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Welcome to Hemp Seed .ca http://www.hempseed.ca/

Have you ever wondered about hemp seed? Perhaps you are looking for a source of protein that is better than meat. Maybe you are a vegan and need an excellent source of protein? Perhaps you have heard of Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) and are looking for a web site with more information about EFAs and hemp. Well Hemp Seed .ca is the perfect place for you to find all this information and more.

It is not widely known that Hemp seed is the highest in essential fatty acids of any plant. Hemp seed contains all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids needed to maintain healthy human life, which makes it a perfect substitute for meat or as a protein supplement for anyone in their diet. No other single source provides such a complete protein in a form that is so easily digested and absorbed by the body. No other plant contains the essential oils neccessary for perfect health in a ratio exactly suited to the bodies needs.

There is no other plant like hemp, there is nothing that compete against hemp. The hemp plant and hemp seed are perfectly suited to do what nature intended them to do, provide us with a sustainable source of protein food, fibre for clothing and paper, hurd for plastics and oils for nutrition and paints. If we were to wake up and realize that we could end our dependance on petrochemicals and still have the same lifestyles with the same vehicles and conveniences yet be cleaning the planet and providing a sustainable future for our children just by growing one plant, Cannibis Sativa, why would we not? Well, the answer to that is part of the biggest industrial conspiracy in modern history. Hemp is too perfect, hemp seeds are too much of a viable alternative to the petrochemical age we live in. So much so that the only way the people in power for the last 80 years could control it was to first demonize the plant, then when people had forgotten how amazing it was and how many things used to be made from it, then they made it illegal.

Since 1990 when we were first introduced to hemp and hempseed we have been on a crusade to educate as many people as possible about the reality of hemp and hemp seeds since the misinformation put out by the US seems to be so effective in deterring people from finding out the truth on their own. We have had a whole range of reactions to hemp seed. There was the old Eastern European man who approached our table at an outdoor event with tears in his eyes because it had been so many years since he had seen hemp seeds. He told us that the seed from the hemp plant was such a common thing to him when he was a child, his Mother used to make the hempseed into a gruel for him and seeing the hemp seed on our table brought back fond memories of his Mother's kitchen. There was the Mother who dragged her Daughter away before she could sample the hemp seed exclaiming "Honey, don't eat hemp seed, you're pregnant!", HOW FOOLISH, it would have been excellent for both her and her unborn baby! There was the man who approached the table looking like he was going to become quite violent exclaiming "you're feeding my children DRUGS!". Of course, he was totally wrong, there is no drug content in hemp seed. Just as there is no drug content in poppy seeds, even though they come from the plant that produces opium. It's just that poppies cannot make 75000 different products that compete with just about every industry that makes money for the rich people currently in power.

So you see, hemp seed and the Cannibis Sativa plant are the unfortunate recipients of a bad rap simply because they are just too good! What other plant could boost your immune system decreasing your need for doctors and pharmaceuticals; provide you with your daily requirement of protein, making meat obsolete; allow you make clothing using minimal pesticides, unlike cotton which has half of the world's pesticides sprayed on it; providing you with a renewable fuel for your more efficient diesel engine as the engine was initially intended to run on vegetable fuel; providing you with a non-toxic biodegradable source for the manufacture of plastics; allowing you to make the highest quality paints without the toxic smells and by-products; and if all that weren't enough, providing you with everything you might need to live a very long healthy life while returning the planet to a garden rather then a toxic waste dump.

The answer to all the worlds problems is the hemp plant and the answer to the shortage of food and protein is the hemp seed. Hempseed is the solution. Will you make the change in your life and add this wonder food to your diet? We sure hope so. Not convinced yet? Please read on, use the menu to the left to find out more about hemp and the amazing wonderful hemp seed!

Hempseeds R Us :)

Chi Hemp Industries Incorporated

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About Us
Hempseed.ca is owned and operated by Chi Hemp Industries Inc., a Canadian corporation headquartered in Victoria BC. The Corporation is in the business of providing a source of hemp seed food to both the general public and to wholesale accounts.

Over the last 10 years we have been working toward our vision of having hemp seed food as a mainstream product, one where people recognize the nutritional values of hemp food and can make use of the proteins and oils in the seed on a daily basis. We know that many of the food and nutrition related issues of the planet can be solved by using hemp seed as a world protein source. We can use the perfect protein of the seed to reduce our dependance on animal meat and we can use the excellent essential fatty acids (EFAs) of the seed to help to maintain our immune systems.

During the last 10 years we have directly spoken to tens of thousands of people and provided information to unknown numbers, trying to raise awareness in a grassroots campaign to get more people to eat hemp. We have now moved our efforts to the web and look forward to providing as much hemp food to as many people as possible for the lowest price.

We are working hard, doing anything we can, so that we are able to offer hemp seed to a broad range of clients who are looking for the best possible quality and nutritional value for their money.

Wholesale Prices
We do not offer a true wholesale price list on the web, we feel that everyone should have the same access to hemp products at the same prices when ordering small volumes. We consider our posted prices as being wholesale, as they significantly undercut many of our competitors. Of course we also offer lower pricing should you need it. If you are looking for deeper discounted prices, and you intend to order large quantities, feel free to contact us, we certainly can accommodate any necessary price point. We want your business, let us provide you a quote you can work with. Unfortunately, we cannot offer deep discounts to small orders, we know you understand.

Shipping
Our only barrier to providing inexpensive hemp food is the cost of shipping. We do not mark up our shipping prices, this simply is not our mandate but our margins are not large enough to allow us to offer any deals on shipping either. We simply pass on the cost to you, it is all we can do. All US orders include a brokerage fee which ensures that your order will enter the US smoothly and quickly.

Thank you from Chii
We look forward to providing you with a reliable, well priced, exceptional quality source of hemp seed products. Thank you for your visit, we hope to win you as our client.

Eric Hughes
President
Chi Hemp Industries Inc.
Victoria B.C.
Canada

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Is Hemp Legal?
Absolutely YES. Every product we sell is completely and totally legal in Canada and the US. There is nothing about hemp that is illegal. There are no laws in the US or Canada that make possession of hemp illegal. This includes the sterilized seed, hemp seed oil, hemp seed flour, hemp seed cake, shelled hemp seeds, hemp hearts, hemp clothing, hemp fabrics, hemp fuel or any other product made from INDUSTRIAL HEMP.

While industrial hemp and the products made from it are legal, hemp's cousin, marijuana is in fact illegal. There are many strains of hemp that produce little or no THC. There are also strains of Cannibis Sativa that produce high levels of THC. These strains would be considered Marijuana. There is nothing similar between marijuana and hemp. They may as well be different plants as they are grown differently, processed differently, are made from different parts of the plant and have grown so far apart genetically that they are, for all intents and purposes, completely different plants.

Will you test positive if you eat hemp?
The subject of drug tests have come up many times in the past and we are of two minds on the subject of positive results. Health Canada, which is the governmental body that regulates the hemp industry in Canada, states that we cannot sell a hemp oil product that contains more than 10 parts per million THC. Therefore the oil we sell we can guarantee contains less than 10 PPM THC. We actually test to levels of 4 PPM to be sure that we do not sell products with measurable levels of THC and our oil has consistently tested with non-detectable levels at 4 PPM.

For arguments sake, we'll say that the oil you ingest has a THC level of 1 PPM THC (though the actual levels are probably a lot lower). It would then become something probably around the 1 part per billion in your body (we presume). If the level of accuracy of the drug test allows for concentrations in the parts per trillion range, you might test positive, though you could have picked up that kind of concentration touching someone's hand that had traces of THC and then putting your fingers in your mouth.

We then cannot guarantee that if your drug test is able to detect levels in the parts per trillion that you would not test positive because we only guarantee that our oil is less than 10 PPM. Do we think this is possible, yes we do, it is possible to detect parts per trillion THC in blood. Do we think this is likely, no we don't, but it is up to you to decide.

We have heard that NY police have been told not to eat poppy seed bagels because it is causing false positives for opiates in drug tests. We don't know if this is true or not, but if there are such severe, draconian testing where you work, we do not recommend that you consume hemp products and risk losing your job. Someone has emailed in and mentioned that the US Air Force does ban consuming hemp food products and poppy seeds by military due to the "possibility" of a false positive drug test.

We would recommend not risking your career over eating hemp. While it is good for you, it is still frowned upon by the US establishment and there is a chance you would test positive, while remote.

On another note, we have done tests with an old distributor of ours who got his paralegal secretary to consume 3 pounds of hemp seeds and then go for a drug test. She tested negative for THC in her blood. Sometimes hemp oil tests higher than the hemp seed because it is a concentrated version of the seed but with our rigorous testing, we are confident that our oils have low enough percentages of THC as to not cause a false positive with respect to drug tests but we cannot guarantee this.

In the early 90's someone was buying Chinese seed, exporting it to Brazil where they were pressing it for oil and then importing the oil into the US. This oil was notorious for false pee positives because it was 1200 to 1600 PPM THC. The Chinese seed was and still is poorly cleaned. Our Canadian seed is cleaned to 99.99% and cannot come off the field if it is more than 4 PPM THC or 0.00% THC.

During the high THC oil level days, that was when the idea of using eating hemp as an excuse to beat drug charges began. Because of this, the US Govt. initiated this Zero tolerance for THC in hemp and we settled for 0.00% which it is today.

So the long of the short of it is, no, probably not, but it is possible.

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Why Sterilize Hemp Seeds
In a nutshell (if you can excuse the pun) it's because we have to. Back in the late 1930s when this whole anti-hemp insanity began in the US, the only industry that successfully lobbied the US Congress to preserve the legality of one part of the hemp plant was the bird seed merchants. You see, they told Congress that if they were forced to remove hemp seed from the bird feed mixes, the song birds would cease to sing. Well, this was enough for Congress to change the new "Marijuana tax act" to not include hemp seeds.

So for years, bird seed still contained viable hemp seed, allowing the birds to be happy with the mix and continue singing. Well, in the 1960s, hemp became notable more for its recreational smoking of the leaves and flowers of the plant and the source of these strains were most notably the very same hemp seeds that had passed through the radar of the US Congress in the 1930s. Well they figured they better do something about it and quick, thus sterilization of all hemp seeds began.

It is a really good thing that those bird seed companies successfully lobbied Congress to preserve their right to add hemp seed to their bird food mixes. If they hadn't I suspect that hemp would have been lost to the Western countries under US foreign policy and be all but forgotten. Fortunately that didn't happen and the seed we were using when we first began making and selling hemp seeds and hemp seed food was earmarked for bird seed.

Because we had this supply of hempseeds in the country already, though they were sterilized, and are still to this day, we were able to begin educating people using hemp seed intended to be fed to birds. Fortunately we no longer need to do this since 1998 when hemp was legalized to grow under license here in Canada. Now we can supply you with certified organic hemp seed products intended for human, or bird consumption.

How much damage does sterilizing hemp seed do?
The sterilization process does minimal damage to the whole seed. We use an infrared sterilization process (heat) and essentially the damage results in minute cracks in the hull of the seed causing a shorter shelf life of months rather than years for the whole hemp seed. The proteins are not affected, the minerals are not affected, the vitamins are slightly affected but hemp seeds are not a valuable source of vitamins, which can also be said for any seed or nut. The oils are affected by the heat, retaining the fact that the sterilized hemp seed an excellent source of protein. Though we would love to be able to sell unsterilized live seed, we are able to produce ALL of our other products from live seed, it is just the whole seed we must sterilize.

Essentially all this does is require someone who is interested in getting the whole goodness of the hemp seed to purchase more than one product. In order to get the fibre and protein, both of which are not damaged by the heat used to sterilize the seed, you must eat the whole seed. In order to get the oils from the hemp seed, which are in lower levels in the sterilized seed, you now have to eat the packaged hemp oil that we supply. Our hemp oil is made from unsterilized seeds and therefore completes what you would require for a "whole" seed.

We agree that it would be better to get the whole package from eating the seeds but we have eaten the seeds right from the hemp plant and they are somewhat more tasty if they are lightly roasted anyway. So as long as the seeds retain their freshness and are kept sealed away from light and air, like in a freezer in a jar, they will continue to taste good and also be excellent for you with their high protein, mineral and fibre content.

There is also hulled hemp seed, which is not sterilized per say, but has the hulls removed. We agree that this product is an excellent source of protein but it is lacking one of the best qualities of the hemp seed, the hull. In an age where we eat very little dirt in our diet (as opposed to times long past) we are severely lacking in indigestible fibre. Hemp seed hulls are an excellent source of indigestible fibre and thus scrape clean the intestinal tract, much like psyllium husks do. The hulls of the hempseed are an excellent source of fibre and should be eaten daily.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Essential Fatty Acids
Wow, what a title. Looks important! Well so are EFAs (short for Essential Fatty Acids). What makes them so important, well, they are essential. In other words what you don't get from your diet, you don't get at all. Your body cannot produce them, you must get them from the foods you eat. This may not seem important at first but when you begin to realize how important EFAs are to human health you begin to see the importance of the "essential" distinction.

One of the many problems of our over refined over packaged food lifestyle is that if the product you are buying has a shelf life, it probably is devoid of EFAs. The Essential Fatty Acids in food are sacrificed along with the B vitamins and the naturally occuring enzymes to enable extended shelf life for supermarket foods. This is a major problem since EFAs are the building blocks for a healthy immune system, healthy cell structure, proper human growth, proper immune response, healthy hair, scalp and hair retention, healthy liver function, healthy reproductive function, healthy heart, healthy circulation and more. Lack of proper EFAs in the diet can contribute to:

Eczema-like skin eruptions
Loss of hair
Liver degeneration
Behavioural disturbances
Kidney degeneration
Excessive water loss through the skin accompanied by thirst
Drying up of glands
Susceptibility of infections
Failure of wound healing
Sterility in males
Miscarriage in females
Arthritis-like conditions
Heart and circulatory problems
Growth retardation
Prolonged absence of omega-6 hormone from the diet is fatal. All of the deficiency symptoms (except death) can be reversed by adding omega-6 back to the diet.
Weakness
Impairment of vision and learning ability
Motor incoordination
Tingling sensations in arms and legs
Behavioural changes
High tryglycerides
High Blood Pressure
Sticky Platelets
Tissue Inflammation
Edema
Dry Skin
Mental Deterioration
Some kinds of immune dysfunction
WOW, so many systems of the body rely on the wonders of these essential fatty acids, why are they not more widely accepted as something that we should all eat on a daily basis? Simply because you cannot have a good shelf life and at the same time have a product that is high in EFAs. The two simply do not go hand in hand. With our over processed supermarket lifestyle where nothing is fresh, we are lacking the essential building blocks of a healthy body.

Hemp oil as a perfect EFA Supplement
There is no better single source of EFAs then hemp oil, period. You can mix other oils together to achieve a good balance of EFAs but with hemp oil you get a natural balance created by nature. In fact, the balance of EFAs in hemp oil is so perfect that you do not need to supplement hemp oil with any other oil because the EFAs in hemp oil are perfectly balanced for proper absorption by the human body. In addition to hemp oil having this perfect balance, it is one of the only oils that has sufficient levels of the elusive gamma linloenic acid (GLA or Omega 9) and the only source of this EFA that actually tastes good. Oh yea, the biggest bonus of hemp oil is that it actually TASTES GREAT!!!!

See this page for graphs: http://www.hempseed.ca/efa-faq.ihtml

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Essential Fatty Acid Content of Oil Seeds and Nuts
It is important to note that the values provided here are simply to give you an idea of the oil content of these seeds. Since oil content can and will vary widely due to changes in growing conditions, location of the crops, farmer growing secrets etc. It would be best to use the information below only to try to get a general sense of how much EFAs you are currently getting in your regular diet.

See this page for more graphs: http://www.hempseed.ca/compare-efas.ihtml

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Hemp Seed is Natures Perfect High Protein Food
Hemp seed is amazing in so many ways. Hemp's amazing oils aside, hemp protein is the gift of the vegetable world. No where else in nature can someone get a more complete protein source from one place. In addition, hemp seed is second only to soy for total protein content. For more information on the differences between hemp and soy visit our hemp vs. soy page.

Hemp seeds can contain up to 36% protein. In the 1950s, scientists worked to determine lab models for foods, the vegetable protein model was derived from hemp seed and was called edestin. The protein in hemp seed is comprised of approximately 65% of edestin and can be found only in hemp seed protein. Edestin aids digestion, is low in phosphorus and is considered the backbone of human cellular DNA. The other one third of hemp seed protein is Albumin, another high quality globulin protein similar to that found in egg whites.

One of the common arguments against hemp is that soy has a much higher total protein count then hemp seeds. But hemp seed protein is free of the tryspin inhibitors which block protein absorption that is found in abundance in soy. Hemp protein is also free of oligosaccharides found in soy, which cause stomach upset and gas.

Hemp protein contains all 20 known amino acids including the 8 essential and 2 semi-essential amino acids (EAAs) our bodies cannot produce. Proteins are considered complete when they contain all 8 essential amino acids in a sufficient quantity and ratio to meet the body's protein requirements. This makes hemp seeds perfect for vegans, vegetarians or anyone who is looking to reduce the meat content of their diet, hemp seed protein can supply all of the protein requirements without the bad fats in meat and without the stomach upset from soy.

This makes hemp seed the perfect high protein food. With a complete collection of amino acids, with ultimately the best digesability of any vegetable protein, with the added bonus of Essential Fatty Acids, lacking the items found in soy that cause gas, hemp is truely the perfect vegetable source for a high protein food.

If you are looking for a high protein food for a high protein diet but you would rather not eat meat, or are not interested in bulking up on whey or soy, hemp as a high protein food is perfect for you. With just a couple of handfuls equalling a full days worth of protein, it is the ultimate high protein food.

Amino Acid Profile of Hemp Seed:
Aspartic Acid 5.303% Tyrosine 1.484%
Glutamic Acid 9.257% Valine 2.364%
Serine 2.830% Methionine 1.194%
Glycine 2.479% Cystine 0.824%
Histidine 1.406% Isoleucine 2.269%
Arginine 6.262% Leucine 3.551%
Threonine 1.969% Phenylalanine 2.192%
Alanine 2.289% Lysine 1.821%
Proline 2.029% Tryptophan 0.678%

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Hulled Hemp Seeds Vs. Whole Hemp Seeds
We have been getting a lot of questions lately asking if we sell whole or hulled hemp seed. Hulled hemp seed, which is the whole seed with the crunchy outer shell removed, comes by quite a few names like hemp hearts and hemp nut. Currently we are not offering hulled seed for quite a few reasons. At some point in the future, we will probably give in to demand and sell it, but currently, we would like to promote whole seed as much as possible.

Hulled seed was created essentially to make eating hemp seed more appealing to the "white bread" type of eater. When you bleach wheat to achieve white bread, you essentially are removing all of the nutrients. Why do it then? Because white bread is softer, more palatable and more visibly appealing. It is not more nutritious then it's whole grain counterpart. This same analogy can be used for the difference between whole seed and hulled seed.

When you remove the hull of the seed you are causing several detrimental effects to the nutritious whole seed. The main detriment is that you lose the hull, an excellent source of minerals but more importantly, a rare source of insoluble fibre, something that we get very little of in our modern diets. You can use the hull of the hemp seed to gently cleanse your colon and flush toxins from your intestinal tract. It is an excellent source of a type of fibre that is not found in our diets because of over processing of foods. Another good source of insoluble fibre would be dirt.

Whole hemp seed is also an excellent source of minerals and is much more stable out in the air then hulled seed. All in all, we feel that even though the seed is small, very crunchy, and may get stuck in your dental work, the benefits of the added fibre in your diet significantly outweigh the detracting factors of the hull.

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For more information go to: http://www.hempseed.ca

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