Thanks to these subsidies and regulations, demand for maize and vegetable oils (on which biodiesel is based) has exploded and these crops have displaced others, such as wheat.

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He searched for years and eventually lighted on a mixture of oleic acid (a fatty acid found in various vegetable oils) and nitrogen-containing compounds called amines.

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Vitamin E is found in vegetable oils and palm oils.

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The American Heart Association recommends consuming both omega-3 fatty acids, found in cold-water fish like salmon and canola oil, and omega-6 fatty acids, found in nuts, seeds and vegetable oils such as corn oil.

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The Mediterranean diet discouraged soda drinks and the low-fat diet discouraged vegetable oils, nuts, fried snacks, visible fat in meats and soup, fatty fish and tomato sauce.

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Currently biodiesel is made by refining vegetable oils like soy and rapeseed.

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It's unclear just how many people have the condition, but the association said they might consider eating more unsaturated fats, found in vegetable and olive oils, nuts and avocados.

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These are fats from vegetable oils, nuts and fish.

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Edgeley says it will use vegetable and plant oils, together with animal fats that are not fit for human consumption, all of which are independently audited and meet the government's sustainability criteria.

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What was better was the fat found in cheaper vegetable oils such as soy oil and corn oil.

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