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Ok ,don't get it on the rats , got it
Pig Cat said:
Damian Murphy said:How on earth would you use it externally ? :?:
Pig Cat said:
hunnymonster said:No, it's fine - I have 3 bottles here - what I really want to know is, since it's all marked as external use only, is it really a concern to eat it or is it more spurious bollocks from Brussels (like banning the sale of borax as a cleaner, because you can also use it as a pesticide)?
antdad said:From Wiki
Mustard oil was once considered unsuitable for human consumption in the United States, Canada, and the European Union due to the high content of erucic acid. This is because of early studies in rats. Subsequent studies on rats have shown that they are less able to digest vegetable fats (whether they contain erucic acid or not) than humans and pigs.[4][5][6] Chariton et al. suggests that in rats: “Inefficient activation of erucic acid to erucyl-CoA and a low level of activity of triglyceride lipase and enzymes of betaoxidation for erucic acid probably contribute to the accumulation and retention of cardiac lipid.â€Â[7] Before this process was fully understood it led to the belief that erucic acid and mustard oil were both highly toxic to humans.