One of the reasons I was so adamant about starting the Captain's Log here on my own website is because I actually enjoy real discussions. I like debates where people bring evidence, logic, and some level of maturity to the table. Any time I dip my toe into social media, the moment you challenge someone with actual science, it immediately devolves into name calling and temper tantrums. I show studies, they throw insults. I post links, they post emojis.

And I will be honest. In this exchange I eventually let myself get dragged down to his level a bit. Trolls on Facebook have a way of bringing out the worst in you if you are not careful. I am not proud of that, but I am owning it.

So I am going to share an exchange that just happened after I left a simple comment on an influencer's video. All I said was something like: You should stop demonizing seed oils. The science shows they are perfectly healthy, and in many cases better for you than butter and other saturated fats. That was enough to send this guy into orbit. You can read the thread for yourself below...

Idiot: as you keep doing soybean oil shots because you think they are healthy your brain is showing signs of damaged mitochondria and oxidized oils. But yea, you go ahead and keep eating seed oils. It is good for you.

Me: Let's see your sources. You might want to ease up on the internet biochem degree. There is zero evidence that normal amounts of seed oils damage mitochondria. If you have a real study showing that everyday intake does what you claim, post it. Otherwise it is just fear talk.

Idiot: yea that is adorable that you cannot even comprehend what happens when these oils get incorporated into your tissues but that is too much for you to understand because you can read a 10 week study saying seed oils are safe. Your brain could not process that kind of microbiology, but you go ahead and keep doing soybean oil shots cupcake.

Me: Cute speech, but you still have not posted a single study or any real evidence. Lots of insults, zero data. Why don't you teach me, oh wise and educated one, what supposedly happens when these oils get into my tissues. Give me actual links and evidence, not YouTube scare nonsense. Otherwise you are just yelling sciencey words like a kid shaking a magic wand. Here... I will give you a link to just ONE study... from a very well established source. Not that you would read (or understand) it. Link.

Me: A 2025 study showed a significant association between higher intakes of soybean oil, canola oil, and olive oil and lower total mortality. And for people like you who were eating glue off their hands in science class, mortality means death. I dont have the crayons to explain it any further, but that page links to dozens of real scientific studies on the topic.

Idiot: how long was that study. Man you are dense. But you go ahead keep chugging soy oil if you think it is healthy but stop telling people that because now you are hurting people that matter more than you.

Me: SMH. Why do I bother with people like you? You are acting like a study published in 2025 had to start and end in 2025. It was published in 2025, which you would understand if you read anything longer than a Facebook meme. The data itself spans up to 33 years of followup. This is how real long term nutrition research works. If you had bothered to read the references, it was a prospective cohort study, which means researchers followed real people over time and compared their actual oil intake to their actual health outcomes. Kindergarten version: you watch a group, you measure things over time, you compare results. That is how nutrition science works in the real world, because you cannot lock thousands of people in a lab and force them to eat specific oils for decades. It was direct long term population tracking. And there are plenty of other long term studies on that same page if you ever decide to look at them. More importantly, you keep dodging the point. I gave you evidence. Still not seeing any studies from you, just more attitude. If you have real evidence that normal dietary seed oils hurt people, post it. If not, you are just a little yippy dog barking at a leaf blowing across the yard.

Idiot: exactly, you are literally retarded. Please, chug your soy oil. Lots of it. It's good for you

Me: If all you have left is calling people retarded, you have officially run out of arguments. Still no studies, still no evidence, just playground insults. I posted data. You posted nothing. When you are ready to talk science instead of tantrums, let me know. I feel like I am talking to a bot that only knows three phrases: seed oils bad, chug soy oil, and random insults. Grow up.

SMH
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