In the world of diets and nutrition there are foods that are considered essential to consume in the long term when pursuing the goal of losing weight. However, there are other products that do not generate this consensus.
In that area, the oils They tend to appear quickly, because they are present in everyday cooking and also in a huge amount of industrialized products.
For this reason the nutrition expert, David Jimenospoke with the podcast ‘Golden Circle’ and among various topics addressed about food, he left a strong phrase about oils. «Good oils come from fruits,» said the professional.
The approach aimed to prioritize options such as olive oil, avocado oil or coconut oil, and to look with more distrust on other products that usually appear as part of a healthy diet.
In addition to oils, David Jimeno launched a broader criticism of cereals, seeds, legumes and nutswithin a vision that proposes reducing or directly eliminating several very common foods.
«Cereals, that includes rice, that includes, above all, oats. Leave the oats, it has always been used to fatten pigs, and people believe that it makes humans lose weight, it cannot make that species fat and you lose weight, it doesn’t work like that,» commented the expert, expressing his rejection of cereals.
About nuts he commented: “Nuts, There is only one that is saved for me, which is macadamia nutsbecause it has few anti-nutrients, a good ratio of omega 3 and omega 6, a lot of fat, little carbohydrate.”
What the evidence says about oils, healthy fats and products that should be looked at better
In nutritionone of the strongest ideas in recent years is that not all fats act the same. Organizations like the OMS y la American Heart Association recommend prioritize unsaturated fats and especially limit saturated and trans fats, instead of putting all the oils in the same bag.
In that framework, the olive oil He is not the only one who follows a logic of more convenient fats.
In fact, both the WHO and the AHA include among recommended unsaturated fats oils such as canola, soy and sunflower, in addition to sources such as fish, avocado and nuts.
That does not mean that they should be consumed without limit, but rather that They occupy a different place than lard, animal fat or more saturated tropical oils.
However, it is one thing to use a reasonable amount of an oil in a homemade food. Another is to consume ultra-processed products where the oil appears along with refined flours, salt, sugars and additives. Sometimes the problem is not with a single ingredient, but with the entire package.
