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  2. α-Linolenic acid - Wikipedia

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    α-Linolenic acid, also known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) (from Greek alpha meaning "first" and linon meaning flax), is an n−3, or omega-3, essential fatty acid.ALA is found in many seeds and oils, including flaxseed, walnuts, chia, hemp, and many common vegetable oils.

  3. Seed oil misinformation - Wikipedia

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    Seed oils are oils extracted from the seed, rather than the pulp or fruit, of a plant. Seed oils are characterized by the industrial process used to extract the oil from the seed and a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs.) [10] Critics' "hateful eight" oils consist of canola, corn, cottonseed, soy, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, and rice bran oils, [8] which are creations of ...

  4. Are Seed Oils Really Killing Us? We Asked the Experts - AOL

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    Technically, a seed oil is a cooking oil made by pressing seeds to extract the fat. But the current pariahs are canola, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, soy, rice bran, sunflower, and safflower oils.

  5. No, cooking oil doesn't cause cancer — but new study links ...

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    Avocado oil, too, has benefits for heart and eye health and more. While the question of seed oils is a little more complicated, Yeatman still says that eating seed oils in moderation is healthy.

  6. What to know about seed oils: Myths debunked and ... - AOL

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    The latest buzzed-about topic, seed oils, is no exception. Seed oils have cropped up as a heated topic of debate amid discussions surrounding the incoming Trump administration, which has tapped ...

  7. Types of plant oils - Wikipedia

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    There are three primary types of plant oil, differing both the means of extracting the relevant parts of the plant, and in the nature of the resulting oil: Vegetable fats and oils were historically extracted by putting part of the plant under pressure, squeezing out the oil. Macerated oils consist of a base oil to which parts of plants are added.

  8. Is canola oil toxic? Dietitians share safest way to use it ...

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    A 2018 report published by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health backs this up:“There appears to be very little reason for concern about the trace levels of hexane in canola oil,” Dr. Guy ...

  9. Rapeseed - Wikipedia

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    Rapeseed oil is the preferred oil stock for biodiesel production in most of Europe, accounting for about 80% of the feedstock, [citation needed] partly because rapeseed produces more oil per unit of land area compared to other oil sources, such as soybeans, but primarily because canola oil has a significantly lower gel point than most other ...