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This message alleges that canola oil is toxic to humans and other animals, causing
emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia, constipation, irritability, and blindness. | | Description | 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
useduring 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 hydroid 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 to160. 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-treating 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 toask 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 toxicsubstance.
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. | | Related links | Canola Warning Debunking
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