Hi Amadeus,
Your posts are delightful and thought provoking! I have a tangent on canola
oil below:

A plant-based form of omega-3 fatty acids (alpha-linolenic or ALA) is found
in walnuts, Brazil nuts,
>flaxseeds, flaxseed oil, canola oil, and dark green leafy vegetables.

The name Canola is a 'coined' word. It is not listed in anything but the
most recent reference sources. It is a word that appeared out of nowhere.
The flip side of the canola coin read: RAPE! You must admit that canola
sounds better than rape. The name Canola secreted the introduction of rape
oil to America.
Canola oil comes from the rape seed which is part of the Mustard family of
plants. Rape is the MOST toxic of all food oil plants. Rape is a toxic
plant. Insects will not eat rape. It is deadly poisonous. The oil from the
rape seed is a hundred times more toxic than soy oil!
Canola oil is a semi-drying oil that is used as a lubricant, fuel, soap,
and synthetic rubber base, and as an illuminant for the slick color pages
you see in magazines. Canola is an industrial oil. It does not belong in
the body!
Canola has some very interesting characteristics and effects on living
systems. For example, it forms latex-like substances that cause
agglutination of the red blood corpuscles, as does soy only MUCH more
pronounced. Loss of vision is a known characteristic side effect of rape
oil. Rape oil antagonizes the central and peripheral nervous systems-like
soy oil, only worse. Deterioration, however, takes years.
Rape oil causes pulmonary emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia,
constipation, irritablilty and blindness in the bodies of ANIMALS and humans.
Rape oil was in widespread use in animal feeds in England and Europe
between 1986 and 1991 when it was thrown out. Do you remember reading about
the cows, pigs, and sheep that went blind, lost their minds and attacked
people? They had to be shot!
Officially, canola oil is known as Lear oil. The acronym stands for low
erucic acid rape. The experts in the industry love to tell the story of how
canola was developed in Canada and that it is safe to use. They admit it
was developed from the rape seed, but that through genetic engineering ie
irradiation, it is no longer rape seed, but instead 'canola' .

From Young Again! 1996 by John Thomas

Paleowishes,
Susan