Canola oil
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I might be mistaken but I think Canola contains TFAs (trans fatty acids). Here in Canada, they’ve decreed that any packaged food must show the levels of TFAs and other bad things. TFAs have been identified as a pretty serious health risk. Most margarines contain these things. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
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> I might be mistaken but I think Canola contains TFAs (trans fatty acids). > Here in Canada, they’ve decreed that any packaged food must show the levels > of TFAs and other bad things. TFAs have been identified as a pretty serious > health risk. Most margarines contain these things. > Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Hydrogenated oils contain higher levels of TFAs, Canola oil is fine in this regard, it’s unsaturated and unhydrogenated. Also soft margarines such as Becel are unhydrogenated and therefore TFAs are not a big concern.
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I forgot who posted on Canola oil, but I got REALcurious about it and reasearched it on the web. So I am just posting this as an FYI follow upon what I learned since I was so alarmed to hear how bad for you canola was purported to be. From what I found from about.com, http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcanola.htm?terms=canola+rape+… It is a fallacy that canola oil is especially bad for you (any more so than any oil), according to this source. It states that it is an urban legend not based in fact. If others want to comment on this, I would be curious to hear it, but I would especially want to hear about the source now.
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Hello Susan, Try http://www.snopes2.com/toxins/canola.htm for the same rumor with some explanations attached. http://www.tafkac.org/ulz/canola.html has similar information and a few links a the bottom including the one you mentioned. I like snopes web site for checking out rumors since they give you one page with the legend and any explanation. >I forgot who posted on Canola oil, but I got REALcurious about it and >reasearched it on the web. So I am just posting this as an FYI follow upon >what I learned since I was so alarmed to hear how bad for you canola was >purported to be. >From what I found from about.com, >http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcanola.htm?terms=canola+rape+… >It is a fallacy that canola oil is especially bad for you (any more so than >any oil), according to this source. It states that it is an urban legend not >based in fact. >If others want to comment on this, I would be curious to hear it, but I >would especially want to hear about the source now.
– Luke The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese
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Actually canola oil is an excellent source of omega-3 oils. Other good sources are nut oils such as walnut and avocado, Puritan oil and flaxseed oil. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I forgot who posted on Canola oil, but I got REALcurious about it and >reasearched it on the web. So I am just posting this as an FYI follow upon >what I learned since I was so alarmed to hear how bad for you canola was >purported to be. >From what I found from about.com, >http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcanola.htm?terms=canola+rape+… >It is a fallacy that canola oil is especially bad for you (any more so than >any oil), according to this source. It states that it is an urban legend not >based in fact. >If others want to comment on this, I would be curious to hear it, but I >would especially want to hear about the source now.
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> Not happy with that lot they continued to tamper with it and > produced a variety that was "roundup" tolerant. Of course "roundup" is also > produced by Monsanto. > wrong again. you are confusing sugar beets with canola. The roundup > resistant beets were for ireland, not canada.
While the post was mostly bullshit, Monsanto has developed round-up ready canola. — Kirk Kolas Ontario Veterinary College Class of 2002 — Curriculum Vitae: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~kkolas/cv.html A Closer Look at Hulda Clark: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~kkolas/
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> Hi, > Canola comes from Rapeseed and was genetically engineered by the famous > "Monsanto".
Wrong…It was developed by a university in canada. Not happy with that lot they continued to tamper with it and > produced a variety that was "roundup" tolerant. Of course "roundup" is also > produced by Monsanto.
wrong again. you are confusing sugar beets with canola. The roundup resistant beets were for ireland, not canada. > Well two weeks ago or thereabouts they had to recall 60,000 sacks of the > seed in Canada as it was found that they had produced a rogue protein in the > crop which was most unsuitable for human consumption. Well we all know that > Monsanto being an excellent corporate citizen, did the right thing. > However the seed they produced also was introduced to the environment by > natural things like BEES. Hmmm , hope they recalled all the Bees as well. > So what we have here is a useless product that is now pesticide resistant > growing uncontrollably in the Canadian Wilds.!!!
more pure BS. > Well done Monsanto or is it Pharmacia or Pfizer, hard to tell these days > but they have their representative on the FDA so we should all feel safe.. > Guess what they also got away with it in Australia and got their > representative on the pharmaceutical Board. > Another coup for free enterprise and the current Liberal Government. Not > feeling well? then continue to eat their products and take their medications > all with support of the Government that you elect.
more scare tatics and a political agenda as well. Nice try, but mostly fiction. rich – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Kind regards Rod S, >> It is a meaningless argument that canola oil comes from a genetically >> engineered plant. None of the proteins or DNA is present in the oil, >> hence no problem. > I ggree with this point, but that’s not all there is to it. > What is being sold as "Canola oil" is actually Rapeseed oil, whether > GM or not. Rapeseed has been known to be less than wholesome. > — > -john > "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining" > - JFK > — > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
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LOL! Good one! :-) apparently write: >rapeseed oil comes from rapeseed. Corn oil comes from corn. Soybean oil comes >from soybeans. Canola oil comes from Canada.
– -john
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Hi, Canola comes from Rapeseed and was genetically engineered by the famous "Monsanto". Not happy with that lot they continued to tamper with it and produced a variety that was "roundup" tolerant. Of course "roundup" is also produced by Monsanto. Well two weeks ago or thereabouts they had to recall 60,000 sacks of the seed in Canada as it was found that they had produced a rogue protein in the crop which was most unsuitable for human consumption. Well we all know that Monsanto being an excellent corporate citizen, did the right thing. However the seed they produced also was introduced to the environment by natural things like BEES. Hmmm , hope they recalled all the Bees as well. So what we have here is a useless product that is now pesticide resistant growing uncontrollably in the Canadian Wilds.!!! Well done Monsanto or is it Pharmacia or Pfizer, hard to tell these days but they have their representative on the FDA so we should all feel safe.. Guess what they also got away with it in Australia and got their representative on the pharmaceutical Board. Another coup for free enterprise and the current Liberal Government. Not feeling well? then continue to eat their products and take their medications all with support of the Government that you elect. Kind regards Rod S,
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->It is a meaningless argument that canola oil comes from a genetically >engineered plant. None of the proteins or DNA is present in the oil, >hence no problem. > I ggree with this point, but that’s not all there is to it. > What is being sold as "Canola oil" is actually Rapeseed oil, whether > GM or not. Rapeseed has been known to be less than wholesome. > — > -john > "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining" > - JFK
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>Canola seed is not rapeseed.
Oh, yeah? http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/b472/canola.html >Oil from rapeseed is poisonous.
I certainly is. >Oil from canola seed is not. There is no such thing as canola seed.
"Canola" is genetically modified rape. — -john "Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done and why. Then do it." - Robert Heinlein
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>It is a meaningless argument that canola oil comes from a genetically >engineered plant. None of the proteins or DNA is present in the oil, >hence no problem.
I ggree with this point, but that’s not all there is to it. What is being sold as "Canola oil" is actually Rapeseed oil, whether GM or not. Rapeseed has been known to be less than wholesome. — -john "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining" - JFK
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>There is no such thing as a canola. Canola oil is rapeseed oil,
IMHO, the reason it was renamed, was to lessen it’s potential for confusion with grapeseed oil. But then again, I am merely speculating … :-O — -john
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Canola seed is not rapeseed. Oil from rapeseed is poisonous. Oil from canola seed is not. rich – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> There is no such thing as a canola. Canola oil is rapeseed oil, > IMHO, the reason it was renamed, was to lessen it’s potential for > confusion with grapeseed oil. > But then again, I am merely speculating … :-O
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> > FYI: Canola Oil. I hope none of you are using this oil, it is deadly! > Here is the truth. The original posting is urban legend.
Thanks, Rich, for taking the time to post the Real Story on Canola oil. It IS amazing how such nonsense continues to spread, like an evil virus, thanks to the Internet. Yeh! Let’s give those Canadians some credit! Beside, rapeseed oil just doesn’t have "sales appeal". Somewhat off-topic (but I think this one is done, eh?)—–anyone know the history of how someone figured out that if one takes the fruit of the coffee tree, dries and roasts it, grinds it up and pours very hot water over it, we get the most popular beverage (and, arguably, drug) in the world? –Larry — Larry Bickford, OD Doctor of Optometry, Family Practice Eye Health and Vision Care The EyeCare Connection http://www.EyeCareContacts.com Please note: Addresses are munged using the .invalid protocol to reduce spam. Help fight spam! Report spam to SpamCop http://www.spamcop.net
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> FYI: Canola Oil. I hope none of you are using this oil, it is deadly!
Here is the truth. The original posting is urban legend. Peanut oil comes from peanuts; olive oil comes from olives. But what on Earth is a canola? There is no such thing as a canola. Canola oil is rapeseed oil, pressed or extracted from the seeds of the rape plant (from the Latin rapa, meaning turnip) Brassica rapa or B. campestris, close relatives of mustard, kale, cabbage and broccoli. Mustard? Yes, but there is no truth to the hysterical claim made in the e-mail rave that rapeseed is the source of mustard gas, the flesh-burning chemical weapon used by the Germans in World War I; it is chemically unrelated. The grain of truth behind the whole anti-canola crusade is that historically, rapeseed oil has proven to be toxic because of a high content — between 30 and 60 percent — of erucic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid. That has never stopped people in Asia and Scandinavia, however, from using it in their cooking for centuries. But while rapeseed oil has many industrial uses, it was not permitted as an edible oil in the U.S. because of its erucic acid content. In 1974, plant breeders at the University of Manitoba in Canada succeeded in developing a genetically modified rape plant whose seed oil contained less than 2 percent of erucic acid. They nationalistically named it canola: can- for "Canadian" plus -ola, for "oil." This euphemism was approved for edible rapeseed oil by the Food and Drug Administration in 1989, provided that the erucic acid content did not exceed 2 percent. Today’s canola oil averages 0.6 percent erucic acid, only 1 percent or 2 percent of the amount in the rapeseed oil of old. It is valued for its fatty acid profile, which is 59 percent monounsaturated, 30 percent polyunsaturated and 7 percent saturated. This compares favorably with Health Champ olive oil’s profile: 74 percent monounsaturated, 8 percent polyunsaturated and 14 percent saturated. Apparently, some people find it hard to understand that if the erucic acid has been bred out of the plant, the acid’s toxicity can no longer be ascribed to the oil. This is not the only case of a dangerous substance having to be removed from a food to make it safe. Before cashew nuts are roasted, for example, they contain a substance that would burn your skin off. And cassava, a staple of the Central and South American diet, is full of hydrogen cyanide before it is soaked or heated. Shakespeare to the contrary notwithstanding, the sins of the fathers are not to be laid upon the children. http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/food/A31594-2001Feb6.html And the next article exposes the legend as well… Origins: What we have here is a bit of truth about a product’s family history worked into a hysterical screed against the product itself. There is no earthly reason to give any credence to this rumor — Canola oil is not the horrifying product this widely-disseminated e-mail makes it out to be, nor has the FDA turned loose on the American public a health scourge worthy of being named one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. An appreciation of what this scare is based upon begins with a better understanding of what canola oil and how it came into being. The rape plant (Brassica napus) is a member of the mustard family, as claimed in the e-mail. However, before associations between rape and mustard gas set in too strongly, it should be noted turnip, cabbage, watercress, horseradish, and radish are also members of this family of plants. 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
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