As Americans enter January, the season of resolutions, discussions on dietary health trends surface, with many pledging to ditch unhealthy foods. However, most resolutions fail by February. Sweetgreen's new seed oil-free menu prompts CEO Jonathan Neman to claim it's time for an essential conversation about food health. This ongoing discourse frequently targets the latest villain, which is seed oils, originally propelled by controversial figures tying them to severe health issues. Critics of this narrative highlight that these discussions are ever-present as food choices evolve based on emerging health trends.
The anti-seed-oil conversation began seven or eight years ago in the corners of the internet, where legitimate concerns about diet mix with dubious health claims.
Neman is wrong. Our country is always having a conversation about food, particularly which food has suddenly become bad for us.
Jonathan Neman, Sweetgreen's co-founder, announced it's about time for a conversation about food, highlighting concerns over ultra-processed ingredients and artificial additives.
Chris Knobbe argues that vegetable oils, along with white flour and sugar, are primary causes of macular degeneration and other diseases of civilization.
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