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It is estimated that up to 90 per cent of Australian schoolchildren are not getting optimal quantities of omega-3, and this can be expected to impact on brain development and intellectual functioning. An ideal intake of omega-3 is also required for the optimal functioning of the immune system. Deficiencies can manifest as allergies, autoimmune diseases and other expressions of immune dysfunction. Hemp seed offers a unique combination of important nutrients, including a balanced ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 and an impressive array of vitamins and minerals. It is estimated that up to 90 per cent of Australian converting food to energy. The mental and physica schoolchildren are not getting optimal quantities of — vigour of the population increases and we are ushered omega-3, and this can be expected to impact on brain into a renaissance of learning and creativity. Released development and intellectual functioning. from the shackles of junk food toxicity, the human mind An ideal intake of omega-3 is also required for the _ is free to explore new ways of interacting and dealing optimal functioning of the immune system. — with formerly intractable problems and we are ushered Deficiencies can manifest as allergies, autoimmune __ into anew era of peace and prosperity. diseases and other expressions of immune dysfunction. But how likely is it that we will ever see the passage o Hemp seed offers a unique combination of important legislation aimed at ensuring the health and prosperity nutrients, including a balanced ratio of omega-3 and __ of the Earth and all the people on it? The economic and omega-6 and an impressive array of vitamins and political systems at the present time appear to be minerals. controlled by a cabal of crooks with the moral integrity Hemp seed has a particularly high level of vitamin E, _ of reptiles. In a world crying out for satisfaction of the which is a potent antioxidant protecting the omega-3 _ basic needs of food, clean water and shelter, over 70 per from rancidity. Vitamin E, so often deficient in a diet of | cent of the world's scientists are employed by the processed foods, is critical for vascular health by _ military. maintaining the pliability of the blood vessel walls. The The financial stresses imposed by the current protein in hemp is balanced and easily absorbed. economic situation make it a full-time occupation for most people just to feed, clothe, shelter and educate The Politics of Hemp Foods their families. Having the time Australia is the only country g Q and energy to engage on Earth which still has The industrial use of hemp constructively in the politica restrictions on advertising the 1 process is a luxury few can food uses of hemp seed. It is and other fibre plants wt afford and, with the media's permissible to use the product massive scale can cure focus on one irrelevant issue topically but not as food—such many of the global after another, it has become the as hemp seed butter, ice cream 21st-century version of bread and health bars. (This is a environmental ills while and circuses. similar situation as with raw ° © vn fe The interpretation that al milk, where overzealous generating significant plants and animals have been regulators have restricted a economic benefits. created for the use of humans product based on poor science, has reinforced the message o economic self-interest and separateness and paved the way political bias.) for the ruthless exploitation of the natural world that is Hemp seed is currently not licensed as a human food now a looming threat for the entire biosphere. The in Australia. In 2002, an application was made to _ industrial use of hemp and other fibre plants on a include hemp foods, but it was rejected after politica massive scale can cure many of the global intervention by the previous conservative government. environmental ills while generating significant In 2009, Food Standards Australia New Zealand — economic benefits. accepted an application to have the code modified; the The use of hemp foods can heal and revitalise the decision on this application is pending. population. But can the juggernaut of avaricious However, in our future world, things are running more capitalism, with its indoctrination to mindless smoothly. The legislation requiring all products to be consumerism, be overcome in time to save what completely non-toxic has seen the end of the junk food precious remnants we have of the natural world before industry. After only a few years of eating a wide range o hey are obliterated? emp seed-based foods and adopting other health- What is required is a complete revolution. No promoting practices, the benefits are being seen in the adjustments, amendments or other tinkering made to population. he current economic system can begin to approach a With the reversal of the diabetes epidemic, there are solution. A revolution in humanity's relationship with uge savings in health care. The surplus is spent on he natural world needs to be the starting point for this expanding the cycle networks around the cities and process. Then we may have a chance to pass that other public health amenities. Maternal and perinatal critical piece of legislation that prohibits products that ealth improves, and there is a reduction in the are not completely safe and non-toxic, rather than currently alarmingly high level of asthma in children. continuing with the current situation of prohibiting the Optimised nutrition brings many advantages. Like a solution. oo ire that is brightly stoked instead of smouldering and 7 d 81 smoky, the metabolism becomes more efficient at Hemp seed has a particularly high level of vitamin E, which is a potent antioxidant protecting the omega-3 from rancidity. Vitamin E, so often deficient in a diet of processed foods, is critical for vascular health by maintaining the pliability of the blood vessel walls. The protein in hemp is balanced and easily absorbed. many of the global environmental ills while generating significant economic benefits. NEXUS ¢ 21 The industrial use of hemp and other fibre plants on a massive scale can cure Continued on page 81 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com