Canola Ink
November 21, 2008
In This Issue
Canola Oil May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Offspring of Pregnant Women
American Medical Association Calls for National Trans Fat Ban
Canola Oil Puts a Little Health in the Holidays
Top Winner of CanolaInfo’s Recipe Contest with Dietitians Announced
Puritan Emerges for U.S. Thanksgiving
Science Writer Bakes People Happy with Canola Oil
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Canola Oil May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Offspring of Pregnant Women
Early research in mice suggests that the daughters of pregnant women who consume canola oil instead of other vegetable oils may have reduced risk of breast cancer. That’s because canola oil has a good omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid ratio compared to the corn oil control. Dr. W. Elaine Hardman of Marshall University School of Medicine and others showed that canola oil in the maternal mice diet during pregnancy and nursing reduced the risk for breast cancer in their babies for up to five months after birth. "Switching from corn to canola oil might have benefits in terms of reducing cancer risk, and it certainly couldn’t hurt," Hardman told WebMD. But mice aren’t people and the findings fall far short of proving that women can protect their unborn daughters from breast cancer or increase their daughters’ risk by choosing a particular cooking oil, noted Dr. Margie McCullough of the American Cancer Society. The bottom line: this research calls for more research in this intriguing area.
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American Medical Association Calls for National Trans Fat Ban
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a policy that supports legislation to ban the use of artificial trans fats in restaurants and bakeries nationwide. California, Chicago and New York City have already done so and now the AMA is urging the rest of the U.S. to follow suit. The AMA previously called for a reduction in trans fat, encouraging the use of healthy fats like canola oil.
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Canola Oil Puts a Little Health in the Holidays
Indulging with less guilt is easy this holiday season, according to CanolaInfo. Simply substitute canola oil for other oils or solid fat in recipes to replace "naughty" saturated fat with "nice" unsaturated fat. This especially applies to baking, which results in many holiday treats. Shirley Corriher, author of the new BakeWise cookbook and winner of the James Beard Award for Excellence, recommends using canola oil in baked goods like breads, loaves and muffins.
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Top Winner of CanolaInfo’s Recipe Contest with Dietitians Announced
Linda Simon, RD, member of the American Dietician Association’s (ADA’s) Food and Culinary Professionals (FCP) practice group, was the grand prize winner of CanolaInfo’s 2008 "Fast, Fresh & Flavorful" Recipe Contest with her healthy and delicious "White Fish with Herb Duxelle." She received an all-expense paid trip to the ADA annual meeting in Chicago and $1,000 for her fish and veggie creation made with canola oil. Her award was announced at the FCP reception on Oct. 26 at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago. Simon’s and other winning recipes from the contest are at http://www.industrymailout.com/Industry/Redirect.aspx?u=144213&q=99645994&lm=14571942&r=126033&qz=80a790d5fb428741ab12125cdc398783 as well as in the 2009 CanolaInfo calendar.
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Puritan Emerges for U.S. Thanksgiving
The J.M. Smucker Company announced the U.S. commercial release of the first canola oil enhanced with the omega-3 fatty acid DHA. Ideal for cooking, sautéing and baking, the new Crisco® Puritan® Canola Oil with Omega-3 DHA provides consumers with 32 mg of DHA per serving and comes in a 16-ounce bottle. It features Martek Biosciences’ life’sDHA™, a sustainable vegetarian source of DHA. The omega-3-enriched canola oil is now available nationwide in the oil and marinade sections of select U.S. retailers. The suggested retail price is $3.99-$4.59.
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Science Writer Bakes People Happy with Canola Oil
A new line of omega-3-rich cookies made with canola oil are out in time for holidays for those who don’t want to bake themselves. Susie’s Smart Cookie substitutes canola oil and flax seed meal for more traditional fats. The line was developed by science-writer-gone-baker Susan Allport, author of The Queen of Fats, who attended CanolaInfo’s "Canola Camp" in Saskatchewan last summer. "The sweet way to get your omega-3s," the cookies come in two varieties – oatmeal chocolate chip, containing one gram of plant-based omega-3s and breakfast, which has fruit and two grams of omega-3s. The cookies may be ordered online.
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