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Originally Posted by Tuza
Could you tell me what hemp oil and hemp hearts are place. Sorry for my ignorance.
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Sure. There is some confusion around cannabis that needs to be cleared up anyways. There are 3 (maybe 4) 'types' of cannabis. There is cannabis sativa (useful cannabis), cannabis indica (Indian hemp) and cannabis ruderalis (northern cannabis). All derivatives of cannabis in any form come from 'cultivars' of these three plants in essence. Hemp as a rope/food/plastic etc. all come from anyone of the species listed above. 'Pot', 'Ganga' etc also come from the same species but they are different cultivars of the same plant. Cultivar means...ah heck, lets google it..
"A variation of a species, one that has been produced through breeding or deliberate selection. Terms in the cultivar name are always capitalized and included in single quotes."
Humans have bred cannabis for a very long time or the difference in their morphology would not be so pronounced. I worked for Joe Stobel whom was the first 'hemp' farmer to be gain a license in Canada since '38 or so to grow it. I picked tobacco for him prior to his conversion...****ty job really.
"Hemp" food is the by-product of the hemp seed which can be pressed for an oil which has a full spectrum blend of the essential fatty acids that we all need ( the cake left over after the pressing process is awesome feed for stock). Or the seeds themselves may be consumed (with the shells they clean the intestinal wall) whole or de-hulled which are commonly called hemp hearts. They last indefinitely if bagged and stored in a cool dark place.
Hemp foods have been gaining in popularity for the last 15 years and the best advertising is the old book/movie 'Oliver Twist'. When yong Oliver goes up and says "please, sir, can I have some more" he is asking for gruel which used to be a full spectrum porridge made out of hemp seed. Without the proper balance of Essential Fatty Acids, people go insane.
It is available at all good health food stores though it is mightily overpriced in my opinion. I buy my mine wholesale in 5 gallon buckets at about 1/10th the price you'd pay for retail. I am not advertising for anyone here so I will disdain of linking. You can find it if you look for it.
And I have seen it work, turned a biatch into a princess, worked wonders on a kid who was going to be given prozac and there are more, subtler situations where I have seen it work magick.