Is castor oil the same thing as canola oil?!
Answers: No. Canola oil is used for cooking and castor oil can be used as a laxative.
nope.
Castor oil is made out of castor beans,
Canola is made out of rapeseed.
Hmm... I had no idea. I just wiki'ed it. I guess one learns something new every day.
no, both are different.
Castor oil is from the castor bean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_oil
Canola oil is from the rapeseed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil
Castor Oil is used to clean your stomack. It tastes terrible!
Canola oil is healthy and you can cook with it
Nope! Please do not confuse because castor oil is a laxative!
No, castor oil is a very strong laxative, and it's supposed to be illegal in the U.S. any more, because the poison ricin is also made from the 'oil of the castor bean.' Canola is a 'breed' of grain similar to wheat, and it's got NO trans fats, and is very low in saturated fat, so you should use CANOLA oil when cooking, but use 'extra virgin olive oil' when making a marinade or a salad dressing.
No, it is not at all the same.
no. In fact ingesting too much castor oil (and I don't exactly know what quantifies as too much) can cause horrible bouts of intestinal "issues". Giving a pregnant woman castor oil/orange juice coctails used to be considered a natural form of labor induction because of the abdominal cramping it would cause (how that all works is a topic for another venue.)
castor oil is often used in personal care products like lotions. Hydrogenated castor oil (which is the thick version as butter is to oil) is often used in lip balms and chapsticks.
no
NO and why would you think this?? Is it because they both start with a "C"?
No. They're very different. Castor oil was used for medicinal purposes to "clean out" the digestive system. It causes hard intestinal cramps and tastes and smells like you're drinking automotive oil. Canola oil is used for cooking. It's said to be a healthy substitute for vegetable oil.
Absolutely NOT!
As a bit of trivia, Canola stands for Canadian Oli, Low Acid. The name was created because it was more marketable than the old name- Rapeseed Oil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola