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What's Inside Your Chipotle Burrito? — Whalespan

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What's Inside Your Chipotle Burrito?

Paul Saladino7m · 2024-05-07

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✓Well SupportedHumans have no history of consuming seed oils in significant amounts, and populations that begin consuming them inevitably become sick and obese.✓Well SupportedThe oxidation of linoleic acid in LDL is the first step required to initiate cardiovascular disease.✕Not SupportedSeed oils, including corn, canola, safflower, sunflower, soybean, peanut, and grapeseed oils, should be avoided due to their linoleic acid content.✓Well SupportedChipotle should replace seed oils with butter, tallow, or olive oil for cooking steak, peppers, and rice.Partially Supported

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Chipotle uses rice bran oil for cooking rice, sunflower oil for chicken and peppers, and canola oil in tortillas.

◐Partially SupportedWhite rice may be a more benign source of carbohydrates than brown rice because brown rice contains arsenic and heavy metals in the husks.

◐Partially SupportedSeed oils are harmful to humans and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

✕Not SupportedSeed oils may contain contaminants like benzene from the extraction process.

✕Not SupportedCanola oil is derived from genetically selected rapeseed modified to be low in erucic acid, which is associated with myocardial liposis.

◐Partially SupportedWhite rice is a less problematic carbohydrate source compared to wheat and oats, though it is still a grain and potentially moldy.

✕Not SupportedSeed oils are harmful due to refinement processes, residual chemicals, leaching from plastic, oxidation, and breakdown products when heated.

✕Not SupportedBreakdown products of linoleic acid, specifically HODEs and HEPEs from arachidonic acid, are problematic for humans.

✕Not SupportedSunflower oil contains approximately 50% linoleic acid.

◐Partially SupportedCanola oil contains approximately 2% erucic acid and is a source of linoleic acid.

◐Partially SupportedLinoleic acid accumulates in the body, impairs metabolism, and breaks down into oxidized byproducts associated with health problems.

✕Not SupportedHigh intake of seed oils is a major driver of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction.

✕Not SupportedChipotle's use of seed oils contributes to obesity, diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction.