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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 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.
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 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 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 to 160. 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-treatings 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 to ask 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 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. 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.
Happy Frying,
(Name removed on request)
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