Canola Oil KILLS!
Posted by divadee on Mar 28, 2008 · Member since Dec 2007 · 5 posts
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Using Canola Oil contradicts all the time that we have invested, the expense we incur to purchase organically grown food and a few extra years of wisdom we will enjoy as we age. But, I’m not going to rant and rave… here is a link with relevant information for you to take into consideration. Here’s to healthy living.
http://www.ithyroid.com/canola_oil.htm
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I buy organic canola oil and I do not believe it is genetically modified
I buy organic canola oil and I do not believe it is genetically modified
Since the plant that canola oil comes from did not exist by natural means and was bred starting with the plant rape seed. It isnt natural either way. It was created by intellegent human minds and controlled plant breeding.
Since the plant that canola oil comes from did not exist by natural means and was bred starting with the plant rape seed. It isnt natural either way. It was created by intellegent human minds and controlled plant breeding.
As are most plants we consume in this country, probably. Nothing is really "natural"--it depends how far back you want to draw the abitrary line and call something "native." There is a difference between selective breeding and GMO, in my understanding.
I buy organic canola oil and I do not believe it is genetically modified
Since the plant that canola oil comes from did not exist by natural means and was bred starting with the plant rape seed. It isnt natural either way. It was created by intellegent human minds and controlled plant breeding.
IMHO Controlled plant breeding and intelligent humans is what makes most organic farming possible....
Also, by this reasoning, there is no "natural" corn grown on the earth known to exist today....
google history of corn.... here's a nice li'l snippet I found off the bat:
http://www.tricountyfarm.org/oregon_corn.asp
I buy organic canola oil and I do not believe it is genetically modified
Since the plant that canola oil comes from did not exist by natural means and was bred starting with the plant rape seed. It isnt natural either way. It was created by intellegent human minds and controlled plant breeding.
IMHO Controlled plant breeding and intelligent humans is what makes most organic farming possible....
Also, by this reasoning, there is no "natural" corn grown on the earth known to exist today....
google history of corn.... here's a nice li'l snippet I found off the bat:
http://www.tricountyfarm.org/oregon_corn.asp
Yes, exactly, this is true for so many foods. Controlled plant breeding IS agriculture, pretty much by definition. Tomatoes probably originated in the Americas, so should no Europeans be growing or eating them? Of course not. That canola oil comes from the rapeseed plant is neither here nor there with respect to its effects on our bodies, in my opinion.
If someone states a claim intending to help others on this site it is not thier job to provide you the mass amounts of scientific evidence. I have done this on my own invovling canola oil and if i get some time this weekend ill re-find both sides of the story and post them.
If you as an individual are concerned enough about your health you would research both siides of the situation presented and than decide what you think is a healthy decision for you.
If you guys want to eat Canola oil that is fine with me, I just wanted to point out that it has possible dangers. There is no doubt that it contains euric acid...i dont care how low the content of it is it is a toxic substance. I dont want any toxic substance that can be prevented going into my body. our food industry allows enough of that.
If you want to consume something that the canadian goverment payed the FDA $50 million dollers to be placed on the GRAS go ahead but i sure as hell want nothing to do with it.
Kettlecorn, I don't think that people were intending disrespect. And certainly there are lots of foods that people have thought were safe that over time were proven to not be healthy. However, I think it is a bit much to accuse the Canadian government of bribing the FDA to approve canola oil. Usually something that qualifies as GRAS (generally recognized as safe) has been around for quite a while and there is a substantial body of evidence that shows that it is safe. But that does not mean that someday it might be recognized as not safe, which of course is the same with any product. Heavens knows we all grew up stuffing our faces with trans fats and hydrogenated oils.
However, it think the issue of genetically modified foods is very serious. The US public (unlike in Europe) has yet to really understand this issue, even though it has been around for many years now. A lot of people confuse genetic modification with selective breeding and hybridization, which is of course very common. So when I read something talking about how the canola oil plant is a product of cross-breeding (the same as the "Silver Queen" corn sold in the Burpee catalog), and confuses that with genetic modification, I feel the need to step in. Genetic modification--not just genetically modified crops, but fish too--has already caused extensive damage to the environment and has the potential to cause even more. It definitely has its champions--especially in poorer countries that value high yields most of all--but it is in dire need of public scrutiny.
Documentary regarding GMO's: http://www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/2008/04/the-world-accor.html
Any who believe the FDA is above accepting bribery and being poltically and financially influenced by Big Pharma and Big Chema please research the history of our FDA- its conception, who was behind, it, who benefts and profits from it, and its history of promoting substances that are later retracted, along with with who heads it and when those people retire from their seat- where they then go to work. (hint: the Big Pharma and Big Chema corporations)
I agree with KettleCorn and do not use Canola Oil. Not good stuff. :P
I avoid canola oil as well. I have done much research on both sides and have decided not to chance it. Besides, there are so many better tasting oils!
So, according to Vegan Cupcakes take over the World <---(yum)
canola oil is ideal for cupcake making.
i like cupcakes..
I'm sure it's possible that canola oil could be unhealthy, but this article is unreferenced, completely sentationalist, and bordering on the ridiculous. It carries on about how canola is genetically modified as though that is proof that it's dangerous - yes technically it is an engineered plant, but that just means that it's been selectively bred and crossed naturally with other varieties.
I'd like to see some references on the supposed mad cow-canola link too - it's been well established that mad cow disease is caused by a build up of infectious proteins that cause plaques to form in the brain, transmitted by ingesting an infected individual. The reason the animals stopped getting BSE is probably because they stopped being fed other infected animals, nothing to do with canola - but if one is going to make that claim, you better have some references to back it up...
Don't believe everything you read on the internet...
Sorry, I'm just chiming in to point out that "genetically modified" is not the same thing as a hybrid. Crossing different kinds of canola plants to come up with a new variety with different attributes has been going on for a long time. But "genetically modified" frequently involves splicing genes from other species and even organisms into the dna of the plant so that is how you wind up with tomatoes with salmon genes in them, etc. Which is actually going on right now and I'm not sensationalizing this point. Genetically modified foods are not created through a natural process and that is why they cause alarm in some scientists and consumers.
Yeah, I know about that, I'm a biology student. The terms "genetic modification/engineering" can technically include all artificial manipulations of genetic makeup, whether or not they use the most advanced techniques or good old-fashioned selective breeding. Most people wouldn't think of selective breeding or hybridisation as being GM though, and of course that's not the way the term is used in labelling laws (just like the way the word "organic" actually means anything with carbon in its make up but is used differently when referring to food production). This was kinda my point, that the article was misleading.
I try to avoid Canola oil as much as possible as it is derived from the rapeseed plant which contains high amounts of euric acid (this is the acid that crystalizes in the joints in individuals who have Gout, if that helps). Rapeseed oil is used in machinery and not intended for human consumption. Aside from being highly genetically modified Canola oil still contains a percentage of the dangerous euric acid.
I had a gout attack in the past, quite painful I must say, so this caught my interest because I do not remember reading anything about canola oil in regards to gout. I did a little research and see that canola contain erucic acid not the uric acid involved in gout.
If someone states a claim intending to help others on this site it is not thier job to provide you the mass amounts of scientific evidence. I have done this on my own invovling canola oil ...
I agree that it is not necessary to provide mass amounts of evidence, scientific or not, but you should do your best to make sure your claims are at least correct.
I don't mean to sound negative here, I do enjoy what I learn in researching people's statements and I am glad to have learned of erucic acid in canola.
I also don't understand the argument people sometimes make that when something natural is used industrially that it somehow excludes it from all other uses.
I also feel it necessary to state these facts:
Water Kills
Water contains hydrogen and oxygen
Hydrogen when mixed with oxygen across a wide range of proportions will explode upon ignition.
Drink water at your own risk! :P
Not 'water', dihydrogen monoxide :)
just a few inches can kill you.
My problem with this topic is simply the original poster, besides having this as one of the first posts ever, posted a much forwarded and blatantly inflammatory and exposed as wrong and misleading link. I took one minute and looked it up on Snopes to find out this email 'hoax' has been circulating for years.
If Divadee was so distraught by the topic why was there no further research?! Why was one minute of time not used to look up even in Wikipedia Canola Oil?
Presenting an interesting article (with links to the study) is great for bringing up debate and sparking conversation. But posting one (or two in this case) wild and crazy email forwards that are easily foiled by a few simple searches is just not a good way to "warn other of the dangers" of something.
Is canola oil bad? I have not decided nor done enough research yet. But this whole topic just makes me laugh ever time I see someone posting on it. At least Divadee spared us the >>>>>>> forward marks from the post by linking us a whole website dedicated to this email "hoax".
But this whole topic just makes me laugh ever time I see someone posting on it.
This thread is kind of like a loose tooth: you know you shouldn't keep messing with it, but you can't leave it alone. Or like a car wreck: you know you shouldn't look, but you can't help it. ;)
But this whole topic just makes me laugh ever time I see someone posting on it.
This thread is kind of like a loose tooth: you know you shouldn't keep messing with it, but you can't leave it alone. Or like a car wreck: you know you shouldn't look, but you can't help it. ;)
That was well said Yabbit--everytime I see a new post up in her I giggle a little bit then look! >:D
Seems to be kind of like the "Ladies please be aware of soy" thread. A bunch of Hooey, made me laugh as say, bah, you people are just being silly.
As I was reading this article this paragraph made me laugh:
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.
Okay, so it leaves a stain, that is a reason to not eat it? Hmmm, don't blueberries, blackberries, and cherries leave stains too? OMG what are they doing to my insides???
Seems to be kind of like the "Ladies please be aware of soy" thread. A bunch of Hooey, made me laugh as say, bah, you people are just being silly.
If you look, both threads were posted by the same person, which accounts for the similarity in style etc.
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