Cottonseed is being used to feed milking cows.  Go figure.  I have always
linked cotton seed to a field of cotton and have a preference for 100%
cotton garments.  I can't imagine eating the damned stuff.  Some things make
me angry.    Oliva

-----Original Message-----
From: Lynnet Bannion <[log in to unmask]>


>Wally Day wrote:
>
>> Ok, I'll try this one last time.
>>
>> The original question that I responded to was what
>> kind of oil would be preferable for a paleo diet
>
>My approach is that oils made from paleo ingredients are acceptable:
>olive oil, oils made from nuts (almond, walnut, macadamia, etc.),
>coconut oil,  avocado oil, flaxseed oil (flax grows wild by itself).
>Oils made from neolithic foods are not acceptable: soy, corn, peanut.
>Oils made from non-edible
>ingredients even worse: cottonseed oil, never a human food.
>I don't use canola oil, an extremely recent agricultural invention.
>The more processing goes into an oil, the more you should stay away from
>it.
>
>I use some olive oil, coconut oil, and chew flaxseeds (rather than using
>flaxseed
>oil).  But most of my fat intake is directly from nuts, dry coconut, and
>meat fat.
>As time goes on, I use less and less oil; dressings on high quality raw
>salads
>seem superfluous now.
>
>As far as using oil being Paleo, I think back to Ray's Waldorf salad
>with
>paleo mayonnaise.  You can be "paleo" without being closed-minded.
>We live in the real world, and getting too "pure" ties up too much of
>your
>life energy.
>
>My 2c worth, anyway
>Lynnet