What About Nut and Seed Oils?

With all this talk about nuts and seeds, where do nut or seed based oils fit into the picture?

Can we douse our salads in walnut oil?  Or slather sesame-oil based tahini all over our veggies?

Not exactly.

The top two nut and seed based oils, respectively, are walnut and flax.

Use them sparingly and purchase them from organic sources and in small quantity, to prevent spending too much on something you won’t use in time, before it goes bad.
Consume them in their raw state, rather than trying to cook with them, in order to ensure maximal nutritional benefit.
Finally, don’t be afraid to be creative in the kitchen and swap out more healthful sources of fat in recipes that might call for unfavorable oils, like corn, ‘vegetable’ or even…Crisco!  Honestly, you’re better off using lard from pastured pork versus the last option, which is hardly even a food.

Don’t forget to eat some wild salmon or black cod during the day when you do consume more Omega 6s than ideal from the nut or seed oils, to make sure to achieve that ideal 3:6 ratio.