Does canola form “latex like substances which agglutinate red blood corpuscles?
” A: No. In fact, canola oil is a good source of alpha-linolenic acid or ALA, for short. ALA is the essential omega-3 fatty acid and is required in the human diet because our bodies cannot make it. Numerous animal and clinical studies show that ALA has many of the same beneficial effects on blood clotting, platelet aggregation and the vascular system as the omega-3 fatty acids found in fatty fish like salmon and mackerel. Q: Is mustard gas made from canola oil? A: No. Mustard gas is an oily volatile liquid which got its name from its mustard-like odour. It bears no relation to canola, or any other plant member of the mustard family. Q: Is it true in China rapeseed oil was found to emit harmful emissions when heated? A: Yes. However, the study also found that other vegetable oils produced the same emissions under the same conditions. But, the use of refined oils and much lower cooking temperatures (as used in Canada and the U.S.) prevent these emissions. And we do not use rapeseed oil f
