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Email i got, pretty interesting read, and i couldnt help but laugh everytime i read " rape oil" lol
Olive oil comes from olives, peanut oil from peanuts, sunflower oil from sunflowers; but what is a 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 Agri-Alternatives,
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".
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 is strongly related to symptoms of 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 discontinued .
A few relevant facts
It is genetically engineered rapeseed.
Canada paid the FDA the sum of $50 million to have rape registered and recognized as "safe". (Source: Young Again and others)
Rapeseed is a lubricating oil used by small industry. It has never been meant for human consumption.
It is derived from the mustard family and is considered a toxic and poisonous weed, which when processed, becomes rancid very
quickly.
It has been shown to cause lung cancer (Wall Street Journal: 6/7/95)
It is very inexpensive to grow and harvest. Insects won't eat it.
Some typical and possible side effects include loss of vision, disruption of the central nervous system, respiratory illness, anemia,
constipation, increased incidence of heart disease and cancer, low birth weights in infants and irritability.
Generally rapeseed has a cumulative effect, taking almost 10 years before symptoms begin to manifest. It has a tendency to inhibit
proper metabolism of foods and prohibits normal enzyme function. Canola is a Trans Fatty Acid, which has shown to have a direct link to
cancer. These Trans Fatty acids are labeled as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Avoid all of them!
According to John Thomas' book, Young Again, 12 years ago in England and Europe, rape seed was fed to cows, pigs and sheep who
later went blind and began attacking people. There were no further attacks after the rape seed was eliminated from their diet.
Source: David Dancu, N.D.
Apparently peanut oil is being replaced with rape oil. You'll find it in an alarming number of processed foods. I read where 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.
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare fatal degenerative disease caused by in 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.)
I read about a man who 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.
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
MORE FROM AN HERBAL WEB SITE-rmhiherbal.org
Canola oil Because of the public scare over animal fats, sales of vegetable oils of all types increased. It was the established wisdom that
those oils high in polyunsaturated fatty acids were especially beneficial (animal fats are high in saturated fatty acids). The obsession
with polyunsaturated versus saturated fats led researchers and nutritionists to overlook some of the other features of vegetable oils that
we now know are crucial to health, including: (1) susceptibility to rancidity; (2) ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids and its relevance
in inflammatory diseases and immune system function; (3) possible presence of irritating or toxic compounds in particular plant oils.
Unlike the case of trans-fatty acids, for which there is massive amount of research data, there is much less documented scientific
research on canola oil consumption in humans, specifically. Some sources (unverified) claim that the Canadian government and industry
paid the U.S. FDA $50 million dollars to have canola oil placed on the GRAS ("Generally Recognized As Safe") list, which allowed the
canola industry to avoid the lengthy and expensive approval process, including medical research on humans. However, experimental
rats that were fed canola oil "developed fatty degeneration of the heart, kidney, adrenals, and thyroid gland. On withdrawing the canola
oil from their diets, the deposits dissolved but scar tissue remained on all vital organs." [ref. 3a] In the absence of direct research studies
of canola oil and human health, many concerned nutritionists and biochemists have attempted to analyze the canola oil situation on the
basis of current knowledge of the biochemistry of fats and oils. While hard-nosed canola industry spokespersons may claim such
commentary to be speculative, in the absence of proof of safety, anyone concerned about their family's health should pay close attention
to the various arguments and warnings. [refs. 3a - 3i; for canola industry position, see refs. 3j, 3k] The Canola Council of Canada has
published a report [ref. 3k] that focuses heavily on the high polyunsaturated fatty acid content of canola oil and the presumed benefits
of polyunsaturated oils on various blood parameters (platelet phospholipids, platelet aggregation, eicosanoid production, clotting time). In
spite of the many scientific references listed at the end of the report, the author studiously avoids discussion of the toxic effects
mentioned by many nutritionists and biochemists, and, instead, attempts to link many of the benefits of Mediterranean-type diets high in
olive oil to diets high in canola oil, when in fact, no such evidence is presented, and canola oil has never been part of a traditional
Mediterranean diet. Concerns about the risks of using canola (rapeseed) oil focus on several aspects: (1) the presence of long-chain
fatty acids, including erucic acid, which are thought by some to cause CNS degeneration, heart disease, and cancer; (2) the high
temperatures needed in the refining process to make canola oil palatable, which lead to formation of trans-fatty acids; (3) miscellaneous
undesirable chemical constituents (thioglycosides and thiocyanates) whose effects are unclear, as their concentration in the refined
product is probably very low. Although Chinese and Indian peoples have long used rapeseed oil in cooking, it was not refined and
processed to the extent of modern commercial methods, and it was never considered to be a high quality oil for human consumption.
Ayurvedic physicians have for thousands of years classified olive, almond, and sesame as the best oils for human health, and have
considered safflower, soybean and rapeseed oils to be undesirable for human consumption except perhaps when no other oil sources
were available. Recent epidemiological studies of high lung cancer rates in Chinese women suggest that wok cooking with rapeseed oil
is responsible, rather than tobacco smoking, which was only a weak factor. Chinese rapeseed oil tended to produce the highest
emissions of the potentially carcinogenic or mutagenic compounds 1,3-butadiene, benzene, acrolein, and formaldehyde, when compared
with soybean oil and peanut oil. [ref. 3n] Canola oil contains a long-chain fatty acid called erucic acid, which is especially irritating to
mucous membranes; canola oil consumption has been correlated with development of fibrotic lesions of the heart, CNS degenerative
disorders, lung cancer, and prostate cancer, anemia, and constipation. [ref. 3a, 3b] Canola oil derives from the plants Brassica
campestris and B. napus, which have been selectively bred to substantially reduce the erucic acid content. However, some health
professionals feel that there is still too much present in current canola oil products for safe use. Some critics of canola oil focus on the
fact that rapeseed oil was originally used as an industrial lubricant and known to be unfit for human consumption, although many
vegetable oils have been used in industrial applications as well as in foods. The long-chain fatty acids found in canola have been found
to destroy the sphingomyelin surrounding nerve cells in the brain, in some cases leading to a degenerative brain condition remarkably
similar to mad-cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy); in advanced cases the brain tissue develops a Swiss-cheese-like
appearance, full of holes. Illnesses and conditions that have been associated with canola oil consumption include loss of vision
(retinal capillaries are very sensitive and easily damaged), and a wide range of neurological disorders. [ref. 3a] The high temperatures
used in canola refining will damage many of the essential fatty acids, which are much more susceptible to damage by heat than
saturated fats. (Heat may convert many of the unsaturated double bonds to the "trans" configuration.) While high-quality essential fatty
acids are required for human health, in their damaged or rancid forms they become harmful. Additional problems with canola oil include
the presence of minute, but potentially dangerous, amounts of thioglycosides, which have thyrotoxic effects. [ref. 3m] To reduce the
concentration of these compounds requires processing with alkalinizing agents plus high temperatures; unfortunately, the high
temperatures used in processing have other undesirable effects, the most serious of which is the conversion of unsaturated fats to the
trans form. Rapeseed has been selectively bred and genetically engineered [ref. 3a] in an attempt to reduce the toxic components and
processing methods were developed to further reduce the concentration of undesirable compounds. Prior to its entry into
the "health" food market, it was known as rapeseed oil, but savvy marketing professionals knew that the health food market, heavily
dominated by young, college-educated women, would not purchase a repulsive-sounding product called rapeseed oil. The name of the
selectively bred variety was changed to canola (as in "Canadian oil"; it has been heavily promoted by Canadian government and
agricultural organizations) oil; the name rolls off the tongue with a mellifluous sound. [3.1] Recommendations The biochemistry of plants
and natural food products is often complex; the total effect of a given food on human health is dependent upon many chemical
constituents and their interaction with biochemical pathways of the body. To radically alter our diets based on scientific evidence
regarding only a few aspects of this biochemistry is like cooking in the dark. Common symptom reactions to unhealthy oils and fats, or
to an unhealthy balance of the types of fats in one's diet include joint pain and aggravation of arthritic conditions, a general tendency to
have increased tissue irritability and inflammation, and, in the case of unhealthy fats such as hydrogenated oils and excessive amounts
of fried foods, abdominal fullness and indigestion. While these conditions also may be due to other factors, quality of fats and oils is
important. How one feels immediately to within several days after eating specific types of fat is often a useful indicator of whether one's
fat consumption is healthy or unhealthy. Avoid canola oil; there is too much doubt about its safety. Recommended oils and fats, which
are essential nutrients, include moderate amounts of meat in the form of clean sources (organically grown, etc.) of beef, lamb, and other
red meats, poultry, fish (especially sardines and mackerel), plus olive, almond, or sesame oil; of all the vegetable oils, olive oil is
probably the safest and best for health reasons. All of these have been in traditional use in various cultures for thousands of years.
Individual differences in metabolism will dictate needs for more or less of these types of oils and fats.
An attorney for the Canola people sent me this.
http://www.canola-council.org/production/thetruth.html"
"If you read down into this page you will see a number of links to other
independent and very reputable Web sites (the Cancer Association, American
Society of Science and Health, Washington Post, Health Central and others)
that refute the claims made on this page."
a forwarded email.
I know you wouldn't want to make irresponsible claims so I'm providing you with this information: Although canola oil is not a favorite oil with me
for a number of reasons (none of which were listed in the article), the statement suggesting that because it is used as an industrial oil it is therefore not
edible is not valid. Flax oil is also used as an industrial oil for paint and linoleum, etc. But when it is prepared as a food it is edible. Most oils have
been used at one time or another as industrial products. One of the most edible of oils, coconut oil, is used for many industrial products, especially for
soaps and cosmetics. Olive oil apparently has been used to make soap for as long as it has been used as a food oil. Perhaps the most blatant error and
comparison made by Mr. Lynn, though, is that regarding canola oil and mustard gas, which chemically has absolutely no relationship to mustard oil or
any other mustard plant. Mustard gas is 2,2'-dichlorodiethyl sulfide and its preparation using ethylene and sulfur chloride is given in the Merck Index.
It received its name because of the yellowish color of the gas and the sulfur odor. Canola and regular rapeseed oils are extracted from the seeds of
several of the brassica plants - the same family of plants from which we get vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, kale, mustard
greens, and several other vegetables. Of course, there is not much fat in these vegetables; but what fat there is in some of them, e.g., mustard greens, is
as much as 29
percent erucic acid. Also, since glycosides (typical are stevioside and other flavonoids) are basically water soluble, I would not expect to find much of
them in any oil. Those glucosinolates found in rapeseed meal after the oil has removed from the seeds are the same goiterogens that are found in the
brassica vegetables. One problem with canola oil is that it has to be partially hydrogenated or refined before it is used commercially and consequently
is a source of trans fatty acids; sometimes are very high levels. Another problem is that it is too unsaturated to be used exclusively in the diet; some of
the undesirable effects caused by feeding canola can be rectified if the diet is made higher in saturated fatty acids. Mary G. Enig, Ph.D., Director
Nutritional Sciences Division Enig Associates, Inc. [email protected] FAX
301)680-8100 -----------------------------
Recommendations
Dr. Doug Graham states that oils in general inhibit nutrient absorption in the small intestine.
With all the choices why take chances?
If you must use oils.
Pure Olive oil only. Bariani (Sacramento California area) is a good one. Safflower and Sunflower oils are OK, but they contain Omega 6
which may or may not be not a good option for the heart or the mylin sheaths.
Udo's Choice or Russell Martino's EFAs is a real good one for balanced EFAs.
Reject any foods, packaged or otherwise, which have in the label "...may contain vegetable oil, cottonseed, canola oil.." And if the label
just says vegetable oil, we reject it outright since it does not specify which oil.
GE canola class action suit moves forward in Canada
Court to hear GE canola class action suit arguments
Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, October 28, 2004 Vol. 6, No. 209
An attempt by organic farmers in Saskatchewan, Canada, to file a class action suit against developers of genetically engineered canola moves into a
courtroom in early November.
Justice Gene-Ann Smith of the Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon will hear lawyers representing Monsanto Canada, Bayer Crop Science and two
organic growers argue the merits of the suit. Class actions are relatively new in Canada, and the plaintiff has to convince the court the action should
be allowed to go forward. If the judge agrees to certify the suit, then a trial would be held later.
Farmers Larry Hoffman and Dale Beaudoin, on behalf of a group called the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate, wants to be able to sue Monsanto and
Bayer for an as-yet-undetermined amount in compensation for being unable to grow organic canola. They say the companies' GE varieties spread into
fields of conventional canola, making it almost impossible to grow and sell organic canola that must be free of GE seeds.
Monsanto spokeswoman Trish Jordan said her company will argue that the suit should be dismissed. She said the farmers are being put forward by the
Directorate, Greenpeace, and the British Soils Association "as a platform to advance their anti-GE position in the public arena and this is not an
appropriate use of the court's time and resources. These groups are engaging in a scientific, social and political debate concerning GE foods rather than
having a legitimate legal dispute."
Olive oil comes from olives, peanut oil from peanuts, sunflower oil from sunflowers; but what is a 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 Agri-Alternatives,
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".
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 is strongly related to symptoms of 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 discontinued .
A few relevant facts
It is genetically engineered rapeseed.
Canada paid the FDA the sum of $50 million to have rape registered and recognized as "safe". (Source: Young Again and others)
Rapeseed is a lubricating oil used by small industry. It has never been meant for human consumption.
It is derived from the mustard family and is considered a toxic and poisonous weed, which when processed, becomes rancid very
quickly.
It has been shown to cause lung cancer (Wall Street Journal: 6/7/95)
It is very inexpensive to grow and harvest. Insects won't eat it.
Some typical and possible side effects include loss of vision, disruption of the central nervous system, respiratory illness, anemia,
constipation, increased incidence of heart disease and cancer, low birth weights in infants and irritability.
Generally rapeseed has a cumulative effect, taking almost 10 years before symptoms begin to manifest. It has a tendency to inhibit
proper metabolism of foods and prohibits normal enzyme function. Canola is a Trans Fatty Acid, which has shown to have a direct link to
cancer. These Trans Fatty acids are labeled as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Avoid all of them!
According to John Thomas' book, Young Again, 12 years ago in England and Europe, rape seed was fed to cows, pigs and sheep who
later went blind and began attacking people. There were no further attacks after the rape seed was eliminated from their diet.
Source: David Dancu, N.D.
Apparently peanut oil is being replaced with rape oil. You'll find it in an alarming number of processed foods. I read where 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.
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare fatal degenerative disease caused by in 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.)
I read about a man who 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.
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
MORE FROM AN HERBAL WEB SITE-rmhiherbal.org
Canola oil Because of the public scare over animal fats, sales of vegetable oils of all types increased. It was the established wisdom that
those oils high in polyunsaturated fatty acids were especially beneficial (animal fats are high in saturated fatty acids). The obsession
with polyunsaturated versus saturated fats led researchers and nutritionists to overlook some of the other features of vegetable oils that
we now know are crucial to health, including: (1) susceptibility to rancidity; (2) ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids and its relevance
in inflammatory diseases and immune system function; (3) possible presence of irritating or toxic compounds in particular plant oils.
Unlike the case of trans-fatty acids, for which there is massive amount of research data, there is much less documented scientific
research on canola oil consumption in humans, specifically. Some sources (unverified) claim that the Canadian government and industry
paid the U.S. FDA $50 million dollars to have canola oil placed on the GRAS ("Generally Recognized As Safe") list, which allowed the
canola industry to avoid the lengthy and expensive approval process, including medical research on humans. However, experimental
rats that were fed canola oil "developed fatty degeneration of the heart, kidney, adrenals, and thyroid gland. On withdrawing the canola
oil from their diets, the deposits dissolved but scar tissue remained on all vital organs." [ref. 3a] In the absence of direct research studies
of canola oil and human health, many concerned nutritionists and biochemists have attempted to analyze the canola oil situation on the
basis of current knowledge of the biochemistry of fats and oils. While hard-nosed canola industry spokespersons may claim such
commentary to be speculative, in the absence of proof of safety, anyone concerned about their family's health should pay close attention
to the various arguments and warnings. [refs. 3a - 3i; for canola industry position, see refs. 3j, 3k] The Canola Council of Canada has
published a report [ref. 3k] that focuses heavily on the high polyunsaturated fatty acid content of canola oil and the presumed benefits
of polyunsaturated oils on various blood parameters (platelet phospholipids, platelet aggregation, eicosanoid production, clotting time). In
spite of the many scientific references listed at the end of the report, the author studiously avoids discussion of the toxic effects
mentioned by many nutritionists and biochemists, and, instead, attempts to link many of the benefits of Mediterranean-type diets high in
olive oil to diets high in canola oil, when in fact, no such evidence is presented, and canola oil has never been part of a traditional
Mediterranean diet. Concerns about the risks of using canola (rapeseed) oil focus on several aspects: (1) the presence of long-chain
fatty acids, including erucic acid, which are thought by some to cause CNS degeneration, heart disease, and cancer; (2) the high
temperatures needed in the refining process to make canola oil palatable, which lead to formation of trans-fatty acids; (3) miscellaneous
undesirable chemical constituents (thioglycosides and thiocyanates) whose effects are unclear, as their concentration in the refined
product is probably very low. Although Chinese and Indian peoples have long used rapeseed oil in cooking, it was not refined and
processed to the extent of modern commercial methods, and it was never considered to be a high quality oil for human consumption.
Ayurvedic physicians have for thousands of years classified olive, almond, and sesame as the best oils for human health, and have
considered safflower, soybean and rapeseed oils to be undesirable for human consumption except perhaps when no other oil sources
were available. Recent epidemiological studies of high lung cancer rates in Chinese women suggest that wok cooking with rapeseed oil
is responsible, rather than tobacco smoking, which was only a weak factor. Chinese rapeseed oil tended to produce the highest
emissions of the potentially carcinogenic or mutagenic compounds 1,3-butadiene, benzene, acrolein, and formaldehyde, when compared
with soybean oil and peanut oil. [ref. 3n] Canola oil contains a long-chain fatty acid called erucic acid, which is especially irritating to
mucous membranes; canola oil consumption has been correlated with development of fibrotic lesions of the heart, CNS degenerative
disorders, lung cancer, and prostate cancer, anemia, and constipation. [ref. 3a, 3b] Canola oil derives from the plants Brassica
campestris and B. napus, which have been selectively bred to substantially reduce the erucic acid content. However, some health
professionals feel that there is still too much present in current canola oil products for safe use. Some critics of canola oil focus on the
fact that rapeseed oil was originally used as an industrial lubricant and known to be unfit for human consumption, although many
vegetable oils have been used in industrial applications as well as in foods. The long-chain fatty acids found in canola have been found
to destroy the sphingomyelin surrounding nerve cells in the brain, in some cases leading to a degenerative brain condition remarkably
similar to mad-cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy); in advanced cases the brain tissue develops a Swiss-cheese-like
appearance, full of holes. Illnesses and conditions that have been associated with canola oil consumption include loss of vision
(retinal capillaries are very sensitive and easily damaged), and a wide range of neurological disorders. [ref. 3a] The high temperatures
used in canola refining will damage many of the essential fatty acids, which are much more susceptible to damage by heat than
saturated fats. (Heat may convert many of the unsaturated double bonds to the "trans" configuration.) While high-quality essential fatty
acids are required for human health, in their damaged or rancid forms they become harmful. Additional problems with canola oil include
the presence of minute, but potentially dangerous, amounts of thioglycosides, which have thyrotoxic effects. [ref. 3m] To reduce the
concentration of these compounds requires processing with alkalinizing agents plus high temperatures; unfortunately, the high
temperatures used in processing have other undesirable effects, the most serious of which is the conversion of unsaturated fats to the
trans form. Rapeseed has been selectively bred and genetically engineered [ref. 3a] in an attempt to reduce the toxic components and
processing methods were developed to further reduce the concentration of undesirable compounds. Prior to its entry into
the "health" food market, it was known as rapeseed oil, but savvy marketing professionals knew that the health food market, heavily
dominated by young, college-educated women, would not purchase a repulsive-sounding product called rapeseed oil. The name of the
selectively bred variety was changed to canola (as in "Canadian oil"; it has been heavily promoted by Canadian government and
agricultural organizations) oil; the name rolls off the tongue with a mellifluous sound. [3.1] Recommendations The biochemistry of plants
and natural food products is often complex; the total effect of a given food on human health is dependent upon many chemical
constituents and their interaction with biochemical pathways of the body. To radically alter our diets based on scientific evidence
regarding only a few aspects of this biochemistry is like cooking in the dark. Common symptom reactions to unhealthy oils and fats, or
to an unhealthy balance of the types of fats in one's diet include joint pain and aggravation of arthritic conditions, a general tendency to
have increased tissue irritability and inflammation, and, in the case of unhealthy fats such as hydrogenated oils and excessive amounts
of fried foods, abdominal fullness and indigestion. While these conditions also may be due to other factors, quality of fats and oils is
important. How one feels immediately to within several days after eating specific types of fat is often a useful indicator of whether one's
fat consumption is healthy or unhealthy. Avoid canola oil; there is too much doubt about its safety. Recommended oils and fats, which
are essential nutrients, include moderate amounts of meat in the form of clean sources (organically grown, etc.) of beef, lamb, and other
red meats, poultry, fish (especially sardines and mackerel), plus olive, almond, or sesame oil; of all the vegetable oils, olive oil is
probably the safest and best for health reasons. All of these have been in traditional use in various cultures for thousands of years.
Individual differences in metabolism will dictate needs for more or less of these types of oils and fats.
An attorney for the Canola people sent me this.
http://www.canola-council.org/production/thetruth.html"
"If you read down into this page you will see a number of links to other
independent and very reputable Web sites (the Cancer Association, American
Society of Science and Health, Washington Post, Health Central and others)
that refute the claims made on this page."
a forwarded email.
I know you wouldn't want to make irresponsible claims so I'm providing you with this information: Although canola oil is not a favorite oil with me
for a number of reasons (none of which were listed in the article), the statement suggesting that because it is used as an industrial oil it is therefore not
edible is not valid. Flax oil is also used as an industrial oil for paint and linoleum, etc. But when it is prepared as a food it is edible. Most oils have
been used at one time or another as industrial products. One of the most edible of oils, coconut oil, is used for many industrial products, especially for
soaps and cosmetics. Olive oil apparently has been used to make soap for as long as it has been used as a food oil. Perhaps the most blatant error and
comparison made by Mr. Lynn, though, is that regarding canola oil and mustard gas, which chemically has absolutely no relationship to mustard oil or
any other mustard plant. Mustard gas is 2,2'-dichlorodiethyl sulfide and its preparation using ethylene and sulfur chloride is given in the Merck Index.
It received its name because of the yellowish color of the gas and the sulfur odor. Canola and regular rapeseed oils are extracted from the seeds of
several of the brassica plants - the same family of plants from which we get vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, kale, mustard
greens, and several other vegetables. Of course, there is not much fat in these vegetables; but what fat there is in some of them, e.g., mustard greens, is
as much as 29
percent erucic acid. Also, since glycosides (typical are stevioside and other flavonoids) are basically water soluble, I would not expect to find much of
them in any oil. Those glucosinolates found in rapeseed meal after the oil has removed from the seeds are the same goiterogens that are found in the
brassica vegetables. One problem with canola oil is that it has to be partially hydrogenated or refined before it is used commercially and consequently
is a source of trans fatty acids; sometimes are very high levels. Another problem is that it is too unsaturated to be used exclusively in the diet; some of
the undesirable effects caused by feeding canola can be rectified if the diet is made higher in saturated fatty acids. Mary G. Enig, Ph.D., Director
Nutritional Sciences Division Enig Associates, Inc. [email protected] FAX
301)680-8100 -----------------------------Recommendations
Dr. Doug Graham states that oils in general inhibit nutrient absorption in the small intestine.
With all the choices why take chances?
If you must use oils.
Pure Olive oil only. Bariani (Sacramento California area) is a good one. Safflower and Sunflower oils are OK, but they contain Omega 6
which may or may not be not a good option for the heart or the mylin sheaths.
Udo's Choice or Russell Martino's EFAs is a real good one for balanced EFAs.
Reject any foods, packaged or otherwise, which have in the label "...may contain vegetable oil, cottonseed, canola oil.." And if the label
just says vegetable oil, we reject it outright since it does not specify which oil.
GE canola class action suit moves forward in Canada
Court to hear GE canola class action suit arguments
Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, October 28, 2004 Vol. 6, No. 209
An attempt by organic farmers in Saskatchewan, Canada, to file a class action suit against developers of genetically engineered canola moves into a
courtroom in early November.
Justice Gene-Ann Smith of the Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon will hear lawyers representing Monsanto Canada, Bayer Crop Science and two
organic growers argue the merits of the suit. Class actions are relatively new in Canada, and the plaintiff has to convince the court the action should
be allowed to go forward. If the judge agrees to certify the suit, then a trial would be held later.
Farmers Larry Hoffman and Dale Beaudoin, on behalf of a group called the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate, wants to be able to sue Monsanto and
Bayer for an as-yet-undetermined amount in compensation for being unable to grow organic canola. They say the companies' GE varieties spread into
fields of conventional canola, making it almost impossible to grow and sell organic canola that must be free of GE seeds.
Monsanto spokeswoman Trish Jordan said her company will argue that the suit should be dismissed. She said the farmers are being put forward by the
Directorate, Greenpeace, and the British Soils Association "as a platform to advance their anti-GE position in the public arena and this is not an
appropriate use of the court's time and resources. These groups are engaging in a scientific, social and political debate concerning GE foods rather than
having a legitimate legal dispute."
