Dehydrator-Made Potato Chips - Episode #153

Submitted by brock on Wed, 09/03/2011 - 03:33
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Brock plays around with his new favourite kitchen toy, the "Excalibur", given to him by his friends at Upaya Naturals (http://upayanaturals.com).
He makes healthy potato chips using organic potatoes (and sweet potatoes) and just a few other ingredients.

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Submitted by Guest on Tue, 23/08/2011 - 14:14.

About Canola oil

Hi!

I didn't know that canola oil is bad. I don't buy any but I'm sure there might be some in some of the things I buy. I'll make sure to avoid it now.
Could you please tell me a bit more about it?

Thank you!

Kathy

Submitted by brock on Sun, 04/09/2011 - 10:03.

Canola is not healthy

Hey Kathy,

sorry about the lag in response. After questioning where canola oil comes from, we decided to do some of our own investigating. Canola is not the name of a plant but a made up word. It's a genetically engineered plant developed in Canada from the rapeseed plant. In nature, the rapeseed plant contains a high percentage of erucic acid which had been tested and proven to be toxic for human and animal consumption, but was used to produce oils for industrial purposes. So through Genetic Modification, the food scientists removed most of the the acid so it could pass for human and animal consumption. As a result, the canola industry boomed. It's become a a cheap source of oil and continues to be found in more and more food, especially processed foods. There you have it. It came from a lab. Not healthy. Hope this helps. Marta

Submitted by Guest on Sun, 27/05/2012 - 17:31.

made up words

I hate made up words. Thank you.

Submitted by Guest on Sun, 04/09/2011 - 11:05.

Thank you

I checked in my pantry and I don't have any, yeah! The veggie chips I got were made with sunflower oil.
I do my shopping at natural grocers/vitamin cottage. All their produce is organic and the rest of the store is suppose to be organic or good natural products...but they do have canola oil, that's why I didn't know it was bad but also I never knew what it was, and never bought it!
Thank you very much for your answer Marta, I started my day learning someting new, awesome!
Have a great day : )
Kathy