While I agree with the logic of avoiding subjecting highly unsaturated oils to heat we do have to be cautious here with speculation.
When you say things like that: “Nonetheless, if these things are poisonous at high concentrations, they’re probably not great at low concentrations.”
It does not clearly follow that such a dose-response exists. The word “hormesis” gets thrown around a lot in the lay press, and there is actually some truth there. Plenty of moderate (even genotoxic) stressors have health benefits at lower doses. Of course, I would not gorge on lipid hydroperoxide based on this, because we have better evidence-based “hormetic” stressors, but it also does not follow that lipid oxidation products at low doses are harmful.
While I agree with the logic of avoiding subjecting highly unsaturated oils to heat we do have to be cautious here with speculation.
When you say things like that: “Nonetheless, if these things are poisonous at high concentrations, they’re probably not great at low concentrations.”
It does not clearly follow that such a dose-response exists. The word “hormesis” gets thrown around a lot in the lay press, and there is actually some truth there. Plenty of moderate (even genotoxic) stressors have health benefits at lower doses. Of course, I would not gorge on lipid hydroperoxide based on this, because we have better evidence-based “hormetic” stressors, but it also does not follow that lipid oxidation products at low doses are harmful.