CANOLA OIL - RAPE IN A DIFFERENT GUISE

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> CANOLA OIL - RAPE IN A DIFFERENT GUISE

> Compiled by Darleen Bradley.

> The Wall Street JournaL June 7, 1995

> pB6(W) pB6 (E) col1(11 col in).

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> http://www.rawhealth.net/canola.htm

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> Before you buy your next bottle of cooking oil... I think itís

> important that as many people as possible KNOW about the origins of this

> product. Then, if you choose to buy it, at least youíre doing so with your

> eyes open. Canola oil from the rape seed, referred to as the Canadian

oil.

> Rape seed oil is a penetrating oil, to be used in light industry, not for

> human consumption. Canola aka Rapeseed oil was the source of the chemical

> warfare agent mustard gas.

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>

> Dear Editors,

> Recently I bought a cooking oil thatís 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 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, ëscrapieí disappeared. We also havenít 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 Canadian and US government watchdog agencies. The canola

> supporting websites that canola is safe to use. They admit it was

developed

> from the rapeseed, 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. Youíll find

> it in an alarming number of processed foods. Thereís more, but to

conclude:

> rape oil was the source of the chemical warfare agent mustard gas, which

was

> banned blistering the lungs and skins of hundreds 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 donít know what

> youíll be cooking with tonight, but Iíll 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 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 mos. 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. Stephanie hit

> her momís 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, " Iíll 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.

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> The Wall Street JournaL June 7, 1995 pB6(W) pB6 (E) col1(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 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. Happy Frying,

> Rodney W. Flynn

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