It is definitely not a 'bean' - its a small roundish seed.  It's a
cabbage family! not a bean family!
Judith.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gage Tarrant <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Canola Oil (interesting read!)


> I've read this article before, and  called a company that uses
canola oil
> as an ingredient in their supposedly "organic" products to express
my
> concern, and they insisted that canola oil comes from a canola bean,
not
> rapeseed.  The man on the phone was emphatic about this, and
proceeded to
> throw a class "A" rant about merciless vegans that are making life
too
> difficult for everybody, the bottom line- I did not believe him.
The stuff
> gets rancid very easily, and creates gas and constipation....
icky...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 11:38 AM
> Subject: Re: CS>Canola Oil (interesting read!)
>
>
> > Tracy, I did not send this question about Canola Oil. I NEVER
touch the
> stuff.
> >
> > ~Hanan
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 4/3/01 6:49:22 PM, [email protected] writes:
> >
> > << this has a little bit about rape seed in it.  Don't touch the
stuff
> Hanan.
> >
> > I wanted to know about the hardened coconut oil I buy.  I wanted
to know
> if
> >
> > it is the same thing as the liquid?  Its like a big block of white
fat.
> >
> > Does it change its properties when hardened I wonder.
> >
> >
> > > Canola Oil
> >
> > >
> >
> > > 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?  There was nothing on the
label to
> >
> > > enlighten 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 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." (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 is an oil
that is
> >
> > used
> >
> > > as a lubricant, fuel, soap and synthetic rubber base and as an
> 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.
Rape
> oil
> >
> > > was widely used in animal feeds in England and Europe between
1986 and
> >
> > 1991,
> >
> > > when 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.  What is interesting is that when
rape oil
> was
> >
> > > removed from animal feed, 'scrapie' disappeared.  We also
haven't seen
> any
> >
> > > further reports of "Mad Cow" since rape oil was removed from the
feed.
> >
> > > 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, but "canola" 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.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > 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 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."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.  (*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
pieceof
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > > (Whose hair is this referring to -- the employees or the
calves?) After
> >
> > > removing the fried apple chips from the diet their hair grew
back in.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > My daughter and her girls were telling jokes.  Stephanie hit her
mom's
> arm
> >
> > > with the back of a butter knife in a gesture, "Oh Mom" not hard
enough
> to
> >
> > > hurt.  My daughter's arm split open like it was rotten.  She
called me
> to
> >
> > ask
> >
> > > what could have caused it.  I said, "I'll bet anything that you
are
> using
> >
> > > Canola oil." Sure enough, there was a big gallon jug in the
pantry.
> 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 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 was 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
D..
> >
> > > Bradley.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Canola oil is a health hazard to use as a cooking oil or salad
oil.  It
> is
> >
> > > not the healthy oil we thought it was.  It is not fit for human
> >
> > consumption,
> >
> > > do not eat canola oil, it can hurt you.  Polyunsaturated or not,
this is
> a
> >
> > > bad oil.  Be sure to also read this informative report written
by
> leading
> >
> > > health expert Tom Valentine, Canola Oil Report.
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Go to Ask Jeeves yourself: http://www.askjeeves.com/ and type
in"Where
> >
> > does
> >
> > > Canola Oil come from?" and see what you come up with.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > ----------/----------
> >
> > > All stressed out, and no one to choke...
> >
> > >
> >
> > > 2001/04/03 18:30:38 CDT
> >
> > > >>
> >
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