There has been some discussion of oils and olive oil. It is important to realize that there is no legal definiton of the term 'extra virgin olive oil" or "olive oil" in the United States, nor is there any strict regulation over the industry. I don't recall all the details, perhaps someone can fill them in or post a web site, but the bottom line is that the reason olive oil is so cheap in this country is because it is not olive oil. Harvesting and processing costs for making olive oil can be anywhere from $35 to $90 a gallon and this does not include the many other costs associated with growing the olives. Italian olive oil is not cheap to produce either. Oil for domestic consumption in Italy is strictly regulated, but oil for export is another story and much of it is not really from Italy and is not really olive oil. Olive oil from the US can be diluted up to 60% with canoloa oil and it is very difficult to detect. Don't assume when you are buying that $5.00 quart bottle of olive oil that it is olive oil you are getting.
> The rapeseed extract in "Lorenzo's Oil" is erucic acid. Canola oil is > from rapeseed developed to be very low in erucic acid which is why the > more technical name for canola oil is "low erucic acid rapeseed oil." > However, I still think canola oil is evil. Olive oil, nut oils, and > butter are the lipids of choice in our household. > > -- > John A. Stanley j...@natel.net > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
