Re: CANOLA OIL: A DROP OF DEATH

Thank you. Perhaps in the future when you post "Chicken Little" pieces ("The sky is falling, The sky is falling!") you will also post other pieces that dispute the "facts."

I can only wonder what your attachment is to posting so many "Ain't it awful" kinds of pieces of dubious origin. There's enough real shit going down in the world without getting hysterical about shit that ain't true.

Besides, if I want to scare the crap out of myself, I can find plenty of stuff on the internet and tv on my own. I don't need it spoon-fed to me on the newsgroup.

So, how the hell are ya, Peacedream? Where do you live? What do you believe in? How about a real discussion on some of these issues, with some real thought? What is your opinion on them? What are you doing to make the world a better place? Any knotty ethical, social, or environmental issues you are dealing with? What do you think some solutions might be? What do you do in your own community to relieve suffering and injustice?

In other words, why don't you share some of yourself with us? Be real, dude!

All this weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth that goes on over the state of the world accomplishes nothing. Get involved! Get creative! Drop back in and give 'em hell!

peacedream wrote:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp
Rapeseed oil has been used for cooking for centuries in Europe, India, China, and Japan. As modern science is finding out, its previous use wasn't necessarily a guarantee of safety. Cooking at high temperatures with unrefined rapeseed oil now appears to be related to an increased risk of lung cancer because at high temperatures cooking oil gives off chemicals capable of causing mutations in cells. Unrefined rapeseed oil is particularly notable for this, but other oils also have this association. Those intent upon doing large amounts of wok cooking with any sort of cooking oil should therefore lower their frying temperature from the 240°C to 280°C called for in Chinese cooking to 180°C.

"Rapeseed oil naturally contains a high percentage (30-60%) of erucic acid, a substance associated with heart lesions in laboratory animals. For this reason rapeseed oil was not used for consumption in the United States prior to 1974, although it was used in other countries. (Americans chose to use it as a lubricant to maintain Allied naval and merchant ships during World War II.)

In 1974, rapeseed varieties with a low erucic content were introduced. Scientists had found a way to replace almost all of rapeseed's erucic acid with oleic acid, a type of monounsaturated fatty acid. (This change was accomplished through the cross-breeding of plants, not by the techniques commonly referred to as "genetic engineering.") By 1978, all Canadian rapeseed produced for food use contained less than 2% erucic acid. The Canadian seed oil industry rechristened the product "canola oil" (Canadian oil) in 1978 in an attempt to distance the product from negative associations with the word "rape." Canola was introduced to American consumers in 1986. By 1990, erucic acid levels in canola oil ranged from 0.5% to 1.0%, in compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards.

This light, tasteless oil's popularity is due to the structure of its fats. It is lower in saturated fat (about 6%) than any other oil. Compare this to the high saturated fat content of peanut oil (about 18%) and palm oil (at an incredibly high 79%). It also contains more cholesterol-balancing monounsaturated fat than any oil except olive oil and has the distinction of containing Omega-3 fatty acids, a polyunsaturated fat reputed to not only lower both cholesterol and triglycerides, but also to contribute to brain growth and development.

In other words, it's a healthy oil. One shouldn't feel afraid to use it because of some Internet scare loosely based on half-truths and outright lies. "

However, sources cited for further info are: Canola Oil: The Truth (Canola Council of Canada) http://www.canola-council.org/cooking_myths.html

Canola Oil — Good or Bad? (Cancer Association of South Africa)
http://web.archive.org/web/20010809065733/www.cansa.co.za/facts_myths_diet_canola.asp



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The origins of Canola oil are in the rape seed plant, which is in the mustard family. The oil is pressed from the seed. Straight from the original botanical source, the oil is indeed toxic due to high levels of erucic acid, and is used as a natural biological insecticide. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/ingredients/tech_docs/tech_011332.htmCanola oil, also known as LEAR (Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed) oil, is not genetically modified or produced in a lab, but comes from a hybridized version of the plant, just as most of the roses and tomatoes grown today are hybridized versions of original sources. It would be lovely if Peacedream would post opposing points of view, as s/he appears to enjoy publicizing the most sensational, fringe element reports. The video referenced, while well-meaning, is highly politicized and based on junk science. The level of erucic acid in canola oil is very low, and considered safe. http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2325.html


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