### lipid | oil:

Fish oil
* Some fish oil attracts cats
  - contains acid
  - finds in fatty fish
  - reduces blood pressure
* Some fish oil reduces high blood pressure
* appears harmless and has no side effects.
* are a major source
  - beneficial in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease
* can be the key nutrient for some asthmatics.
* comes in one gram capsules, which are available in most pharmacies and health food stores.
* contain highly unsaturated fatty acids.
* extends life in advanced cancers.
* has health benefits.
* have antiinflammatory effects.
* helps prevent headaches.
* intensify the blood-thinning effect of aspirin.
* is applied on places where calcification occurred
  - notorious for high mercury and PCB levels
  - quite prone to oxidation, and oxidation leads to the formation of free radicals
  - superior to flax and canola oils
  - used in margarine, cosmetics and paints
  - weak in antioxidant content, whereas krill oil is rich in antioxidants
* protect the heart.
* provide the long-chain version, which helps to reduce cellular inflammation.
* sharpens the brain at all ages, researchers say.
* slows some developing cancers.
* used for softening jute fibre can liberate irritating fatty acids as it decomposes.

Flax oil
* contains twice the EFAs of fish oil, and vegetable derivative.
* foundational addition to a healthy diet.
* is the highest source of unsaturated alpha linolenic.

Flaxseed oil
* can help heart health in several ways
  - reduce hot flashes in menopausal women by balancing estrogen
* is available in liquid and capsule form
  - most health food stores
  - supplement form in most health food stores
  - derived from the hard, tiny seeds of the flax plant
  - found in flaxseed or flaxseed meal

Fragrance oil
* Some fragrance oils contain essential oils.
* add scent.
* are aroma compounds blended to duplicate a particular fragrance
  - blends of natural essential oils and man-made fragrances
  - manmade
  - synthetics combined with essential oils, or strictly synthetic
* can turn rancid or evaporate if stored improperly.

Fresh oil
* helps keep engines running better and longer.
* sign of an oil leak.

### lipid | oil:

Fuel oil
* Most fuel oil entering the environment comes from spills or leaking storage tanks.
  * In this sense, diesel type of fuel oil. Fuel oil is made of long hydrocarbon chains, particularly alkanes, cycloalkanes and aromatics. The term 'fuel oil' is also used in a stricter sense to refer only to the heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil, heavier than gasoline and naphtha.
* are a variety of yellowish to light brown liquid mixtures that come from crude petroleum.
* begins to repolymerize as soon as it is refined.
* can also contaminate soil sediments and private drinking water supplies.
* contains a number of potentially toxic chemicals.
* general term for a number of burnable liquids made from crude oil.
* is burned with an excess of preheated air in the combustion chamber
  - made of long hydrocarbon chains , particularly alkanes , cycloalkanes and aromatics
* is used exclusively
  - for heating, power generation and in ships driven by steam turbines
  - with steam atomization

Garlic oil
* contains alliin, which once the cloves are cut or crushed, is converted to allicin.
* finds use in ready made spice - mixes, pharmaceuticals and disinfectants.
* is also very effective to grow hair
  - very helpful for ear infections