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by Darleen Bradley
Recently I bought a cooking oil that
is 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 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'. (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 have not 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 will
find it in an alarming number of
processed foods. There is 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 do not know what you will be cooking
with tonight, but I will 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 of 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 months 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 n 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, (from encyclopedia). 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) A K Maj.
The Wall Street Journal June 7, 1995
pB6 (W) pB6 (E) col 1(11 col in).
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 use canola oil, it can hurt
you. Polyunsaturated or not, this is a
bad oil.
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