Coconut oil has received a bad reputation for many years because it is a saturated fat‚ and you know we have all been told not to eat saturated fats‚ or to at least try and eat less of them. Coconut oil is made up of medium chain triglycerides. Most other saturated fats are made of large or long chain triglycerides. Medium chain triglycerides are absorbed more quickly into the blood stream and used for energy rather than being stored. Coconut oil also contains substances called lauric acid‚ capric
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Financial Instability Caused By Oil Usage The United States is run by oil. Energy‚ transportation‚ and even the economy are based and dependent on the various aspects of oil. Without oil the world would have to learn to change their whole formed idea of living juristically. “Ninety-five percent of the country’s transportation is powered by oil” (Anderson‚ Glen). The importance of oil causes the United States to be highly dependent on oil; this forces the U.S. into severe financial instability.
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that there is an impending oil crisis. Develop arguments that we are not likely to run out of oil anytime soon." (It is possible that such arguments also may need to take account of concerns that we are likely to run out of oil sometime soon.) It is hard to imagine the world without oil however there are groups‚ societies‚ governments and people all over the world that believe that the end of the oil era is approaching. The truth is that society has no idea of how much oil remains in the reserves
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Hybrid oil palms bear fruit in western Kenya | FAO project improves incomes and diets‚ and may reduce imports of food oil | 24 November 2003‚ Rome — A cold-tolerant‚ high-yielding oil palm being promoted by FAO in western Kenya could be a boon to small-scale farmers and industrial producers alike‚ increasing incomes improving diets‚ reducing imports of food oil and providing much-needed crop diversification for local sugar growers.Until the FAO project‚ which began in 1993‚ the only oil palm
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Oils and gas conservation ‚its relevance in daily life: Oil and gas conservation means their better and more efficient use with regard to economic‚ social or environment costs and benefits resulting minimization of wastage and protection of environment. A very high priority is attached by the government to conservation of petroleum products in view of the need to reduce increasing gap between demand for and supply of oil and petroleum products. Government has initiated various
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Neroli essential oil is gotten from the flowers of the bitter orange tree‚ which belongs to the citrus family. Neroli oil is extracted through the distillation method. Neroli essential oil gibes off aroma that appears to be a blend of sultry floral with a touch of earthly wood. Bitter orange‚ which serves as the source of neroli essential oil is majorly grown in Eastern Africa‚ Western India and Himalayas. However‚ during the mid-1500s‚ the bitter orange tree was taken to St. Augustine‚ Florida by
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OF OLIVE OIL INTRODUCTION Olive oil is a pale yellow to greenish oil extracted from the fruit of the European olive tree (Olea europaea L.)‚ which originated in the Mediterranean area. The olive is originally native to the eastern Mediterranean region but the cultivated form is now grown throughout that area and in other parts of the world with Mediterranean-type climates. It hardens at refrigerator temperatures - around 10 degrees F. Today a market certainly exists for olive oil‚ since the
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Dangers of Oil Spills (Article for Environment Awareness magazine) Oil slicks do so much more damage than just the initial havoc we see on the news; the effects can be long lasting. The recent Deep water BP oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico well and truly eclipsed the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 and now has the potential of being one of the largest oil spills on record. Latest official estimates state approximately 4.1 million barrels of oil contaminated the
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Measurement in Fats and Oils. Introduction : Vegetable oil is an important and widely used lipid source for our everyday food products. Its application is increasing day by day for food purposes and for the manufacturing of a number of toiletry products. However‚ some vegetable oils are not up to standards to meet consumer satisfaction in terms of their physico-chemical properties or for the texture and stability of the food products (Reyes- Hernandez et al.‚ 2007). Recently‚ palm oil has become the
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MARINE OIL POLLUTION-concept map PTT Global Chemical PLC. PTT Global Chemical PLC. POLLUTER POLLUTER MARINE OIL POLLUTION MARINE OIL POLLUTION Crude oil around 50‚000 liters (420 barrels) spilled into the sea from a pipeline unloading an oil tanker around 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong province at Ao Prao‚ Samet (Thailand). Crude oil around 50‚000 liters (420 barrels) spilled into the sea from a pipeline unloading an oil tanker around 20 kilometers (12 miles) off
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