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RAPE IN A DIFFERENT GUISE
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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? Is
it a fruit or a nut of some sort?
Nothing
on the label enlightened 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 AGN Alternatives, 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 seed, is made into an oil that is used as a
lubricant, fuel, soap and synthetic rubber base and as a illuminate for color
pages in magazines.
Rapeseed
oil is more suited for industrial use! It is not a food!
Rapeseed
oil, it seems, causes emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia, constipation,
irritability, and blindness in animals and humans. Rapeseed oil was widely
used in animal feeds in England and Europe between 1986 and 1991. Then 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. (Since proven to be incorrect...
Geoff's note)
What
is Interesting is that when rape oil was removed from animal feed,
‘Scrapie’ declined dramatically. Reports
of “Mad Cow Disease” since
rape oil was removed from the feed also declined markedly, although this could
have been due to the ruthless slaughter policy of the MAFF.
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 oil”, but “Canola Oil” 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 in many products.
You’ll find it in an alarming number of processed foods.
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 rapeseed, 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 and was not chemically and
heat extracted like modern processing plants extract vegetable oils. (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-treatments 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, and was always checking labels to insure there was no
rapeseed in their food. He said, “The birds will eat it, but they do not
live very long!”
A
friend, who worked for only 9 months 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.
My
daughter and her girls were telling jokes. Stephanie hit her mom’s arm with
the back of a butter knife in a flippant gesture, “Oh Mom it wasn’t hard
enough to hurt”! However my
daughter’s arm had split open like it was rotten.
My daughter called me to ask what could have caused it. I said,
“I’ll bet you anything that you are using Canola oil”. Sure enough,
there was a big gallon jug in the pantry.
