He also serves sunflower oil in capsules created by a technology the Soviets used to make artificial caviar.

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The hospital is now planning to sell its sunflower oil-based cream commercially, with all profits being reinvested back into patient care.

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Malaysia is the world's largest producer of palm oil--a cheaper substitute for vegetable or sunflower oil--and it is also blessed with an abundance of forestry, fertile agricultural land and minerals like copper and iron ore.

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The patients were divided into three groups and were asked to take either omega-3 fish-oil capsules, sunflower-oil capsules or a dummy capsule six times a day.

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These long, medium-thick slices of Idaho russet potatoes are first boiled, then fried twice in a sunflower and canola oil blend before receiving a dash of salt, and presented either as a stand-alone dish or alongside a feta-topped, chargrilled lamb burger.

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