Canola
Oil is made from poisonous rapeseed oil. The first time that I
knowingly tried Canola Oil my heart inside my chest was doing somersaults. Not
good.
From
Darleen Bradley,
Canola oil from rapeseed,
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, 2016) 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 When canola oil was withdrawn from their diets, the deposits dissolved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 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.*
From GrassFedGirl,
2. It is rumored that the Canadian
government paid the FDA $50 million dollars for canola oil to be granted the
GRAS (generally regarded as safe) rating in 1985. Canola oil is not approved by
the FDA for use in baby formula.
3. Canola oil is very prone to
oxidation during manufacturing and storage causing free radical damage to our
DNA which, over time, can lead to various cancers. This means that when canola
oil is on the store shelf in bottles or in processed foods like cookies and
chips, it is already rancid.
4. Canola oil has been shown to
cause heart lesions in animal studies and atherogenic plaques in human arterial
walls.
5. Canola oil depletes the
antioxidant vitamin E that is needed for cell communication which is helpful in
preventing diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Vitamin E is found in
greens vegetables, olives, nuts/seeds, coconut oil, and avocados.
From Janet
Allen,
KING 'LEAR': WHAT'S IN A NAME?
But first...a little background on
the defendant: A brainchild of the Canadian seed-oil industry, Canola was
fashioned from its genetic ancestor as a safer, more palatable variety of what
was previously referred to there as "lear oil" ("low erucic acid
rapeseed"). Its name was changed for the international market to an
abbreviated version of the term Canadian oil, hence: "Canola."
Distracting the public's attention from any association with the word
"rape" was just the first of many premeditated ploys to coax the
blank-slate consumer into accepting this promising new culinary commodity.
The Rapeseed plant has been grown
for thousands of years for camp oil and cooking oil, and in the 1940s was
employed as a lubricant for steam locomotives and ship engines (soon being
replaced by diesel fuel). In addition, this semi-drying oil is used as a fuel,
soap base, synthetic rubber base, and illuminant for slick, magazine-style,
color pages. A member of the mustard family, Rape oil, according to some
sources, is also used to produce the chemical warfare agent "Mustard
Gas," as well as the more benign homeopathic remedy
"Thiosinaminum." Canadian farmers were initially introduced to it as
an oil crop in 1942, but not until 1957 was an edible form of its oil first
extracted. However, its versatility was limited as a commercial crop due to
some inherently negative characteristics. It contained high amounts of two
undesirable substances: ERUCIC ACID, which can be harmful to humans, and
GLUCOSINOLATES, which have the damaging effect of inhibiting livestock growth.
But scientists will be scientists, and eventually, breeders were successful in
developing varieties low in both of these compounds. In 1974, researchers at
the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg utilized genetic engineering techniques to
alter its chemical composition, making Canola more suitable for consumption.
According to the Canadian Canola
Growers Association (CCGA) based in Manitoba, "Canola is a multi-million
dollar industry that contributes immensely to the Canadian economy through job
creation and trade." That's not too surprising, considering the Canadian
government provides large agricultural subsidies to growers of this crop.
Whereas in the 1940's, a mere 6,000 acres of rapeseed was harvested there per
year, the nineties decade has seen the figure multiply to 10.5 million acres
annually, nearly half of that grown in Saskatchewan. Now that the Canola boom
has hit hard, American farmers have grabbed a piece of the action in our
Pacific Northwest, north-central, and southeast, where blossoming fields of the
bright yellow flower is a familiar sight in summer. Each plant produces
numerous pods (about one-fifth the size of pea pods, but similar in shape),
within which are tiny round seeds that are crushed to obtain the 40% oil they
contain. The remainder of the seed is processed into canola meal, sold as a
high-protein animal feed. Currently, Canola holds the position of fifth in the
world trade in agricultural crops, after rice, wheat, maize, and cotton. It is the
third most significant Canadian grain export, after wheat and barley.
All sounds fine and dandy...so
where's the problem?
POLITICS AS USUAL
In 1988, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration permitted the coined name "Canola" to be used as a
generic name for "lear oil," resulting in a significant increase in
its importation into this country. Today, we purchase in excess of 80% of
Canada's total production of edible vegetable oils, 63% of which is Canola. As
a matter of public record, the Canadian government and industry paid our (FDA)
$50 million dollars to have Canola oil placed on the GRAS ("GenerallyRecognized As Safe") list, part of a scheme to sidestep the otherwise
lengthy and much more expensive approval process. Thus a new industry was
created. What's more, absolutely no medical research on humans was required or
completed (similar to the approval of food irradiation and genetically
engineered foods) to establish the oil's safety or benefits before money was
spent to promote it in this country. However, the misconception that
experimentation with non-human species is a viable tool for determining safety
apparently led scientists to engage in studies with laboratory animals that
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." Yet
the ironic thing is that, even though these studies were mistakenly believed to
have some validity, they were nevertheless disregarded anyway...just another
good example of bad science, wasted revenues, and unnecessary suffering.
