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When I get such a burn I have always taken about a 1/2 g of vitamin C that has fixed the feeling within minutes. Never thought about the no-seed oil effect.

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In regard to sunburn, there’s a strong correlation with vitamin D levels. After reading this, a thought occurred to me- vitamin D is fat soluble, what if you don’t metabolize vitamin D as well with seed oils as you do with animal fat? Is that why so many are so badly vitamin D deficient? I think seed oils are probably poison in the long run.

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Now that you mention it, a lady accidentally touched my hand with the bottom of a pan, and It was mildly painful. I used to get very painful burns while baking.

I wonder if it also shows up in spicy tolerance.

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Count me in here. And I’ve found this comment to be the one that makes people stop and listen. No one likes sunburn. And it’s such an easily observed phenomenon it’s hard to discount. Thanks Tucker! I love every single one of your long, intensely referenced articles and even go back and read them again. However the sunburn thing is right here, right now goodness that never fails to satisfy.

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Ah, Puddleg, another familiar name from Hyperlipid.

WRT burns, I've noticed the same thing. Last year at a barbecue, I unthinkingly picked up a metal pan from the grill with my bare hands. Onlookers gasped in horror. I fully expected severe blisters. I ran some cold water on the red spots and then…completely forgot about it. Next day, no ill effects.

I've mentioned before that I don't get sunburns despite living in the desert where the sun is fierce, and not using sunscreen anymore.

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I've actually done that recently, frying my 3rd batch of chicken, in a pretty hot pan, the butter splashed on the base of my thumb. OW! Pretty sure it was a second degree burn, but when I googled it I was encouraged to go to the ER, which I refused to do as I'm an old fat white lady in a wheelchair, which doesn't go well. So all I did was run cool water on it for about 15 minutes, and then covered it with gauze and wore a glove to protect it. Oh, and take ibuprofen because it hurt a lot. I kept up the gauze and glove for a couple of days, but surprisingly, it never blistered, and while a spot turned red for a couple of days, it faded and now it's like it never happened. I figure I stopped eating seed oils in 2017 when I started just eating meat (and very small amounts of fruit), so maybe that's why.

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