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In Reply to: Canola Oil? posted by Can This Be Right on September 25, 2000 at 14:59:14:
Thanks, Jim.
I have become convinced that virgin olive oil is the best currently available. We will archive this.
Namaste`
Walt
Anyone know if there's any truth to this?
Beware of Canola Oil
Canola Oil is an Industrial Oil
Not Fit For Human Consumption.
By Jim Lynn
It's amazing to me...The more research I do, the more I see a relationship between the food we eat and fatal diseases. Canola oil is no exception. Readers of EOO are familiar with the meat industry practice of feeding rendered meat "by-products" to cattle and poultry (EOO #015), and the suspected relationship of Mad Cow Disease to CJD and Alzheimer's Disease (EOO #016). Now comes information that Canola Oil is the suspected causative agent for Scrapie, a viral disease transmitted to cattle who were fed rendered sheep infected with Scrapie. Both Scrapie and Mad Cow Disease destroy the brain's ability to function. They literally eat
the brain away, causing blindness, loss of mind and erratic
behavior.
Canola oil's real name is "LEAR" oil (Low Erucic Acid Rape). it is more commonly known as "rape oil," a semi-drying oil that is used as a lubricant, fuel, soap and synthetic rubber base, and as an illuminant to give color pages in magazines their slick look. In short it is an industrial oil that does not belong in the human body. It is typically referred to in
light industry as a penetrating oil.
Back in the 1980's, rape oil was widely used in animal feeds
in England and throughout Europe. It was banned in 1991. Since then, Scrapie in sheep has totally disappeared.
While that's good for Europeans, it is bad for Americans because the problem is now ours. Rape seed oil (Canola oil) is widely used in thousands of processed foods...with the blessings of our own government.
Canola oil was first developed in Canada. It's proponents claim that due to genetic engineering and irradiation, it is no longer rape oil, but "canola" (Canadian oil). They also claim it is completely safe, pointing to it's unsaturated structure and digestibility. Although, I could not verify it, it is claimed the Canadian government paid the FDA the sum of $50 million dollars to have canola oil placed on the GRAS list (Generally Recognized As Safe). However it was done, a new industry was created.
The truth is however, that rape is the most toxic of all food oil plants. Not even insects will eat it. No wonder farmers like growing it. It turns out that rape is a member of the mustard family of plants, and is the source for the chemical-agent, mustard gas, which causes blistering on skin and lungs when inhaled. Mustard Gas was banned after WWI for this very reason.
Studies of canola oil done on rats indicate many problems. Rats developed fatty degeneration of heart, kidney, adrenals and thyroid gland. When the canola oil was withdrawn from their diet, the deposits dissolved, but scar tissue remained on the organs.
Why were no studies done on humans before the FDA placed it on the GRAS list?
Consumed in food, Canola oil depresses the immune system, causing it to "go to sleep." Canola oil is high in glycosides which cause health problems by blocking (inhibiting) enzyme function. it's effects are accumulative, taking years to show up. One possible effect of long term use is the destruction of the protective coating surrounding nerves called the mylin sheath. When this protective sheath is gone, our nerves short-circuit causing erratic, uncontrollable movements.
To test the industrial penetrating strength of canola oil, soak a towel in both canola oil and regular vegetable oil. Pre-treat and wash the towel in your clothes washer and compare the area the two oils occupied...you will notice an oil stain remains on the area soaked in canola oil. It is so durable, it could take several washings to completely remove. Now if this is how canola oil penetrates the fabric of a towel, what damage can it do in our body?
Food consumers have headaches enough, without worrying about a toxic plant oil being added to their food. The problem is you will find canola oil in bread, margarines, and all manner of processed foods. But the consumer is king. Be informed and make it a practice to read what goes into your food. Avoid using canola as a cooking oil and salad oil. It is not a healthy oil.
Resources:
http://www.1999.com/canola/
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1158/UPDATE.HTM
Perceptions, Aug/Sep 96 issue, The Great Canola Debate
Perceptions, Nov/Dec 95 issue, The Devil's Bargain
Book, Fats That Heal and Fats That Kill, by Udo Erasmus
In Reply to: Canola Oil? posted by Can This Be Right on September 25, 2000 at 14:59:14:
Can This Be Right:
Probably so.....
We saw this and discussed it here some time ago. I don't know of those discussions were archived or not. If not, then they slipped off the end of the BBS table into the bit bucket.
I read something very similar to this writeup in the book The Diet Cure. I don't have it handy, but as I remember it, they said that most oils, with some exceptions, were most likely rancid immediately, but that the chemical processing done to them prior bottling was sooooooo good that they could remove the smell and so no one would know.
So I'm personally hesitant to use any oil except olive oil.
RHJ++
In Reply to: Re: Canola Oil? Yes probably so posted by RocketHealer Jim++ on September 25, 2000 at 15:33:24:
I was on vacation on Vancouver Island a few weeks ago and caught part of a TV documentary about the Monsanto take-over of the Canola market. They are, of course, the manufacturer of Roundup weed killer. As I understand it, they have genetically engineered and patented a canola strain that resists it. They have been selling the seed to canola farmers in Canada (probably worldwide too) under the condition that the farmer will not propagate the strain from his own seed, but will always buy his planting seed from Monsanto.
Now, it appears that God did not comply with that agreement and proceeded to blow some of the seed onto a neighbor's farm. After a few years, the neighbor noticed that the Roundup he was using to kill weeds was no longer killing the canola like it always had before. So he went to Monsanto and asked them to get their damned seed off his fields.
Would you believe they sued him for stealing their seed?!!
Wow! What a wonderful plan for world domination! Dr. NO should have thought of it. Too bad Ian Fleming is gone! Patent a seed, get the wind to blow it all over the world, then get the courts to back up your claim to every canola field in the world. Apparently the case is still in the courts.
On the other hand, given the info in this posting, maybe they are welcome to it. Just so they keep their hands off the olive oil!
In Reply to: Re: Canola Oil? Latest scoop from Canada posted by gerry on September 25, 2000 at 16:42:05:
nmi
In Reply to: Re: Canola Oil? Latest scoop from Canada-Oh no, not Monsanto (they're a dirty word with me)nmi posted by June on September 25, 2000 at 17:31:34:
And I though Canola was supposed to be So Good!! Think I'm
right to Just eat what I like. I had tried canola and didn't
like it and figured I'd let Other people get healthy.
VF
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