It has to be said that there are real issues with current standards in animal production that impact both the quality of the meat (and fat), and the environment.

These problems will not be easily solved but the recent demand for higher quality meat has paved the way for producers to start ...

Most other industrial vegetable oils were introduced around the 1960s, although soybean oil came earlier in the 1930s. These oils were big hits since they were:

• Cheaper to produce and could utilize plant by-products
• Convenient for industrial and home cooking

Industrially processed vegetable (seed) oils are ubiquitous in the supermarket. These oils were meant to replace animal fats and improve the health of America when they were introduced during the second half of the 20th century.

Consuming vegetable oil instead of animal fat was the best wa...

• Vegetable oils contain high amounts of PUFA (polyunsaturated fatty acids, good fats)which are susceptible to degradation when exposed to heat (even cooking), light, and oxygen. These types of oils can go rancid quickly if improperly stored.
• Vegetable oils are...

• Consuming high amounts of saturated fats which are usually present in animal fat can increase serum LDL, which by current dogma, is a risk factor for heart disease. This has likely been the major argument against saturated fat consumption over the last few decades.
• A...

Animal fats are very stable through storage and cooking due to the high saturated fat content which lack of carbon-carbon double bonds in their structure. This indicates that cooking with animal fat could reduce the number of harmful lipids ingested with a meal which would reduce...