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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.
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 When canola oil was withdrawn from their diets, the deposits dissolved but scar tissue remained on all vital organs.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.
