Even after the processing to reduce the erucic acid content, it is still a penetrating oil. We have found that it turns rancid very fast. Rape seed oil used for stir-frying in China found to emit cancer causing chemicals. Amal Kumar Maj. Compiled by Darleen Bradley.
Canola oil is a health hazard to use as a cooking oil or salad oil.
It is not the healthy oil we thought it was. It is not fit for human consumption, do not eat canola oil, it can hurt you. Polyunsaturated or not, this is a bad oil. Read this informative report written by leading health expert Tom Valentine, Canola Oil Report. I don't know what you'll be cooking with tonight, but I'll be using olive oil and old-fashioned butter, from a genetically unmodified cow.