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7 sats \ 5 replies \ @zuspotirko 23 Mar 2022 \ parent \ on: The Newest Bitcoin Diet Trend Is Hating ‘Seed Oils’ bitcoin
Wait, what's the deal with seed oils? That refined sugars is a recent invention in human history is kind of obvious. But isn't like e.g. olive oil kind of ancient?
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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @timechain 23 Mar 2022
Olive oil is not a seed oil
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko 23 Mar 2022
Wait, what?I thought the pit of the olive is a seed? Isn't it possible to smash the thing into some earth and get a new olive tree out of it?
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @timechain 23 Mar 2022
Pretty sure the oil comes from the olive fruit, not the pit
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 23 Mar 2022
Oh okay, then I understand what this thing is about. Thanks!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @CheezeGrater 23 Mar 2022
"Olive oil is produced by grinding olives and extracting the oil by mechanical or chemical means."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil
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