Seed Oil Scare: The Curious Case of Canola

If you've been hearing that canola is a killer, you're not alone.
It's one of the so-called "hateful eight" seed oils: Robert F.
Kennedy, Jr. says it's among the most deadly things you can eat,
and Joe Rogan agrees. But is it true? This episode, we get to the
bottom of the debate over the plant formerly (and still, in some
places) known as rapeseed. Why does it have such an unfortunate
name, and how did it transform into canola, at least in North
America? Is it really engine oil? Does it actually contain a
poisonous solvent? And why on earth are Brits buying up a fancy
cold-pressed version by the gallon, as the new, home-grown olive
oil? Are they roasting their potatoes with an inflammation- and
disease-causing disaster? Listen in for the forgotten history and
slippery science of this much discussed, little understood oil.
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