, and I can say for certain unless i know the deuterium content and quality of the oil you are referring to. I personally think “nature doesn’t make bad fats” is a great way to think about it and if you are in the camp that we would never have been able to consume such quantity of seed oils (I am) regardless of processing mechanism then use that frame of reference. More importantly what I am trying to say here is that there is a BIG difference between a cold pressed, extra virgin seed oil and one that has been chemically extracted, hydrogenated and ran through the gauntlet of chemical inputs. This industrial process is akin to something that certainly does only belong in the engines of our vehicles.
A High Deuterium Fat is Worse Than a High Deuterium Carbohydrate
This wouldn’t be a post written by me if there wasn’t a fun dash of nuance. I mean that really is what health is all about. Anyone who tells you blanket statements, (Ie: all PUFAs are bad, cold is bad, etc.) should not be taken seriously. Health is all about context and specificity. Here is another one:
The deuterium content of a food does matter, but comparing fats to carbs is like comparing apples with oranges (somewhat). A high deuterium fat (>145ppm) is worse than a high deuterium carb (>155ppm).
This is another nugget of wisdom I gained from diving deeper with Dr Boros in a 1:1 session. How come this is the case? It is because our body processes carbs and fats differently and is ready for a higher deuterium content carb compared to a higher deuterium content fat. Glucose is processed via Glycolysis, which has many more intermediary steps compared to Beta-oxidation of fatty acids. These additional steps are there to strip out deuterium before providing energy carriers with protons that enter the mitochondria’s respiratory chain.
Summary
Your body is trying to do everything it can do avoid deuterons being present in the electron transport chain and pumped into the intermembrane space, where it will ultimately get back through the matrix via the ATP synthase nanomotor. The nanomotor is the main area of concern for deuterium remember. For this reason, your body is prepared to deal with say a 150ppm carbohydate going through glycolysis (to a certain capacity). It is LESS prepared to deal with a 145ppm fat and most certainly NOT a 175 ppm fat (seed oil).
For this reason, eating high quality fats are IMPERATIVE to maintaining functional mitochondria and this is why in my opinion seed oils are the most toxic food you could consume. Does this mean you can eat a sh*t ton of carbs and be fine? Of course not. Especially given the seasonality component and already dysfunctional mitochondria we have from indoor living, nnEMFs, and blue light…you certainly cannot be eating a 150-160ppm diet full of carbs. What you want to do is this:
Eat 100% pasture raised, grass fed animal products
Minimize carbohydrates to local, seasonal produce that is grown in a regenerative setting
Avoid any foods that are sprayed with glyphosate
Avoid seed oils at all costs (cook 90+% of your meals at home)
Get ample sun exposure (sun naturally depletes deuterium-and is why you can get away with eating more carbs in tropical environments)
Education empowers.
Stay Sovereign,
Tristan
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Great explanation. Thank you.