I personally don't consume Canola Oil if I can help it, I'll usually make exceptions when I dine out as most restaurants can't afford to cook with evoo or coconut oils and still have their food be affordable. I make my own mayo as well, but it's pretty strong with just evoo, so I like to cut it with another oil like avocado.

Overall, any of the vegetables oils really aren't good for you. And mostly, I prefer to eat things that I know where they come from. EVOO comes from olives. Coconut Oil comes from coconuts. Avocado Oil comes from avocados. Where does Canola Oil come from? I've never heard of canolas LOL Yes, I'm being silly, but I mostly prefer a whole, natural, organic food approach and canola oil just doesn't fit into that.

I'd highly recommend googling and formulating your own opinion, I'm not really one for scare tactics but there are plenty out there.

I avoid it too, but dang - it is in EVERYTHING!!! The hard part for me was salad dressing, I love a good ranch dressing but you can only find soy and canola oil dressings - neither of which I will touch. I found Chosen One Avocado mayo made from avocado oil and it's pretty good. Costco sells it now. Others make their own mayo with olive oil. I did it with mixed results. I can now make a home made ranch salad dressing with the avocado mayo, sour cream, Mrs Dash Garlic & Herb seasoning and bit of cream to thin it out. For more flavor I also add ~ 2 teaspoons of powdered buttermilk (Bobs Mill) and ~ 2 teaspoons chipotles from a jar then blend. It is a really good recipe.

As for the Atkins advice...well... they sell a lot of processed foods so they are going to approve a lot of processed foods. I read an account by a doctor who knew Atkins and said he'd be rolling over in his grave if he knew what they were selling under his name sake. I think their diet plan is awesome (from what I have pulled together), but their need to make a few bucks selling food products is not something that impresses me.

I don't find olive oil palatable, no matter how "light" they try to make it. Plus it has a very low smoking point, making it unsuitable for cooking in many instances. I buy one litre bottles of avocado oil at Costco: neutral tasting, cost effective, 460 degree smoke point. The Ottavio brand claims "not genetically engineered" so that's a plus.

Reading that canola oil has to be deodorized before it can be put on the market was the end for me.

I watched a video for how this is made, and UGH, it is so gross. The video for how coconut oil is made was utterly fascinating in comparison.

No, it was not that one, but they do appear similar... The video I watched showed that the processing for canola oil was similar to the processing of motor oil or something... I can't remember.

But a quick google showed that the oil canola is derived from is toxic. Why would I want to use a toxic product, put it through toxic cleaning processes, and then eat it???

I wish I had saved the links! If I run across them, I will shoot them back out there.

When I cut out sugar AND all forums of all grains and got heavy into coconut oil I was able to start thinking about living vs. dying. I did it all at the same time so I can not state what turned my health around but I can tell you as long as I have a functioning mind I will work to not eat any oils from any grains.