Very interesting, thanks very much for taking the trouble.
Hello to Kirk and List,
The following is some further information that I think is worth
considering. I have not heard of any contradictory information to
this since the book was first published.
It took awhile to get written permission from the publisher to
extract two entire chapters from the book, then it took me another
while to get them typed
Typed?! Yikes - you need a scanner!
and cobbled together to send to the list. My apologies for not
getting this done in a more timely manner.
Never mind, we're all still here. :-)
Except Kirk, actually, who's away right now, but I'll send it to him
to make sure he sees it.
Thanks again.
Keith
Thank you,
Joanne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk McLoren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Re:FOOD vS FUEL
>>snip
> Chickens fed rapeseed and calves given rapeseed oil do not prosper.
> Rapeseed oil naturally contains a high percentage (30-60%) of erucic acid,
> a substance associated with heart lesions in laboratory animals. For this
> reason rapeseed oil was not used for consumption in the United States
> prior to 1974, although it was used in other countries. (Americans chose
> to use it as a lubricant to maintain Allied naval and merchant ships
> during World War II.)
> In 1974, rapeseed varieties with a low erucic content were introduced.
> Scientists had found a way to replace almost all of rapeseed's erucic acid
> with oleic acid, a type of monounsaturated fatty acid. (This change was
> accomplished through the cross-breeding of plants, not by the techniques
> commonly referred to as "genetic engineering.") By 1978, all Canadian
> rapeseed produced for food use contained less than 2% erucic acid. The
> Canadian seed oil industry rechristened the product "canola oil" (Canadian
> oil) in 1978 in an attempt to distance the product from negative
> associations with the word "rape."
>
> Why ingest any erucic acid? Economics as usual. As for me and my family we
> minimize the use of Canada Oil except as motor fuel.
>>end snip
[From the book Fats that Heal Fats that Kill by Udo Erasmus, with
permission from Alive Publishing Group Inc., Canada. www.alive.com]
"Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill" by Udo Erasmus
Copyright 1986, 1993
Second Edition, Fifteenth Printing - May 2004
Chapter 20 Erucic Acid: Toxic or Beneficial?
Chapter 56 Snake Oil (EPA) and Patent Medicines
<snip>
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