Canola Oil - A must Read

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Canola is trash oil. It is made from a noxious (read toxic) weed that

has been genetically altered and the oil is then processed by

hydrogenating (embued with hydrogen atoms) to withstand spoiling. All

hydrogenated oils are poison to our bodies but this one is probably

one of the worse ones. (hydrogenating vegetable oils is very similar

to the way that the first plastics were made.) F.

 

 

 

 

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Canola Oil - A must Read

 

Before you buy your next bottle of cooking oil...

I think it's important that as many people as possible KNOW about the

origins of this product. Then, if you choose to buy it, at least you're

doing so with your eyes open.

 

 

 

 

RAPE IN A DIFFERENT GUISE

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 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 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. Stephanie 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 written by leading health

expert Tom Valentine, Canola Oil Report.

 

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 Frying,