The Quick Answer
No. Vegetable oils aren’t paleo (although it does depend on which exact oil you’re talking about). The majority of vegetable oils are not considered paleo, while a select few are.
Why Aren’t Vegetable Oils Paleo?
When we think of vegetable oils, we are usually referring to one of the types below:
Canola (rapeseed) oil
Corn oil
Soybean oil
Rice bran oil
Sunflower oil
Safflower oil
Peanut oil
Cottonseed oil
These vegetable oils are not paleo for a few reasons. They don’t have an ideal ratio of fatty acids. In other words, they don't have enough omega-3s to compete with their abundance of ...
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