Why are you, as a man, afraid of sunflowers.Support us:<ul><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase'>Hear bonus episodes on Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://www.yrfatfriendfilm.com/'>Watch Aubrey&apos;s documentary</a></li><li><a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/you-just-need-to-lose-weight-and-19-other-myths-about-fat-people-aubrey-gordon/18405362?ean=9780807006474'>Buy Aubrey&apos;s book</a></li><li><a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-books-could-kill/id1651876897'>Listen to Mike&apos;s other podcast</a></li><li><a href='http://tee.pub/lic/maintenancephase'>Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more</a></li></ul>Links!<ul><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29599053/'>The O6-O3 ratio: A critical appraisal</a></li><li><a href='https://health.clevelandclinic.org/seed-oils-are-they-actually-toxic'>Seed Oils: Are They Actually Toxic?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/no-need-to-avoid-healthy-omega-6-fats'>No need to avoid healthy omega-6 fats</a></li><li><a href='https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.191627'>Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease</a></li><li><a href='https://www.consumerreports.org/health/healthy-eating/do-seed-oils-make-you-sick-a1363483895/'>Do Seed Oils Make You Sick?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.cspi.org/article/seed-oils-are-they-healthy-or-harmful'>Seed oils: Are they healthy or harmful?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/toxguide-113.pdf'>ToxGuide: Hexane</a></li><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28752873/'>Dietary linoleic acid intake and blood inflammatory markers</a></li><li><a href='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28275869/'>Effect of dietary alpha-linolenic acid on blood inflammatory markers</a></li><li><a href='https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3076650/'>Changes in consumption of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids</a></li><li><a href='https://roguescientist.co/the-skinny-on-fats-are-vegetable-oils-bad-for-you/'>The Skinny on Fats</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124725002980?ref=pdf_download&amp;fr=RR-2&amp;rr=94b680c0987adac6#fig2'>Dietary oleic acid drives obesogenic adipogenesis</a></li><li><a href='https://www.genesislifestylemedicine.com/blog/how-seed-oils-may-be-affecting-your-body-fat-and-health/'>How Seed Oils May Be Affecting Your Body Fat and Health</a></li><li><a href='https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/03/seed-oils-health-stanford-nutrition-expert'>Stanford nutrition expert breaks down effects of seed oils</a></li><li><a href='https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-newest-bitcoin-diet-trend-is-hating-seed-oils/'>The Newest Bitcoin Diet Trend Is Hating ‘Seed Oils’</a></li><li><a href='https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/87152793/s11883-004-0084-820220607-1-1s73vew-libre.pdf?1654621621=&amp;response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DOmega_6_fatty_acids_and_coronary_artery.pdf&amp;Expires=1754956597&amp;Signature=HCzWbju~cieFwXSwYC4xxliAkRaHj--j7qF5KHWVpwE3m-TSOMhD9oNtz8rA1mnFykzxjyZiueZfszFkvOWVPRpdyIToLugojvTz1WWXqEouXF7ULmZ5h8iUhmgXycnYD9VgRseChhdSoBzonTJP9XExVVXcSbfxqAD1iNH28KX3sO~Haab~HUSdrMsoQcYBng6oUH77bDVQugRxAVLJgByAfrRKTIKBW19hN64cXYT3jPJkUdHzRmOqMO~BsQUfUMd4VaC5VMAmoQgi4Hqr52BZtJfk340NLr3X1FruaT~d3QZAVf9a8uPRNtWy-~e6DsIeSBpRqg0AWnCnMqZKVA__&amp;Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA'>Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Coronary Artery Disease</a></li><li><a href='https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/know-your-fats/the-great-con-ola/#gsc.tab=0'>The Great Con-ola</a></li></ul>Thanks to <a href='https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/'>Doctor Dreamchip</a> for our lovely theme song!<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase">Support the show</a>

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