That brought back to mind making soap from tallow and sodium hydroxide in school chemistry in the 1950s. I never use modern soaps and shampoos. One thing I have been curious about for some time is why we don't have a system that picks up the right amounts of omega-6 and omega-3 discarding what is not needed. It must mean that it was not an issue for most of human history, the diet balance was always near enough.
The skin products part was just spiteful laziness. It's unbelievable how far The Atlantic has fallen. And even more unbelievable how the default "correct" received wisdom is that highly processed foodstuffs like "canola" oil are just obviously and de facto healthful - despite DECADES of left-leaning people being on the side of whole foods and against corporate foods.
That brought back to mind making soap from tallow and sodium hydroxide in school chemistry in the 1950s. I never use modern soaps and shampoos. One thing I have been curious about for some time is why we don't have a system that picks up the right amounts of omega-6 and omega-3 discarding what is not needed. It must mean that it was not an issue for most of human history, the diet balance was always near enough.
Tallow truthers :D
Yeah, that was a nice touch.
The skin products part was just spiteful laziness. It's unbelievable how far The Atlantic has fallen. And even more unbelievable how the default "correct" received wisdom is that highly processed foodstuffs like "canola" oil are just obviously and de facto healthful - despite DECADES of left-leaning people being on the side of whole foods and against corporate foods.
Yes. It's like the old saying, "If they didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all."