The popular consciousness has accepted many dietary villains over the course of the last half century, ranging from fat, to protein, to salt, to dcarbohydrates. More often than not, dietary constituents that have fallen under such scrutiny have been exonerated in time, as more and more scientific data is brought to light. I suspect that there is a growing number of people who are now wrongfully demonizing vegetable oils as well. Both skepticism and generally negative attitudes toward…