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- From: drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand)
- Subject: Re: Eating spoiled food reduces lifetime?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.193420.26015@osf.org>
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- References: <1992Nov11.025957.0910647@locus.com> <1992Nov11.150608.10763@genie.slhs.udel.edu> <BSIMON.92Nov12150311@elvis.stsci.edu> <BxnuDI.32M@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:34:20 GMT
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- In article <BxnuDI.32M@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>, jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:
- |> bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon) wrote:
- |> > Keeping oils in the refrigerator is a good idea. Also, it's best to use a
- |> > mono-unsaturated oil, like Canola oil instead of polyunsaturated oils.
- |>
- |> Rape (canola) oil contains variable but sometimes dangerous levels of
- |> erucic acid (cardiotoxic, particularly in men). Its production is also an
- |> ecological disaster: it exhausts soil very quickly, it spreads as a weed,
- |> and its pollen is one of the worst allergens there is for hay fever and
- |> asthma sufferers. Other monounsaturated oils, like olive, have none of
- |> these problems.
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- It's worth noting that the reason rape seed oil is available is
- that they process it to remove the erucic acid. At least this
- is my understanding. I prefer olive oil myself (and we can eat
- the fruit too).
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