Canola is quite mild on the PUFA scale: it's got relatively low total PUFA (~30%, vs sunflower at ~20%, soy at ~55%, corn at ~55%) and a relatively friendly n-6:n-3 ratio at 2:1 (vs sunflower at 128:1, soy at 7:1, corn at 58:1). But Euros also plant their fair share of "rapeseed", so maybe we're just having it at the same level to begin …
Canola is quite mild on the PUFA scale: it's got relatively low total PUFA (~30%, vs sunflower at ~20%, soy at ~55%, corn at ~55%) and a relatively friendly n-6:n-3 ratio at 2:1 (vs sunflower at 128:1, soy at 7:1, corn at 58:1). But Euros also plant their fair share of "rapeseed", so maybe we're just having it at the same level to begin with. (There's also the issue of "high-oleic sunflower" being less bad on the PUFA scale, ugh.)
I do agree on the random shit front though. Mono/diglycerides, which appear to be very boring chemicals on the surface, have been linked to insulin resistance in mice, for example. Which is a shame, because they are pretty useful emulsifiers.
Canola is quite mild on the PUFA scale: it's got relatively low total PUFA (~30%, vs sunflower at ~20%, soy at ~55%, corn at ~55%) and a relatively friendly n-6:n-3 ratio at 2:1 (vs sunflower at 128:1, soy at 7:1, corn at 58:1). But Euros also plant their fair share of "rapeseed", so maybe we're just having it at the same level to begin with. (There's also the issue of "high-oleic sunflower" being less bad on the PUFA scale, ugh.)
I do agree on the random shit front though. Mono/diglycerides, which appear to be very boring chemicals on the surface, have been linked to insulin resistance in mice, for example. Which is a shame, because they are pretty useful emulsifiers.