### lipid | oil:

Coconut oil
* Most coconut oil contains antimicrobial lipids
* Most coconut oil has health benefits
  - many health benefits
  - improves metabolism
* Some coconut oil causes diseases
  - heart diseases
* Some coconut oil contains acid
  - fatty acid
  - medium chain triglyceride
* Some coconut oil has antimicrobial properties
* appears to help the immune system response in a beneficial manner.
* causes heart disease.
  - medium chain fatty acids that boost the metabolic process in the body
* greasy preparation and is best applied overnight.
* has appreciable water absorbing property, which provides moisturization
* has many benefits
* healthy weight loss ingredient.
  - performance
  - the performance of the digestive system that can make a person lose weight
* is also a main ingredient in Ayurvedic oils
  - available in Indian markets
  - an important base ingredient for the manufacture of soap
  - applied to the hair and is also used for cooking and making soaps and cosmetics
  - considered of lower quality than olive oil as it tastes more lardy
* is made from fully dried copra having maximum moisture content of six per cent
  - up of chains of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen called fatty acids
  - often in food and soaps
  - proven to have a good effect on hair and help in promoting growth
  - responsible for the rich, thick lather in handmade soap
  - rich in lauric acid, which is known for being antiviral and antibacterial
  - still the most commonly used oil for soap
  - supposed to be a good oil and help dogs
* is the country s biggest farm export product
  - most typical frying medium in Southern India
  - traditional cooking medium in our households
* is used as a surface spray for bakery items like crackers
  - for very dry skin plus a cooling effect
* is very effective at creating lather
  - popular in soaps today
  - without a doubt, the number one lather-producing agent used in soaps
* is, of course, from a plant source, but still hardens at room temperature.
* major source of lauric acid.
* moisturizes the scalp and aid in hair growth too.
* most important oil because it lauric oil.
* plays a major role in improving thyroid function
  - major roles
* saturated fat.
* very effective emollient treatment for the scalp.
* white, semisolid fat expressed from the kernels of a tropical plant.
+ Coconut palm: Trees :: Arecaceae :: Fruits
  * Coconut milk is also used in many drinks. Coconut oil is often in food and soaps. People in Sri Lanka use coconut flowers for wedding celebrations.

Cold oil
* better solvent for many gases and vapors than hot oil.
* is thick.

Cooking oil
* are quite different from the oils that come out of an oil well
  - the most toxic food in the modern day diet
* has a tendency to get gummy and smell bad, however.
* is oil
  - vegetable oil
  - yellow

Cottonseed oil
* contains no cholesterol and plays a large role in reducing fat intake.
* good starting material for structured lipids.
* has pesticide residues plus some iffy fatty acids.
* is extracted from the cottonseed kernel
  - used in food products like, candy, potatoes chips and crackers
* produces thick and lasting lather, in addition to having emollient properties.

Crop oil
* can be effective as penetrants and as surfactants.
* misnomer as the material is actually a derivative of paraffin-based petroleum oil.
* work by smothering immobile insects such as scales, aphids, and mites.

Dende oil
* is Brazilian palm oil, available in Latin American markets.
* palm oil high in saturated fat.

Different oil
* create different atmospheres.
* exhibit different surface tension with water.
* have affinities with specific parts of the body-e.g.
* have different rates of change of viscosity with temperature
  - viscosity or thickness and therefore diffuse at different speeds

Dill oil
* Some dill oil is used in cosmetics and perfumes.
* extracts from dill seeds
* is considered safe as a food additive.