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"Still other oils are best avoided altogether, specifically, trans-fatty acids, partially hydro-genated oils, and cottonseed oil. cottonseed oil may contain toxic residues due to the fact that cotton is so heavily sprayed with pesticides. It also contains gossypol, a substance known to inhibit sperm function. In fact, gossypol is being investigated as the "male birth control pill." Its use as an antifertility agent began after studies demonstrated that men who had used crude cottonseed oil as their cooking oil had low sperm counts followed by total testicular failure." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.)

"In 1905, a well known American food company started making cottonseed oil. One of these products, Krispo, quickly caught on. The name was changed to Crisco and it soon became a household word. In 1907, this company, with the help of a German chemist, developed methods to make hydrogenation. They combined hydrogen atoms and fatty acids. This process made cottonseed oil into solid oil. This new modified (distorted) oil is now referred to as trans-fat, trans-fatty acids, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.)

"If buying canned fish, avoid products packed with vegetable or cottonseed oil. Water or olive oil is preferable. Salmon, herring, halibut, lake trout, mackerel, sardines, and even anchovies are all high in omega-3 s. As a bonus, fish is also a rich source of CoQIO. • For flavor, use a selection of vinegars (red wine, balsamic), as well as fresh basil, oregano, bay leaf, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, and fennel. Asian seasonings include coriander seeds, cardamom pods, cumin, ground ginger, sesame seeds, cloves, and Szechuan peppercorns." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"It is found in plant oils such as wheat germ oil, cottonseed oil, and soybean oil. Beta-sitosterol is the dominant phytosterol found in garlic and onions. Herbal sources include licorice root, saw palmetto, and red clover. Stigmasterol is closely related to beta-sitosterol. Soybean oil is an important source of stigmasterol and is a better source for laboratory synthesis of progesterone than is beta-sitosterol. Some herbal sources include burdock, fennel, licorice, alfalfa, anise, and sage." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"This heavy-duty toxic enterprise is not only polluting water, depleting soil, and contaminating neighboring farms, it's also leaching toxins into its by-products (like cottonseed oil, which we eat) and contributing to illness and disease among farmers who cultivate and harvest the fields. "The fabric of our lives" campaign is one example of how branding can paint a wash over the true behaviors of an industry. Many a well-intentioned parent, thoroughly convinced, bought cotton bedding and clothes for their newborn. The cotton campaign makes it all too clear that a misused tool is a weapon." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or corn oil). TBHQ and citric acid added to help preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming agent.6 Because consumers are often left in the dark, resulting in potential untoward consequences, the court system provides a way to shine a light on hidden corporate practices while compensating victims." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"Cottonseed oil may contain toxic residues due to the fact that cotton is so heavily sprayed with pesticides. It also contains gossypol, a substance known to inhibit sperm function. In fact, gossypol is being investigated as the "male birth control pill." Its use as an antifertility agent began after studies demonstrated that men who had used crude cottonseed oil as their cooking oil had low sperm counts followed by total testicular failure. For medicinal purposes, fish, flaxseed, evening primrose, borage, and black currant oils are the most popular." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.)

"Common products derived from genetically modified plants include cottonseed oil, soybeans, cocoa beans, canola, and ~ corn. Genetically altered crops are taking over farmland at an alarming z 3 rate. In 2006, United States GMO crops reached just shy of 135 million =° acres, with the total global area exceeding 250 million acres!4 < While enhanced nutrients and built-in pest resistance may seem to be a step in the right direction, in actuality the foreseeable future for GMOs is alarming." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.) "Avoid canola oil and cottonseed oil. Make sure you read ingredient lists to ensure these oils were not used for food processing. Replace them with organic sources of virgin How to Eliminate Toxins from GMO FOODS (contd.) coconut oil, olive oil, or grapeseed oil, available from markets specializing in organic and whole foods. • Corn and popcorn are usually genetically modified. Use organic varieties only. • Zucchini and yellow squash are now being genetically modified for color and size. Use organic or locally grown sources." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"Additionally, cottonseed oil contains gossypol, a substance that irritates the digestive tract and causes water retention in the lungs, shortness of breath, and paralysis. Gossypol is also known to inhibit sperm function and is being investigated as a "male birth-control pill." Its use as an antifertility agent began after studies demonstrated that men who had used substantial quantities of crude cottonseed oil as their cooking oil over a number of years had low sperm counts, followed by total testicular failure." - Dianne Onstad, Whole Foods Companion: A Guide For Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers, and lovers of natural foods (Get the book.)

"Other significant dietary sources of vitamin K include soybean oil, olive oil, cottonseed oil, and canola oil.3 WHEY PROTEIN What is it? Whey protein is a mixture of some of the proteins naturally found in milk. The major proteins found in whey protein include beta-lactoglobulin and alpha-lactalbumin. Whey protein has one of the highest protein digestibility-corrected amino acid scores (PDCAAS; a measure of protein bioavailability) and is mote rapidly digested than other proteins, such as casein (another milk protein)." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED GLYCER1DE • See cottonseed oil and Hydrogenation. HYDROGENATED cottonseed oil • See Hydrogenation and cottonseed oil. HYDROGENATED DITALLOW AMINE • An amine derived from Hydro-genated Tallow Acid. See Tallow. HYDROGENATED ETHOXYLATED LANOLIN • See Hydrogenation and Lanolin. HYDROGENATED FATTY OILS • Used in baby creams and lipstick. See Fatty Acids and Hydrogenation. HYDROGENATED HONEY • Controlled hydrogenation (see) of honey. HYDROGENATED JOJOBA OIL, WAX • See Jojoba and Hydrogenation. HYDROGENATED LANETH-5, -20, -25 • See Hydrogenated Lanolin." - Ruth Winter, M.S., A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients (Get the book.)

"Some plant fats, however, have quite high levels of saturated fatty acids: cottonseed oil (25%), palm oil (45%) and coconut oil (nearly 90%). Essential fatty acids are those that cannot be made within the human body and have to be obtained from the diet. Humans are unable to insert double bonds in positions three and six of the carbon chain. Since linoleic acid and linolenic acid have double bonds in these positions, they have to be obtained directly from food and cannot be manufactured from other fatty acids." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Coconut oil and other healthful oils were practically replaced by cheap junk oils, including soy oil, cottonseed oil and rapeseed oil. The coconut oil's powerful weight controlling effects helped prevent an obesity epidemic among the general population. Since eliminating it from the American diet, obesity has become the leading cause of illness in this country and the rest of the world." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"The Value of the Hints Emerging from the Phenomenon of Drugs or Plants Acting upon the Human Body It has long been known that the use of crude cottonseed oil for salad dressing leads to infertility in young men. As a result of a series of clinical investigations that involved more than 8,000 healthy men receiving gossy-pol treatment for more than six months, it was found that the gossypol present in crude cottonseed oil is a reliable antifertility agent, and it is relatively safe to use, provided the dosage is kept at the antifertility level." - Amarjit S. Basra, Handbook of Medicinal Plants (Get the book.)

"Human exposure through oil and meat The evidence raises questions about the safety of cottonseed oil. Even people who eat meat from animals fed GM cotton may be at risk. In fact, the Indian shepherds said that they discarded meat from the dead sheep, fearing it may cause health problems. One man who ate the meat said he suffered from diarrhea. Inhaled Bt corn pollen may have triggered disease in humans "M: ost of those who .planted Bt corn did not develop these symptoms after planting the crop. But like me, they felt the symptoms when the Bt corn plants were flowering. " - Jeffrey M. Smith, Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods (Get the book.)

"Gossypium semen is derived from the industrial extraction of cottonseed oil. Not to be Confused With: Mistaken identity can occur with sesame and kapok oil, which are sometimes used to adulterate Cotton oil preparations." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Currently, cottonseed oil ranks third after soybean oil and corn oil in the U.S. Cottonseed oil is considered an important, high-quality, relatively stable cooking oil that is used as such for frying (especially potato chips) or as a component of shortening. The stability and mild flavor of cottonseed oil is due to its lack of the omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid. The crystalline qualities that make it popular for use in shortenings, especially in combination with soybean oil, are because of its high content of palmitic acid (~26 percent)." - Mary G. Enig, Know Your Fats : The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol (Get the book.)

"Editors also promoted dormant oils (derived from whale blubber, animal fats, cottonseed oil, and hempseed oil) to control a broad spectrum of pests. Before the mid^ 1800s, the A DINI at \k Oldest surviving print advertisement, by William Caxton, in 1477, to promote his publication The Pyes of Salisbury. In T. R. Nevett, Advertising in Britain (London: Heineman Publishing, 1982). STI c < .J&iLLSj GRtAi SSOI ^^/tefirst OuidoorjtfdveriJsJK? on Covered Bridges was at Windsor, Conw This drawing of covered bridges is from Eric Sloane, Our Vanishing Landscape (New York: Wilfred Funk Inc., 1955)." - Will Allen, The War on Bugs (Get the book.)

"This process made cottonseed oil into solid oil. This new modified (distorted) oil is now referred to as trans-fat, trans-fatty acids, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils. These oils change the protective barrier around the cells in our bodies, impairing them. This protective barrier is what protects our cells from damage. These trans-fatty acids are now hidden in thousands of our food products we eat every day. This causes our systems to be out of balance and we become sickly from a substance that is unknown to our bodies. According to www.fugitt." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.)

"Hydrogenated vegetable oil • Hydrogenated cottonseed oil shortening. Food manufacturers started putting them in products because they allow for a longer shelf life, reduced cost, and improved flavor and texture. Crackers, for example, can stay on the shelf and remain crispy for years, in part, because of the hydrogenated fats in them (a typical French fry has about 40% trans fatty acids)." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"Cottonseed oil cottonseed oil is used in a variety of products, from oleomargarines to nail-polish removers. Most commercial fried foods use cottonseed oil in its partially or fully hydrogenated saturated form. This highly saturated oil is known to cause allergic reactions. It can disrupt brain chemistry by interfering with essential fatty acid metabolism. Dextrose Dextrose, or corn sugar, is used as a coloring agent and sweetener in numerous prepared foods such as cookies, breads, and highly processed foods. Dextrose is a simple sugar with the same chemical composition as glucose." - Marcia Zimmerman, C.N., The A.D.D. Nutrition Solution: A Drug-Free Thirty-Day Plan (Get the book.)

"As stated previously, men should not use Desert cotton, and should avoid food containing cottonseed oil, if wanting to keep sperm intact and healthy. Desert Lavender Labiatae - Mint family Hyptis emoryi Bee sage Description: As a member of the Mint family, Desert lavender has the typical square stem-opposite leaf setup. The leaves and young stems are covered with a wooly pubescence. The flowers are purplish-blue and are arranged in clusters among the upper leaves or in terminal spikes." - Charles W. Kane, Herbal Medicine of the American Southwest (Get the book.)

"Subsequent margarine makers replaced the suet with cottonseed oil and, eventually, with soybean oil. Early margarines were an unattractive grayish white in color, but could be used like butter on bread and in cooking. Although margarines did not taste like butter, they were much cheaper and caught on. In the United States, the introduction of margarines in the early 1870s alarmed the dairy industry, which used its considerable clout to induce the federal government to restrict sales of margarine, tax it, and not allow it to be colored." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "You might readily agree that Tropicana orange juice and Quaker Oats cereal qualify for Smart Spots, but you might wonder about some of the others: Tropicana Smoothies (48 grams of sugars and another 14 grams of carbohydrates per 11-ounce serving), Quaker Chewy Granola Bars (1 gram of fiber accompanied by cottonseed oil and nine kinds of sugars), Gatorade Energy Drink (salted sugar water), and Aunt Jemima Butter Lite Syrup (25 grams of sugars per quarter cup)." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"Health Canada is of the opinion that refined oil from cotton line 1445 is as safe and nutritious as cottonseed oil from current commercial cotton varieties." Monsanto Canada's Roundup Ready Canola (GT73) This variety, as well as other canola and cotton crops, were approved without tests. Health Canada wrote: "Since only the processed oil from transgenic GT73, or lines derived therefrom, will be available for human consumption and the processing removes proteinaceous material, there are no additional toxicity or allergenicity concerns with this product." - Jeffrey M. Smith, Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods (Get the book.)

"Lard compounds and lard substitutes are made with cottonseed oil. Sardines may be packed in it. Most commercial fried products such as potato chips and doughnuts are fried in cottonseed oil, and restaurants use it for cooking. Candies, particularly chocolates, often contain this oil; and it is used to polish fruits at stands. It is also used in cotton wadding or batting in cushions, comforters, mattresses, upholstery, varnishes, fertilizers, and in animal feeds. Known to cause many allergic reactions but because of its wide use in cosmetics, foods, and other products, it is hard to avoid." - Ruth Winter, M.S., A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients (Get the book.) "HYDROGENATED cottonseed oil • See Hydrogenation and cottonseed oil. HYDROGENATED DITALLOW AMINE • An amine derived from Hydro-genated Tallow Acid. See Tallow. HYDROGENATED ETHOXYLATED LANOLIN • See Hydrogenation and Lanolin. HYDROGENATED FATTY OILS • Used in baby creams and lipstick. See Fatty Acids and Hydrogenation. HYDROGENATED HONEY • Controlled hydrogenation (see) of honey. HYDROGENATED JOJOBA OIL, WAX • See Jojoba and Hydrogenation. HYDROGENATED LANETH-5, -20, -25 • See Hydrogenated Lanolin." - Ruth Winter, M.S., A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients (Get the book.)

"Avoid the tropical oils like coconut oil and palm oil, and also cottonseed oil, which is often blended into processed foods and salad dressings. Since cotton is not classified as a food, cottonseed oil, a byproduct of cotton production, is grown with pesticides, fertilizers, and other chemicals that have been banned by the FDA for use on food crops. Rating the Supermarket-Available Oils Oil Comments Stability Olive Staple of the Mediterranean diet since ancient times; very versatile, flavor varies from mild to bold; excellent for salad dressing." - Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D., Intelligent Medicine: A Guide to Optimizing Health and Preventing Illness for the Baby-Boomer Generation (Get the book.)

"As a result of a series of clinical investigations that involved more than 8,000 healthy men receiving gossy-pol treatment for more than six months, it was found that the gossypol present in crude cottonseed oil is a reliable antifertility agent, and it is relatively safe to use, provided the dosage is kept at the antifertility level. If oral administration of gossypol is discontinued, fertility will gradually recover." - Amarjit S. Basra, Handbook of Medicinal Plants (Get the book.)

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