Seed oils are probably not something you've given much thought to – but they make up a huge part of our everyday diets, found in everything from frozen meals and bread to baby formula and tinned food.
In fact, more than 25 per cent of the calories in our diets come from eight seed oils: rapeseed, sunflower, flaxseed, corn, grapeseed, soybean, rice bran and safflower, according to 2023 research in the journal Nutrients.
But there's growing concern they may be bad for our health – they're thought to increase inflammation, which in turn is linked to conditions such as type 2 , heart disease, and . And two new studies have suggested seed oils may be driving up our rates.
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