Pot Spiced...... What does that mean.
Hemp, Cannabis, Marijuana, Dagga, Weed, Grass, Bong, Pot, Kush or whatever way you call it.it is making strides the world over. In this blog we teach educate and cultivate a new era for the humble but ooooooooh so GIFTED plant.
Stigmatization has long been the enermy of our beloved healer, but thanks to new laws the world have started to embrace what the Rastafarians have known all these years. Its a plant with so many attributes to it that everyone can partake in its wonders .
Hemp, or industrial hemp, typically found in the northern hemisphere, is a variety of the Cannabis sativa plant species that is grown specifically for the industrial uses of its derived products. It is one of the fastest growing plants and was one of the first plants to be spun into usable fiber 10,000 years ago. Wikipedia
Hemp is the common name for plants of the entire genus Cannabis, although the term is often used to refer only to Cannabis strains cultivated for industrial (non-drug) use. Industrial hemp has many uses, including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food, and fuel. It is one of the fastest growing bio masses known, and one of the earliest domesticated plants known.
15 Fascinating Facts About Hemp
LISTVERSE STAFF APRIL 15, 2009 This will give you a much broader understanding of when it actually started its way into our lives (listverse.com)
Protein: 31,56 g (per 100 g)
Energy: 585,8 Calories (per 100 g)
Iron: 7,95 mg (per 100 g)
Magnesium: 700 mg (per 100 g)
Calcium: 70 mg (per 100 g)
It is now legal for hemp food products to be sold in Australia, LA, Washington State and a few more places- changes to the Food Standards Code allowing food products derived from hemp to be sold commercially is legal in places and many countries will follow suit shortly. Here in south Africa so far only the legality of smoking and growing for own consumption is set but the laws will be changing soon.
Hemp is a species of cannabis, but unlike marijuana it contains negligible levels of the mind-altering chemical compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Hemp has been used to make commercially available food products in Europe and North America for decades. The international market for hemp foods is estimated at $1 billion annually. So we are here to jump on the band wagon fast.
There are about 4000 different varieties of cannabis sativa, and they can roughly be divided into 3 categories:
useful for medicine and/or recreation (also known as marijuana)
Different parts of the plant are used depending on what you want to do with it. If you are growing a fibre variety, you will use the stalk. It has thousands of used from car parts (in the form of non-wovens or compressed into polymers) to wedding dresses (in the form of a hemp-silk blend). If you are growing a food and/or oil variety, you will use the seed. If you are growing a drug variety, you will use the bud and perhaps the leaves.
So the question is????????Can you get high from eating hemp products?
No u nless you eat an insane OBSCENE amount. We are required to have less than 10 ppm THC (the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana) in hemp products.However each government will have stipulations of their own.
What are the Benefits of Eating Hemp Products?
The inside of the hemp seed, also known as the hempnut, is rich in both protein and oil. And the oil is one of the richest sources of essential fatty acids (EFAs). You may choose to eat the entire seed, or only the hempnut, or to press the oil out of the seed and use the oil and the meal (the rest) separately.
Hemp is a great source of protein. Although it does not have as much protein as soy, the spectrum of amino acids in it makes it a more digestible source of vegetable protein. As well, hemp is not genetically modified, unlike most soy.
Hemp oil is equally remarkable. It contains approximately 56% Omega 6 or Linoleic Acid (LA), 20% Omega 3 or Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA) and 3% gamma linolenic acid (GLA). Hemp is one of only two plants known to contain all three of these vital nutrients.
Do hemp and flax provide the same benefits?
No. While they both contain both Omega 6 and Omega 3, they do so in inverse proportions. In other words, the Omega 6:Omega 3 ratio in hemp is roughly 3:1, while in flax its 1:3. In addition, flax contains no GLA.
So blah blah blah, what are we saying in a HEMPSHELL or HEMPNUT that hemp is great for you. So we will carry on this conversation in another blog. Until then happy hemping and make sure you use some POT SPICE daily.
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