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    Canola Oil May Be A Bad Choice For Brain Health, Study Suggests

    According to a recent study conducted on mice, just two tablespoons of canola oil per day can cause weight gain and severe progression of Alzheimer's disease. The new results are calling into question previous recommendations of canola oil as a healthful alternative to saturated fats.
    "Canola oil is appealing because it is less expensive than other vegetable oils, and it is advertised as being healthy," said lead researcher Domenico Praticò, M.D. "Very few studies, however, have examined that claim, especially in terms of the brain."
    With 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's in 2017, this study has hopefully marked the start of more in-depth research on the widely used substance. Canola oil is often used for sautéing, baking, and other forms of cooking in the household and at restaurants.
    The mice, which were genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer's later in life, were split into two groups before developing any visible signs of the disease. One group was fed a typical diet while the other was fed the same diet with an additional serving of canola oil. The serving was equivalent to one to two tablespoons for a human.
    After six months on the diet, mice that consumed canola oil were significantly heavier than the mice who did not. Additionally, the researchers found that the canola-consuming mice experienced significant declines in working memory, apparently having worsened the onset of their Alzheimer's. While foods like berries and salmon seem to stave off the disease, canola oil could be making it worse.

    More at: http://www.latimes.com/food/sns-dail...211-story.html

    Also: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20...ere28099s.aspx
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    Canola oil must be good. It's been around for so long, it's tried and true. Back in the old days everyone grew their own canola trees in their garden and made their own fresh canola oil.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    Canola oil must be good. It's been around for so long, it's tried and true. Back in the old days everyone grew their own canola trees in their garden and made their own fresh canola oil.
    You notice they never call it by it's real name: RAPE seed oil.

    I know it is a linguistic coincidence but your brain might not see it that way if these articles are correct.
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    Mice genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer's developed Alzheimer's? Shocking results!

    genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer's later in life
    The canola oil mice were also consuming more calories than the other mice since they were given the same diet plus the oil so no surprise they weighed more. Study does not compare the effects of other oils.

    Out of six measures of Alzheimer's they performed, the canola rats scored worse in only one- and that result was not a huge difference.



    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17373-3

    Next, mice underwent fear conditioning testing. No significant differences between the two groups were observed in the freezing time during the training session (not shown). However, while no changes between the two groups were noted in the contextual recall phase, a trend toward reduction in freezing time was observed for the canola oil group in the cued recall phase of this paradigm (Fig. 1B).

    Finally, animals were tested in the Morris water-maze paradigm. All mice in each group were able to reach the training criterion within 4 days and no differences were found during the training session (not shown). During the probe test we observed that compared with controls, mice receiving the canola oil did not manifest any significant difference for the number of entries in the platform zone and time spent in the platform zone (Fig. 1C). No significant differences were observed in both paradigms when males and females were analyzed separately.
    Last edited by Zippyjuan; 12-12-2017 at 12:33 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Mice genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer's developed Alzheimer's? Shocking results!



    The canola oil mice were also consuming more calories than the other mice since they were given the same diet plus the oil so no surprise they weighed more. Study does not compare the effects of other oils.

    Out of six measures of Alzheimer's they performed, the canola rats scored worse in only one- and that result was not a huge difference.



    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17373-3
    How do you engineer a mouse to alzheimers ?



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