Canola Oil

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Read an interesting article this morning. Thought I'd pass it along. Not sure what to think about it, but it is definitely 'food for thought'.

Examples: "Peanut oil comes from peanuts, and soybean oil comes from soybeans, but there is no such thing as a canola. Canola is a marketing name derived from Canadian-oil."

I did not know that. I knew Canola was made from the Rapeseed Plant, but did not know about the Canadian-oil name.

"The problem was that olive oil simply pressed from olives required no technological intervention, and olive oil was too expensive to be used in processed foods. The result was the birth of canola oi"

It figures, follow the money. Processed food has to be made as cheaply as possible, because that's what most Americans eat. Regardless of how unhealthy it is.

"When canola oil is hardened through hydrogenation as it often is when used in food processing, the trans fat level can go as high as 40 percent. Because canola oil hydrogenates better than corn or soybean oils it is the first choice of processors. Higher levels of trans fat translates to longer self life for processed food, and greater profits for the food industry."

Gee - what a surprise.

"Since its introduction in the fields of Canada in 1995, acreage devoted to the new rapeseed has steadily grown. Today more than 80 percent of the crop comes from genetically modified seed (Monsanto) "

Of course.

I guess I'll stick with Olive Oil. Here's the entire article.
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[Dreamline]

I was also under the impression that with rapeseed and cotton seed oils, the original intent for those plants was not to be edible and they can have extremely high levels of pesticides.

Jennifer