Concerns About Fats and Toxicity
The popular website of Dr. Andrew Weil, a doctor of integrative medicine, indicates that he "regard(s) it as unhealthy because it is too high in saturated fat and too low in monounsaturated fat." His site also states: "What's more, cottonseed oil may contain natural toxins and probably has unacceptably high levels of pesticide residues (cotton is not classified as a food crop, and farmers use many agrichemicals when growing it)" and this claim has been repeated by other websites. However, the claim that cottonseed is not regulated as a food crop is not true. The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) contains regulations for maximum pesticide residue allowed in cottonseed, as it does for all other food crops. Furthermore, the natural toxin, gossypol, is eliminated in the refining process of commercially edible cottonseed oil, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has documented the lack of appreciable residues in cottonseed and cottonseed oil.
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