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<pre>Very recently I was told that Canola oil, because of its lower levels of
saturated fats, was healthier than olive oil. Someone else persent
insisted that olive oil was healthier because it contained antioxidants
which reduced cholesterol significantly.
Can someone more knowledgable perhaps elucidate further on this subject.
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<pre>Dear Maz:

Visit our page "Olive oil and Health" on our web presence
www.papashaven.com. I think that your questions will be answered.

I apologize for directing you to our web page but I could not download my
graphs into our discussion list.

Regards,

Constantine


>From: Maz <maz@cyber.net.pk>
>Reply-To: OliveOil@onelist.com
>To: OliveOil@onelist.com
>Subject: [OliveOil] Canola oil vs. Olive oil
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:25:29 +0500
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>From: Maz <maz@cyber.net.pk>
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>Very recently I was told that Canola oil, because of its lower levels of
>saturated fats, was healthier than olive oil. Someone else persent
>insisted that olive oil was healthier because it contained antioxidants
>which reduced cholesterol significantly.
>Can someone more knowledgable perhaps elucidate further on this subject.
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<pre>In a message dated 1/24/00 1:25:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, maz@cyber.net.pk
writes:

>
> Very recently I was told that Canola oil, because of its lower levels of
> saturated fats, was healthier than olive oil. Someone else persent
> insisted that olive oil was healthier because it contained antioxidants
> which reduced cholesterol significantly.
> Can someone more knowledgable perhaps elucidate further on this subject.

I believe the real problem with Canola oil is twofold.

First it is a genetically modified version of rape seed (in itself, not the
easiest term to sell in the English-speaking world, which was developed in
Canada (therefore its name change).

For pro articles, see:
Canola, Crop for the 21st Century at
http://biotech.acadie.net/english/volume1/agri.html

and

Canola and Rapeseed Are Not the Same at
http://www.astro.space.gc.ca/canolab/location.htm

Second, and more important, Canola oil is chemically refined and purified as
are most seed oils and the lesser grades of olive oils.

See the con article:
The Canola Oil Story
http://www.integrative-medicine.net/page81.html

Top NYC chefs who want the virtues of Canola's higher smoke point and
relative lack of taste, are turning to not inexpensive grapeseed oil, made
from the seeds of grapes, that is chemically unrefined, produced by such
brands as Salute Santé.

See:
Best quality Grapeseed Oil by Salute Santé!
http://www.salutesante.com/

As a consumer, I tried Canola oil once, learned about its bad features and
continue to use virgin or extra virgin olive oil as I don't do much frying.
Once you heat any oil at a high temperature, its chemical structure changes
and all the anti oxidants are destroyed. One NYC chef, Michel Nischan, of
Heartbeat Restaurant, has developed a whole new way of sautéing to eliminate
this problem.

I hope this helps.

Kaye Noble
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<pre>Very interesting articles/links. Noted several recent major advertisements
here (Australia) in food magazines praising the virtues of canola over
extra virgin olive oil.
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<pre>Canola oil (known in UK and I know not wherelse as rapeseed oil) has a
similar fatty acid makeup to olive oil. It is probably, therefore, quite
comparable to the so badly misnamed "light" olive oil in its health benefits
(as this has been stripped of its flavour compounds, and along with it the
antioxidants). However, the someone else you mention was right about the
antioxidants.

According to a couple of references I have found:

Rape seed Olive
Saturated
16:0 5.3 14
18:0 1.5 2
20:0 0.5 trace

Total 7.3 16

Monounsaturated
16:1 0.3 2
18:1 (cis) 58.7 66
20:1 1.2 -

Total 60.2 68

Polyunsaturated
18:2 (cis) 21.2 16
(trans) 0.25
18:3 (cis) 8.7 -
(trans) 1.6

Total cis 29.9 16

The difference is not that significant, and remember that rape seed oil is
also highly refined, whereas olive oil is completely natural (and trans is
bad!)

Remember also that saturated fats are not necessarily "bad" for you. It has
been shown, for example, that cocoa butter, which is saturated, is actually a
healthy fat. Don't ask me why, though - I haven't read the paper!


Sources:
for rapeseed:

Hamilton, R.J. (Ed) (1998) Lipid Analysis in Oils and Fats, Blackie Academic
& Professional, London.

for olive:
Kiritsakis, A.K. (Ed) (1991) Olive Oil, American Oil Chemists' Society,
Champaign, Illinois.

Regards,

Adrian

> From: Maz <maz@cyber.net.pk>
>
> Very recently I was told that Canola oil, because of its lower levels of
> saturated fats, was healthier than olive oil. Someone else persent
> insisted that olive oil was healthier because it contained antioxidants
> which reduced cholesterol significantly.
> Can someone more knowledgable perhaps elucidate further on this subject.
>
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<pre>For me, there's no debate about which one I'll use. Flavor is the primary
consideration in my food choice, and you can plenty flavor and still eat
for health. Canola oil just doesn't have any...the only thing I use it for
is popcorn.

I also think it's interesting that in all of the furor over GMOs
(genetically modified organisms...food made from plants or animals that
have had their genes tinkered with directly as opposed to selective
breeding or other techniques that also may affect the gene pool), not a
word of protest has been heard about canola oil.

jim
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<pre>For me, there's no debate about which one I'll use. Flavor is the primary
consideration in my food choice, and you can plenty flavor and still eat
for health. Canola oil just doesn't have any...the only thing I use it for
is popcorn.

I also think it's interesting that in all of the furor over GMOs
(genetically modified organisms...food made from plants or animals that
have had their genes tinkered with directly as opposed to selective
breeding or other techniques that also may affect the gene pool), not a
word of protest has been heard about canola oil.

jim
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