The Hidden Food Ingredient That’s Tanking Your Energy

Yo, what’s up.

So today’s post is about something that’s literally hidden in so many foods and silently wrecking your energy, your performance, and your brain.

I’m talking about seed oils.

Most people don’t even know where they’re hiding. You might not think you eat seed oils—but you probably do. A lot.

And if you’re trying to perform at a high level, be focused, build something meaningful—these are the foods that are slowly slowing you down.

Where Seed Oils Are Hiding (Read Every Label)

Most people know about vegetable oil or sunflower oil. But what they don’t realize is that these oils are in stuff you wouldn’t even think about:

• Peanut butter

• Mayonnaise

• Salad dressings

• Bread and bread rolls

• Frozen pizza

• Chips and crackers

• Granola bars

• Store-bought desserts

• Fast food

• Fried food at restaurants

• Even roasted nuts sometimes

Seriously, it’s wild how many “normal” foods have these oils mixed in. They sneak in under names like canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, grapeseed oil, safflower oil, whatever.

Why This Matters (Especially for Entrepreneurs)

If you eat foods with seed oils often, or worse, cook with them, you're basically setting yourself up for long-term problems. Especially if you're trying to stay mentally sharp and perform all day.

When seed oils are heated (which happens during cooking, frying, baking…), they oxidize. That creates a compound that gets into your body, sits inside your mitochondria (your energy factories), and doesn’t get recycled like normal food should.

That compound literally breaks your cellular health down from the inside.

And that matters because your energy, your brain function, your mood, your clarity, all come from the health of your cells.

Real Fat = Real Energy

Here’s the fix. You switch to real, natural fats that actually support your brain and performance:

• Butter

• Ghee

• Tallow

• Coconut oil

• Olive oil (still great cold)

• Avocado oil (fine in small amounts)

• Animal fat (from meat, fish, dairy)

These fats are what humans are actually supposed to eat. They give you stable energy, they’re full of nutrients, and they don’t destroy your mitochondria. Your body knows how to use them.

This is especially important in the morning. If your first meal has solid fats, your energy stays level. No spikes. No crashes. Just focus.

Action Steps (Simple but Effective)

Read every label. Even on “healthy” stuff. You’ll be shocked.

Switch out your cooking oil. Stop using canola, switch to butter or ghee.

Avoid restaurants that fry everything, Asian takeout, fast food, etc.

Don’t trust the packaging. “Healthy” means nothing if the oil inside is trash.

If you’re building something, if you’re trying to be focused all day, if you actually care about energy, you need to stop putting this stuff in your body.

Real fat fuels your brain. Seed oils slowly fry it.

That’s it for the post.

Stay sharp. Eat real food.

Peace.

— Julian (the Nutrition Guy)

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