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2. 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 ...

3. Aromatherapy - Wikipedia

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   Aromatherapy is a practice based on the use of aromatic materials, including essential oils and other aroma compounds, with claims for improving psychological well-being. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is used as a complementary therapy or as a form of alternative medicine , and typically is used via inhalation and not by ingestion.

4. 6 Health Myths About Oils - AOL

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5. List of essential oils - Wikipedia

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   Essential oils are distinguished from aroma oils (essential oils and aroma compounds in an oily solvent), infusions in a vegetable oil, absolutes, and concretes. Typically, essential oils are highly complex mixtures of often hundreds of individual aroma compounds. Agar oil or oodh, distilled from agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis). Highly prized ...

6. List of topics characterized as pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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   Aromatherapy uses aromatic materials, including essential oils, and other aroma compounds, with claims for improving psychological or physical well-being. [102] It is offered as a complementary therapy or as a form of alternative medicine , the first meaning alongside standard treatments, [ 103 ] the second instead of conventional, evidence ...

7. Types of plant oils - Wikipedia

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   Essential oils are usually extracted by distillation. Maceration is also used as a means of extracting essential oils. [ 5 ] In this process, used, for example, to extract the onion, garlic, wintergreen and bitter almond essential oil, the plant material is macerated in warm water to release the volatile compounds in the plant.