Fw: warning on canola oil

[Jimmydg]

FYI .... JOY

Recently, I tried Canola Oil, 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 very 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, so, I did
some investigating on the Internet. There are plenty of official canola
sites lauding this "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 "Canada" and "oil". Canola is a genetically
engineered plant developed in Canada from the rapeseed plant, which is
part of the mustard family. 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 an 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 infection to 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. 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. 
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. 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. 
Read this informative report written by leading health expert Tom
Valentine, Canola Oil Report. columns/canola2f.htm 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. 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.