Dr. Chris Knobbe writes: "In the Western world over the past two centuries, chronic diseases, once rare, have become ubiqui­tous. The endless list of prevalent chronic diseases includes heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, autoimmune disorders and age-related macular degeneration. These conditions, largely unknown to nineteenth-century medical practitioners, have become so common that they now even affect our children.

Concurrently, the Western world has seen a dramatic rise in processed food consumption and notably of industrial seed oils high in polyunsatu­rated fatty acids (PUFAs), especially omega-6 fatty acids.

Influential institutions like Harvard, Tufts, the Mayo Clinic, the American Heart Associa­tion, the World Health Organization (WHO) and many others all have been telling us since at least the 1960s to consume more of these oils, claiming they are “heart-healthy.” And when it comes to official dietary advice, we Americans tend to do as we are told; unfortunately, when it comes to health, we’re not doing so well. We are the most obese nation among the higher-income countries belonging to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), and we may be the unhealthiest nation in the world.

Industrial seed oils are the fat of choice that manufacturers add to processed foods; you will almost never find a processed food that includes animal fats like butter, lard or beef tallow. The same holds true not only for fast food restaurants but even for the finest restaurants—they all cook with high-PUFA oils which, in the U.S., are almost always either soybean or canola oil."

Click on campsite.bio/westonaprice to read Dr. Knobbe's article "The Omega-6 Apocalypse" published in our latest Wise Traditions journal. You'll see the detailed version of the minimal chart we posted here for you to quickly see the rise in consumption of these toxic oils! We also link to his most recent book!