It is very firmly in the quack category. As some context, it’s not a common way to categorize fats and was very rarely used before carnivore loons like liver king became popular and it exploded into use then.
Yes, its absolute quackery.
Lets take Canola oil (Canadian Oil Low Acid) Made from the Rape plant - unfortunate name!
Rapeseeds were for centuries highly poisonous to humans until the plant was selectively bred and modified to reduce the levels of acid in the plant.
“Unfortunately, about two-thirds of the monounsaturated fatty acids in (original) rapeseed oil are erucic acid, a 22-carbon monounsaturated fatty acid that had been associated with Keshan’s disease, which causes fibrotic lesions on the heart.”
Canola oil was originally developed as a lubricant for ship engines.
“Rapeseed oil has been an important component of lubricants for ships and steam engines because, unlike most oils, it sticks to wet metal.” Mmmm nice! What else might this stick to?
The video below shows how this beautiful, all-natural product, is processed by dusky maidens amid fields of lush pasture. Just ignore the solvents, the chemicals, the plastics, the industrial processing.
If you want to put this shit in your body - go ahead fill your boots. Your choice.
And yes butter is a little problematic for stir fry. How about Extra Virgin Olive Oil and/or coconut oil or avocado oil or…
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We use Olive Oil in most of our cooking needs these days… but when I was a nipper it was never used for cooking in our house if I can remember correctly.
The only time I can ever recall seeing Olive Oil, it was in a small bottle that you got from the Chemist shop. If you ever got an earache, my dear old mum would pour some drops of it into the ear to ease the pain…!
Fifty years later and I am cooking my fried eggs in it :0)
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that would mean each step would be the equiv to 1.25M…how’s your math brother.
halve that and you’re closer.
cook those eggs in butter, my friend. much better result than oil
or better yet… bacon fat 
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Olive oil is also a seed oil. Olive Oil is made from the fruit AND the seed. it’s just better than the rest.
Basing it on my Garmin settings, 4000 steps for 5km.
Undoubtedly better than the rest. It promotes-
- Healthy blood sugar
- Heart and vascular health
- Anti-inflammatory response
- Brain health
- Bone health
The oil is derived from the fruit not really the seed - although there are bound to be traces of the seed in the oil. It is not considered a seed oil really. Good point though.
I used to hate eating olives when I was younger - now I buy them every week. Strange how tastes change.
4000 strides while running maybe. but not if you’re walking. Stride and step are different things.
maybe you’re padding your distance for a walking club, I’m not certain. But nobody takes normal steps that are 1.25m each from heel mark to heel mark.
I spent a week at an olive oil farm in a place called Montestigliano near Siena. fascinating stuff.
When they prune the trees, they bundle the leaves/twigs to dry with string and store them for firestarter for when then cook on the outdoor grill. If you ever have the opportunity to cook over olivewood you’re in for a treat.
I’m not in a walking club.
Fascinating. Don’t think there’s an airbike at my gym but there are bikes that might serve a purpose. I might have a go tomorrow.
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Based on those figures then, even 32 km every day for a week is fairly impressive.
On a treadmill, I’m +/- 4100 steps to run it and +/- 4700 steps to walk it.
So I guess my walking is quite a bit longer than the average step length in the article
Just literally walking / running about from very early till very late at work. On my feet all day. Averaged about 3k a day this week though 
My 13st dream didn’t come off. I have however moved fat from my waist and built muscle. I certainly look better than I did but the overall weight won’t go under that magic 14st. Yet.
Started my diet transition and fitness regimen beginning of October and started at 104kg.
Down to 92.5kg (measured this past Wednesday).
Goal is 75kg
Been hammering the weights and doing footie stamina training in the park
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Did you take ‘before’ pictures?
Just tried the Tabata workout thing. Holy fuck that’s a new level of hurt.
There was an air bike but wattage meter wasn’t working so 4 minutes of intervals at best effort.
As a gym update, lordy I have become such a weakling. But easing back into it. Hurting now, that satisfying muscle ache thing.
Wish I did, looked like a right blob
I can see a clear change in my face, it’s noticeably leaner, my midriff looks leaner too!
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