There is only one thing to remember from a yogi point of view.  HEMP INCREASES CHI – It is the worlds most advanced SuperFood.  We are only just starting to understand how “super’ it is.  MARIJUANA REDUCES/REMOVES CHI – no explanation needed of what this means.  We know what happens as use and/or addiction progresses.

That being said, if you are purchasing full “spectrum oil”, be super careful about what it is you are actually getting.   You must make sure it is full spectrum HEMP oil.  There will be no “terpenes” on the label, no THC.  CBD has been bred out of cannabis (marijuana) in order to load the plant with THC the psychoactive ingredient.   That is why I am writing the blog, and giving you the addresses of manufacturers and importers whom I believe at the moment are abiding not just by the law, but also the letter of the law.

There should be a batch number on the bottle.  If you have any concerns, call the manufacturer, quote the batch number, and ask what it contains, and how it was manufacturers and where the ingredients come from.

One of my students was given a bottle of what he thought was CBD Full Spectrum Hemp Oil.  After a couple of doses he took to the couch and drifted into a different place.  When his wife looked at the bottle she saw the problem.  It had terpenes and THC.  He was getting high.  A timely reminder that it is very important that you buy from a reputable company, and make sure what you are getting.  Buyer beware.  It is not just about getting high, it is about pesticides, herbicides, manufacture generally.  We are building the body and the mind via the ECS (endocannabinoid system), we are not trying to get high (well, my students and I are not). 

Read the labels carefully, if you are still concerned email the manufacturer.  If they don’t get back to you, probably you shouldn’t buy from them.  This is a new field, and we all have many questions.

A few that I especially like are below.   I will update my list as I get to try the different brands.

Royal hemp.com.au – oils, seeds, powders, skin balms – they are switching to Aussie seeds to manufacture their products and full spectrum oil (imported from Colorado).  This brand is available in health foods stores and alternative health destinations.  As its name suggests, classy marketing, labelling and packaging.

RedTractor.com.au – oils,  seeds, powder.  This brand is available in Coles and IGA and in Health food stores.  Please let me know where you see it so I can update my list.  A down-home style of presentation in eco-friendly packaging.

Thompsons.com.au – oils, seeds, capsules.  This brand is available and featured in Chemist Warehouse (alongside HempFoods, and their own proprietary brand on the seeds and grains aisle).  I have not tried Thompsons.  It could be more economical, although I am not convinced of the value of capsules over putting the actual oil on your foods during the day.

HempFoods.com.au – oils, seeds, powder.  This brand is available everywhere I go.  Coles, IGA, Health Food Stores. I believe that this company brings its seeds from Canada and New Zealand.  I have been told both by health food store proprietors.    It was one of the first to manufacture the products on a large scale, and it seems has single handedly championed the market from its inception.  A reliable company with great marketing.

 

Keep watching this blog.  Namaste.  Jahne

 

 

This week I have been asked by pupils “what do you eat”…  here it is

I can tell you what I eat, but I live alone, and can eat what I want.  If you have a husband and children you may need to eat with them, and what they eat.  I remember my husband once asked me why everything I ate looked like it was scraped out of a cocky’s cage!  I eat what i eat, and I have never complied with what the family wanted, and they didn’t want to eat what i ate, although i used to adapt it a little so that it sort of mimicked what they were eating.  My children were both so different in their taste, and both had health uses, so i used to add things to their diets on an individual basis, although the major ingredients would have been the same.
But you asked about me…
Before breakfast (because winter is here) a tonic for my immune system I make with herbs, chilli  and vitamin c.
Breakfast: A savoury dip made of 1 tablespoon or so (or more) of the best hemp oil, 1 heaped teaspoon of hemp seeds, 1 crushed clove of garlic and a slurp of good balsamic vinegar, all eaten by dipping about 1 slice of full grain bread cut into pieces.  I usually lick up anything left.  I have this with  brewed cocoa (like coffee in a french press)
Lunch in two parts:  1.  A thick green aromatic dip of my garden herbs, hemp seeds, hemp oil, garlic, chilli, spirulina and hemp powder all blended.  Dipping bread – home made pitta cut and backed into small biscuit size pieces.
Mid afternoon:  2.  2 tablespoons of muesli with added nuts and dried fruits, in orange juice and sesame milk mix.
Dinner:  Steamed vegetables, plus dessert – a home made fruit icy pole.  (and a glass of wine or champagne)
Before bed:  a cube of home made hemp gingerbread and a cup of hot milk tea (or decaf milk coffee)
I drink lots of water about a litre and a half a day, plus tea, coffee.
Thanks about it.  It makes me feel good, my poop is beautiful, I have heaps of energy when I need it, and am deeply calm.
Hope you get some ideas.  You can see that Hemp is at the heart of how I eat.  It has made a great difference.  It is the deep calm, and a feeling of being really healthy and ‘all is well”.
Namaste.  jahne

“Essentially, your ability to maintain optimal health rests on your responsibility to become informed about the ECS and its involvement in the underlying causes of many degenerative diseases…”  Dr. Joseph Mercola, Functional Medicine Physician.

The ECS has been the subject of many text books – I am reading and researching TCM and Japanese Kampo which teaches extensively on the subject but is not able to put all that is known into practice in Australia because of the misunderstandings about cannabinoids.  Many scientists and researchers believe it is something that should be taught from high school, but unfortunately, because of the stigma, only 13% of medical school are teaching the ECS, which is like the conductor of the orchestra, where the orchestra is your organ systems.  We cannot be healthy or well if our ECS does not function well.

It is all about education.  I am amazed in my own practice, how many folk who are suffering won’t even take hemp oil or seed because they believe they will become addicted!  Fear will stop you in your tracks every time if you let it.  We have to start educating ourselves about the ECS as it is probably one of the most important discoveries quite some time.    I know for myself,  I am dealing with the enormities of this system and what it influences throughout the entire human body.

Start simple.  Research a good hemp oil (one with omega 3,6 and 9) as well as proteins and minerals, ditto the protein powder.  When you buy the seeds make sure they look a bit greasy and creamy, not dry and brownish.  Look for Organic, Non-GMO, Verified pesticide and herbicide free, and if possible, check if the plant is grown from certified seeds.  In Australia few seeds are being actually grown here (look at the label – 10% is all that is needed to say “Australian”), most are being imported mostly from Canada which is a good source which has been producing hemp for some years.

 

More to come..