The move from seed oils to beef tallow or avocado oil is partly about taste and partly about internet food politics. Nutritionally, the big split is still saturated fat versus unsaturated fat, not which label is cooler on a menu.
The American Heart Association continues to recommend limiting saturated fat and replacing it with unsaturated fats when possible. Beef tallow is high in saturated fat; avocado oil is mostly unsaturated. That does not make one ingredient magical and the other poisonous, but it does change the health math.
For most people, the smartest move is to worry less about the headline ingredient and more about the whole meal. Fried food stays fried food, and the rest of the plate matters more than the oil trend of the month.
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