FW: DANGEROUS COOKING OIl--Canola Oil

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Got this from a friend. This is rather lengthy but I use Canola Oil

thinking it was the safe one to use but after reading this rather long

email---Yikes!! What do you think? A hoax??

>DANGEROUS COOKING OIL

>>

>THIS IS JUST INTERESTING, AND PERHAPS QUITE

>INFORMATIVE!!!!!!!

>

>

> > 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 an 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 hundreds of thousands of soldiers

>and civilians

> > during

> > WWI. 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 of 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. 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 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 you're

> > 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).

> > 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.

>/columns/canola2f.htm

> > Go to Ask Jeeves yourself:

><http://www.askjeeves.com/>

> > <http://www.askjeeves.com/>> and type in

> > (Where does Canola Oil come from?) and see what you

>come up with.

>

>

>__________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

It sure has the conspiratorial tone of a classic hoax. And sure

enough:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/blcanola3.h

tm

Mark