Hi,
I think you had better read the following links, as I have extensive research and testing of all cooking oils prior to using cotton seed oil.

Cotton seed oil is light years ahead of all the others.

The links are as follows:-
A run down of the benefits of cotton seed oil, as you will see the findings are in direct contradication to the points raised by yourself.

http://www.cottonseed.com/publications/facts.asp

The following link details the acceptable levels in common foodstuffs, it is an eyeopener.

http://www.pmfai.org/stat.htm



>Neil,
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>"Pure" olive oil is from olive flesh alone, but chemically extracted. Virgin olive oil (or even better extra virgin) is from the first press of the olive flesh with no chemical extraction. First press olive oil- ditto. IMHO it is worth paying extra to get the first press product.
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>Re cottonseed oil- it is unstable when heated, causing undesirable transfats and unpleasant long-chain molecules. Also, cotton is often heavily sprayed with pesticide so cottonseed oil often contains pesticide residues as well.
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>Olive oil is a fairly reliable choice- after all, it has already been tested on humans for several thousand years.
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>Regards
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>j.R