Canola Oil dangers (fwd)

[Homer Wilson Smith]

Canola Oil dangers
> >
> > Recently I bought a cooking oil that's new to our supermarkets, Canola
> > Oil.
> > I tried it because the label assured me it was lowest in "bad" fats.
> > However, when I had used half the bottle, I concluded that the label
> > told me surprisingly little else and I started to wonder: Where does
> > canola
> > oil
> > come from?
> >
> > Olive oil comes from olives, peanut oil from peanuts, sunflower oil
> > from
> > sunflowers; but what is a canola? There was nothing on the label to
> > enlighten me, which I thought odd. So, I did some investigating on the
> > Internet. There are plenty of official Canola sites lauding this new
> > "wonder" oil with all its low-fat health benefits. It takes a little
> > longer
> > to find sites that tell the less palatable details. Here are just a few
> >
> > facts everyone should know before buying anything containing canola.
> > Canola is not the name of a natural plant but a made-up
> > word, from the words "Canada" and "oil". Canola is a genetically
> > engineered plant developed in Canada from the Rapeseed Plant, which is
> > part
> > of the
> > mustard family of plants.
> >
> > According to AgriAlternatives, The Online Innovation, and Technology
> > Magazine for Farmers, "By nature, these rapeseed oils, which have long
> > been used to produce oils for industrial purposes, are... toxic to
> > humans
> > and
> > other animals". (This, by the way, is one of the websites singing the
> > praises of the new canola industry.)
> >
> > Rapeseed oil is poisonous to living things and is an excellent insect
> > repellent. I have been using it (in very diluted form, as per
> > instructions) to kill the aphids on my roses for the last two years.
> > It
> > works very
> > well; it suffocates them. Ask for it at your nursery. Rape is an oil
> > that is used as a lubricant, fuel, soap and synthetic rubber base and
> > as
> > a illuminate for color pages in magazines. It is an industrial oil. It
> > is not a food. Rape oil, it seems, causes emphysema, respiratory
> > distress, anemia, constipation, irritability, and blindness in animals
> > and humans. Rape oil was widely used in animal feeds in
> > England and Europe between 1986 and 1991, when it was thrown out.
> >
> > Remember the "Mad Cow disease" scare, when millions of cattle in the
> > UK were
> > slaughtered in case of infecting humans? Cattle were being fed on a
> > mixture containing material from dead sheep, and sheep suffer from a
> > disease
> > called "scrapie". . It was thought this was how "Mad Cow" began and
> > started
> > to infiltrate
> > the human chain. What is interesting is that when rape oil was removed
> > from
> > animal feed, 'scrapie' disappeared. We also haven't seen any further
> > reports of "Mad Cow" since rape oil was removed from the feed. Perhaps
> > not scientifically proven, but interesting all the same.
> >
> > US and Canadian farmers grow genetically engineered rapeseed and
> > manufacturers use
> > its oil (canola) in thousands of processed foods, with the blessings of
> >
> > Canadian and US government watchdog agencies. The canola supporting
> > websites say that canola is safe to use. They admit it was developed
> > from the rapeseed, but insist that through genetic engineering it is no
> >
> > longer rapeseed, but "canola" instead. Except canola means "Canadian
> > oil";
> > and the plant is still a rape plant, albeit genetically modified. The
> > new
> > name
> > provides perfect cover for commercial interests wanting to make
> > millions.
> > Look at the ingredients list on labels. Apparently peanut oil is being
> > replaced
> > with rape oil.
> >
> > You'll find it in an alarming number of processed foods. There's more,
> > but to conclude: rape oil was the source of the chemical warfare agent
> > mustard gas, which was banned after blistering the lungs and skins of
> > hundred of
> > thousands of soldiers and civilians during W.W.I. Recent French reports
> >
> > indicate that it was again in use during the Gulf War. Check products
> > for ingredients. If the label says, "may contain the following" and
> > lists canola oil, you know it contains canola oil because it
> > is the cheapest oil and the Canadian government subsidizes it to
> > industries involved in food processing.
> >
> > I don't know what you'll be cooking with tonight, but I'll be using
> > olive oil and old-fashioned butter, from a genetically unmodified cow.
> > Here
> > is
> > more information.......... Canola oil from the rape seed, referred to
> > as the
> > Canadian oil because Canada is mainly responsible for it being marketed
> > in
> > the USA.
> > The Canadian government and industry paid our Federal Food and Drug
> > Administration
> > (FDA). $50 million dollars to have canola oil placed on the (GRAS) List
> >
> > "Generally Recognized As Safe" . Thus a new industry was created.
> > Laws were enacted affecting international trade, commerce, and
> > traditional
> > diets.
> > Studies with lab. animals were disastrous. Rats developed fatty
> > degeneration
> > of
> > heart, kidney, adrenals, and thyroid gland. When canola oil was
> > withdrawn
> > from
> > their diets, the deposits dissolved but scar tissue remained on all
> > vital
> > organs. No studies on humans were made before money was spent to
> > promote
> > Canola oil in the USA. Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare fatal
> > degenerative
> > disease caused by a build up long-chain fatty acids (c22 to c28) which
> > destroys the myelin
> > (protective sheath) of the nerves. Canola oil is a very long chain
> > fatty
> > acid oil (c22).
> > Those who will defend canola oil say that the Chinese and Indians have
> > used
> > it for
> > centuries with no effect, however it was in an unrefined form. (* taken
> > from
> > FATS
> > THAT HEAL AND FATS THAT KILL by Udo Erasmus.)
> >
> > My cholesterol level was 150. After a year using Canola oil I tested
> > 260. I
> > switched back
> > to pure olive oil and it has taken 5 years to get it down to 160. Thus
> >
> > began this project
> > to find answers since most Doctors will say that Canola oil is O.K. My
> >
> > sister spilled
> > Canola oil on a piece of fabric, after 5 pre-treatings and harsh
> > washings,
> > the oil spot still
> > showed. She stopped using Canola oil ,wondering what it did to our
> > insides
> > if it could
> > not be removed from cloth easily.
> >
> > Our father bred birds, always checking labels to insure there was no
> > rape seed in their food. He said, "The birds will eat it, but they do
> > not
> > live very long."
> >
> > A friend, who worked for only 9 mo. as a quality control taster at an
> > apple-chip factory where Canola oil was used exclusively for frying,
> > developed numerous health problems. These included loose teeth & gum
> > disease; numb hands and feet; swollen arms and legs upon rising in the
> > morning; extreme joint pain especially in hands, cloudy vision,
> > constipation with stools like black marbles, hearing loss; skin tears
> > from
> > being
> > bumped; lack of energy; hair loss and heart pains. It has been five
> > years
> > since
> > she has worked there and still has some joint pain, gum disease, and
> > numbness. A fellow worker, about 30 years old, who ate very little
> > product,
> > had a
> > routine check up and found that his blood vessels were like those of an
> >
> > 80 year old man. Two employees fed the waste product to baby calves and
> >
> > their hair fell out. (Whose hair is this referring to- the employees or
> > the
> > calves?) After
> > removing the fried apple chips from the diet their hair grew back in.
> >
> > My daughter and her girls were telling jokes. Stephanie hit her mom's
> > arm with the back of a butter knife in a gesture, "Oh mom" not hard
> > enough
> > to hurt. My daughter's arm split open like it was rotten. She called me
> > to
> > ask what could have caused it. I said, "I'll bet anything that you are
> > using
> > Canola oil". Sure enough, there was a big gallon jug in the pantry.
> > Rape
> > seed oil is a penetrating oil, to be used in light industry, not for
> > human consumption. It contains a toxic substance. (from encyclopedia)
> > Even after the processing to reduce the erucic acid content, it is
> > still
> > a penetrating oil. We have found that it turns rancid very fast. Also
> > it
> > leaves a residual rancid odor on clothing. Rape seed oil used for
> > stir-frying in China was found to emit cancer causing chemicals.
> > (Rapeseed
> > oil smoke causes lung cancer) Amal Kumar Maj. The Wall Street JournaL
> > June 7, 1995 pB6(W) pB6 (E) col 1(11 col in). Compiled by Darleen
> > Bradley.
> >
> > Canola oil is a health hazard to use as a cooking oil or salad oil. It
> > is not the healthy oil we thought it was. It is not fit for human
> > consumption, do not eat canola oil, it can hurt you. Polyunsaturated or
> >
> > not, this is a bad oil. Be Sure to also read this informative report
> > written by leading health expert Tom Valentine, Canola Oil Report.
> > Go to Ask Jeeves yourself: http://www.askjeeves.com/ and type in "Where
> >
> > does Canola Oil come from?" and see what you come up with.

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Remember the reason for the season.

[Owen Roe]

Here's what Dr Weil says about canola oil:

"Caught in Canola Oil Confusion?

 I recently heard that canola oil is really an industrial oil and not
fit for human consumption. What's your opinion?
-- Susan Foster

 
(Published 12/4/98) In the past, I've recommended canola oil as an
acceptable monounsaturated oil to use in cooking when the flavor of
olive oil -- another monounsaturated oil and the healthiest type of fat
-- was too strong. I now think that there's rarely, if ever, a need for
canola oil. A light olive oil is neutral enough even for baking.

Canola oil is extracted from rapeseed, a plant in the cabbage family.
Rapeseed oil is the traditional cooking oil of India and southern China,
but the kind we use was bred in Canada to contain less erucic acid, a
toxic amino acid, than other varieties and has been marketed as "canola
oil" (Canadian oil) instead.

The truth is that canola oil is monounsaturated and thus healthier than
saturated or polyunsaturated oils, but I still consider it a distant
runner-up to olive oil. We know from research studies that populations
that consume olive oil as a primary dietary fat have significantly lower
rates of both heart disease and cancer than those that don't. We have no
comparable epidemiological data for canola. Also unlike olive oil,
canola oil doesn't contain oleic acid, the fatty acid our bodies process
best.

I've always cautioned against buying canola oil found in supermarkets.
These products have been extracted with chemical solvents or high-speed
presses that generate heat. Both methods alter the oil's fatty acid
chemistry in undesirable ways. Furthermore, canola oil producers use a
lot of pesticides on their crops, and I suspect that residues find their
way into the finished product. If you do use canola oil, I suggest
buying only the organic, expeller-pressed varieties sold in natural-food
stores.

Dr. Andrew Weil
http://www.drweil.com