Guest guest Posted January 18, 2001 Report Share Posted January 18, 2001 Vilik Rapheles wrote: What I get from the posts so far: 1. Spectrum oils denies any problems with canola 2. There is some scuttlebutt about problems with canola but nobody has specific info. ===== Some of that info, even in what you first posted, looks pretty specific to me. Although research studies generally were not specifically cited by the writers, it looked very much like they were pulling conclusions from studies. The indictments of canola were specific. I doubt the writers were making those assertions up. ===== A few years ago this idea of canola being " bad " for the human body went around, and I have not used it since. I am interested to hear if any of you good researchers can come up with a specific reason to can the canola. ~^^V^^~ ===== Spectrum Naturals is either correct in its assertions about its product, or it is mistaken, for whatever reason, or it is misrepresenting the product. If the latter is the case, it certainly wouldn't be the first time a company had deliberately done that. Many are demonstrably doing it right now. In any case, Spectrum Naturals is talking only about its own SPECIFIC, and they claim, UNIQUE canola oil, a product of a breeding program producing a different rapeseed plant. Even if they are correct in their assertions about their own product, that says little about the rest of the canola oil on the market. It seems to me that the writers claiming harm to human health from canola oil consumption are getting their information from somewhere besides a " wild hair " to " trash " the product. We need to take a detailed look at the research material they based their articles on and come to our own conclusions. The fact that the matter hasn't been conclusively determined in our minds seems abundant enough reason to me to shy away from canola oil until the issue is resolved to our satisfaction. It's not as if canola oil were the only oil we have access to. I've been around too long to extend benefit of the doubt in a situation like this. Been on too many rides. Seen the way it went too many times. Nowadays, I'm from Missouri. ===== PS. I absolutely positively second third and fouth Chris's post on cleaning up posts before submitting them. Just about everyone who replied to the canola post for instance included all the other posts with the article in their reply. You can't tell this if you're not on digest, but those of us who are on digest see the same thing go by again and again and again. Please take the seconds it requres to clean up your posts of " old stuff " before you send them. Just because it isn't in your line of vision doesn't mean it doesn't show up. THANK YOU! ===== I'm real meticulous about " cleaning up " a post before submitting it to the list, and if there's anything on my message besides what I wrote and what is automatically appended, after being sent, to EVERY post that appears on-list, it's because I deliberately left it there. So when I do, it's not the result of oversight or laziness or even perversity, it's for a reason. And the reason is to provide enough thread history to make understanding of the issue accessible to the reader without further " research. " Personally, I find it exasperating when a writer doesn't include enough thread history in his or her post for the reader to even know what is being discussed. The usual reason given for the necessity to " clean up " messages is a shortage of bandwidth, but I have yet to experience any shortage of bandwidth oin this medium, ever. I think the list and its archive can easily accommodate a little duplicated history in the name of facilitating communication and providing needed convenience. At times people are too busy or lazy to look very far (or even at all) back into a thread to inform themselves of what is being discussed, and it shows in their posts. So yes, by all means, trim that trailer from the end of the message you're responding to, and as much of the message itself as you deem appropriate. But leave enough for others to recognize what you're responding to, so they'll know what you're talking about. Dropping everything to delve back through past messages to make that discovery is often more than I'm prepared to do. Saul's on-list message-answering procedure is a good example. He generally leaves the entire message that he's replying to, appended to his reply. I appreciate that. It often saves me the time and trouble of going back into the history to find out just what he's replying to. It's right there for me. Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted February 6, 2001 Report Share Posted February 6, 2001 Kathy im curious about this too. I had read the same things about canola... Shaye Canola Have been hearing some bad things about Canola oil, as far as consumption, but can anyone tell me if there is any good qualities as far as soap making. I know it balnaces the hard oils like coconut and palm, but is it a moisturizer, or softener? Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2001 Report Share Posted February 6, 2001 The canola rumors are just that....rumors From http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/blcanola.htm <<<<<Canola Oil Is Hazardous to Your Health! [Rumor] Here we go again! Internet rumormongers claim that canola, usually touted as one of the healthier food oils, is in fact very toxic to human beings. (Added 01/20/01)>>>> This was posted on one of the email lists I'm on. Terri Canola Have been hearing some bad things about Canola oil, as far as consumption, but can anyone tell me if there is any good qualities as far as soap making. I know it balnaces the hard oils like coconut and palm, but is it a moisturizer, or softener? Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2001 Report Share Posted February 16, 2001 hmmmmm it makes a soft soap and a little translucent wonder if it would be a good place to start for liquid soaps?? ohhhh now I have to get going and get my soaps done for the March show so I can start playing with canola Terri Canola I'm interested in the added shininess it adds to the soap. It also makes it a little translucent. Kim Fuoco www.honeybearsoap.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) it is stated that ----CANOLA (BRASSICA NAPUS) ( canola - rapeseed )--------- suppresses thyroid function !!! Do you have any information about it ??? Osvaldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Yes, I meant rape seed oil is the same thing as CANOLA oil. Must have slipped back in time for a minute. I grow flowering flax in my garden. Lovely blue, white, or red flowers. Haven't ever grown rape plants. Thanks for the correction. Wouldn't want to give anyone bad information. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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