Re: OT/ Canola oil/ Is this true??

[Guest guest]

Dear Donna,

Another list I read recently had a fairly detailed discussion

on the topic of canola oil. (The list is oxyplus, also a

group, in case you want to try to find it.) I don't

know if I saved any of the information that people uncovered,

but I did throw away the canola oil that was in my fridge.

There is quite a lot of " bad " out there about canola. One

of the interesting things is that someone on the list also

tried to track the " good " info and follow it up to see if

it made sense. I think that generally the information pointed

to canola as risky and has little to recommend it. Of course,

how to decide what is " true " is tricky, so your conclusions

may differ. I get to a point where I feel I don't need to

" prove " things in order to take action.

I am currently using Udo's Choice Oil and Flaxseed oil

(uncooked) " for health " and toasted sesame oil " for taste "

(I love the flavor). For any heated purpose, I'm using

olive oil.

best,

Moria

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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 23:55:42 -0500

From: " & Donna Carver " <sdcarv@...>

Subject: OT/ Canola oil/ Is this true??

Is this true??

Andy, Bernie, Lynn anyone????

I would appreciate any research aticles etc. to support this.

Thanks,

Donna :-)

[Guest guest]

I eat the stuff and I don't intend to stop.

Andy

--- In @y..., " & Donna Carver " <sdcarv@b...>

wrote:

> Is this true??

> Andy, Bernie, Lynn anyone????

> I would appreciate any research aticles etc. to support this.

> Thanks,

> Donna :-)

>

> Dear Editors

> 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 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 a 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. After

removing the

> fried apple chips from the diet their hair grew back in. My daughter

and her

> girls were telling jokes. hit her mom's arm

> with the back of a butter knife in a gesture, " Oh mom " not hard

enough to

> hurt.

> My daughters 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. 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 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 wr