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 [its actually Oil, Low Acid, meaning erucic acid, which has been implicated in causing cancer].
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, it seems,
causes emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia, constipation, irritability, and blindness in animals and humans.

The plant is 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.

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). 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 of 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.

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. 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.

Rape seed oil is a penetrating oil, to be used in light
industry, not for human consumption. It contains a toxic substance. (from encyclopedia). Even after the processing to reduce the erucic acid (hence Low 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 [hence why i told you it becomes dangerous when heated]
(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 fit for human consumption.

Hmm!!

Who do the get baby oil

I agree 100%

If you want to know more about what is in our foods then read Kevin Trudeau's books.

It is your choice what you want to put in your body!

cheers

So true and for a while it was the oil that everyone raved about. Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for me and mine.

Good Info.

If tis is relly true why is it sill on the market?

I read his book, to bad he went through h*ll to publish it.

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Just like all other unhealthy stuff. It brings in money.

check out snopes...it says this is another email hoax.

It is right after the letter.


http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp

Not dismissing Snopes... I like it, but research some good health sites. Olive oil in moderation protects the heart, that and flaxseed oil provide great health benefits. Each has to decide what is best for themselves.

what kind of oil do you bake with? olive oil in cookies would just be nasty....

I don't eat many cookies, so I can't answer with knowledge..sorry, nor do I bathe in oil. Mineral oil (baby oil) also depletes the body of healthy things. I can't stand the taste of Olive Oil, so for me it is Extra Virgin. Almond oil..a drop or seals in moisture. Another good sourse of moiture is Emeralds, Extra Virgin Unprocessed Coconut Oil. It's very bad for a person if it has been processed, though.

Yep....read up on coconut oil...all kinds of great benefits...helps boosts metabolism, etc. It's mostly all I use any more ... and extra pure virgin olive oil.

Read, read, read - not from marketing sources but from independant sources.