Canola Oil Anyone?

September 14, 2006

And... we thought it was good for us. NOT!

Michelle

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Canola Oil:

Olive oil comes from olives, peanut oil from peanuts, sunflower oil

from sunflowers; but what is a 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 " .

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 is strongly related to symptoms of 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 discontinued .

A few relevant facts:

It is genetically engineered rapeseed.

Canada paid the FDA the sum of $50 million to have rape registered

and recognized as " safe " . (Source: Young Again and others)

Rapeseed is a lubricating oil used by small industry. It has never

been meant for human consumption.

It is derived from the mustard family and is considered a toxic and

poisonous weed, which when processed, becomes rancid very quickly.

It has been shown to cause lung cancer (Wall Street Journal: 6/7/95)

It is very inexpensive to grow and harvest. Insects won't eat it.

Some typical and possible side effects include loss of vision,

disruption of the central nervous system, respiratory illness,

anemia, constipation, increased incidence of heart disease and

cancer, low birth weights in infants and irritability.

Generally rapeseed has a cumulative effect, taking almost 10 years

before symptoms begin to manifest. It has a tendency to inhibit

proper metabolism of foods and prohibits normal enzyme function.

Canola is a Trans Fatty Acid, which has shown to have a direct link

to cancer. These Trans Fatty acids are labeled as hydrogenated or

partially hydrogenated oils. Avoid all of them!

According to John Thomas' book, Young Again, 12 years ago in England

and Europe, rape seed was fed to cows, pigs and sheep who later went

blind and began attacking people. There were no further attacks

after the rape seed was eliminated from their diet.

Source: David Dancu, N.D.

Apparently peanut oil is being replaced with rape oil. You'll find

it in an alarming number of processed foods. I read where 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.

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.*

(* taken from FATS THAT HEAL AND FATS THAT KILL by Udo Erasmus.)

I read about a man who 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.

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.

September 14, 2006

As per Snopes.com you can read about it here.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp This has been circling

since about 2001 and has been shown to be False.

Regards,

Nikie Brown

After The Rayne - Handmade Soaps & Bath Products

http://www.aftertherayne.com