Is Whole Foods Killing You With Canola Oil?
Why do more than 50% of the packaged foods and prepared foods sold at Whole Foods Market contain canola oil? The answer is not Amazon! In fact, most Whole Foods Market 365 products have canola in it. Did you know that there is no such thing as a “Canola” plant? Olive oil comes from olives, Grapeseed oil comes from grape seeds, Peanut oil comes from peanuts, and Canola oil comes from… Rapeseed. What’s wrong with this picture? Many food markets like Whole Foods Market are selling Canola oil as the “healthy” alternative, but Canola oil is nothing more than a “bastardized” oil made from genetically modified (GMO) rapeseed plants. The problem was that “rapeseed oil” was so toxic that the FDA banned it for human consumption in 1956.
That's right! Rapeseed oil was banned from foods because it attacks the heart and causes permanent degenerative lesions. It was originally developed to be an industrial lubricant for fuel, soap, and synthetic rubber base. Rapeseed is the most toxic of all food-oil plants. Even insects won’t eat it! Canola oil is naturally an effective insecticide, and it is the primary ingredient in many “Organic” (non-chemical) pesticide control products sprayed on vegetables to kill bugs.
Studies of Canola oil done on rats indicate many problems, such as developing fatty degeneration of heart, kidney, adrenals, and thyroid gland. When the Canola oil was withdrawn from their diet, the deposits dissolved, but scar tissue remained on the organs. The problem is why were no studies done on humans before the FDA placed it on the Generally recognized as safe list ( GRAS) and considered safe by experts?
Canola oil depresses the immune system and causes it to “go to sleep". Canola oil is high in glycosides which cause health problems by blocking enzyme function, and its effects are cumulative, taking years to show up. One possible effect of long-term use is the destruction of the protective coating surrounding nerves called the myelin sheath. When this protective sheath is gone, our nerves short-circuit causing erratic, uncontrollable movements.
So Why is Whole Foods Market selling food made with canola? The answer is mo money, mo money, mo money! Whole Foods Market is cashing in on the deregulation of the banned trans-oils AKA canola in a big way. 5 years ago packaged food, baked food and prepared food contained almost no canola oil. Today canola is in every food item imaginable. It is a toxic cheap oil made for pennies on the dollar with little regards for health and with the FDA rubber stamp of Approval its Wholefoods new cash COW!
In closing Whole Foods could easily replace the Canola oil they use in nearly everything they make and sell with 100% Organic Virgin Olive Oil instead, which is far healthier for everyone. But the fact of the matter is, there is just too much money and too much greed to stop the gravy train from HELL!
