Very disappointed to find that heart.org seems to be in bed with the canola empire.
Canola oil is controversial, and will remain that way for a long time. The vast majority of it that is in our foods is GMO, unless it is specifically stated on the label that it is not. I personally feel this label may in fact be somewhat misleading, as the manufacture of canola, from my research, seems to be of gmo origin by default. So I’m not sure how the labeling can claim otherwise.
Every single time we read information about any product on the internet, it becomes necessary to bear in mind where the funding may be coming from that provides the research, and what is being promoted in the process. This goes for everything, including my program, and should be applied without exception. I promote products in my program because I use them myself and believe in them. Heart.org seems to promote canola oil for the same reason, despite me personally, and many other researchers, feeling it is a near-poisonous oil, and reduction to elimination of it among other oils in the diet too often provides positive results.
Experience is more important than opinion or position.
Heart.org also poo-poos saturated fats universally. Plenty of studies are revealing that a *small* amount of saturated fats may be hugely beneficial for endocrine/hormonal health, and in my experience of consuming small amounts for a long time now I agree.
But with the western diet so overloaded with oils, the last thing that should be promoted in my opinion is the virtual liberal use of a very questionable oil, especially one that has a huge financial influence and interest behind it. The fact that they would promote this as literally a “healthy” oil, bothers me a great deal. And just because it is non-hydrogenated, does not suddenly make it healthy, another erroneous assumption too many people make.
I’ll be doing a video on oils soon…………….T