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>Oil from genetically engineered plant seeds is prima facie doubly
>non-paleo. However, a thorough chemical analysis of the canola oil
>commonly available in grocery stores ought to show whether it has any
>unique properties that make it more of a health risk than other
>vegetable oils.

At first glance, this seems reasonable... until the politics
and economics of the oilseed industry come into play, whereupon
obtaining impartial, non-interest conflicted toxicological
studies becomes practically impossible. The corporate backers
of oilseed products and other GM-derived stuff *must* get
a good ROI before their patents expire.

It would take years for a good double-blind animal study to
be conducted on the exotic proteins and unlooked-for toxins
in GM rape oil etc. Since this is intolerable from an investment
standpoint, it's much simpler to lobby governments and
emplace moles in regulatory agencies to set "acceptable"
limits. Monsanto has been doing this sort of skullduggery
for years now, and will continue to do so because it works.

Fortunately one can sidestep the whole issue by adhering to
the Golden Rule of Paleo. Life becomes much simpler when
that bottle of canola oil on the market's shelf is seen
as non-food. With this criterion, after a while one simply
looks through it as tho it didn't exist.