Discover The Delicious World Of Nutrition With Virginia Harvest

This summer savvy health conscious consumers will distinguish their hemp from their hash as the brand new Virginia Harvest range of hemp products hit the shelves. Banishing its hippy connotations, hemp is set to become the latest natural superfood effortlessly to improve your nutrition. Exclusively grown in the Canadian province of Manitoba, Virginia Harvests hemp seeds are both a delicious and healthy accompaniment to the ever-essential summer salad. Dense in nutrients, they contain a large amount of necessary goodness per calorie consumed compared with many of todays foods. With their soft texture and sesame seed like appearance, hemp seeds make the optimum sprinkle over cereals and yoghurts. The ideal nutritional top-up, shelled Virginia Harvest hemp seeds are easily digestible and can be disguised in childrens foods to ensure they are getting the best balance from their diet as possible. Replacing essential trace nutrients like iron, zinc, and magnesium, which are often lost in processed foods within the modern diet, Virginia Harvest hemp seeds can help the body to convert food into energy and body tissues, encouraging the metabolism as well as purging toxic waste and damaging free radicals. The essential nutrients found in this super-food will aid concentration, brain development and cell growth, particularly useful for school children aiming to go the top of the class. With no artificial additives or preservatives, the delicately nutty flavour of Virginia Harvest Hemp seed oil meanwhile makes a tasty addition to porridge, smoothies, soups and sauces; thus easily providing you with its unique set of health benefits. High in the essential fatty acids lacking in the modern British diet, Virginia Harvest hemp oil should form a vital and versatile part of any healthy eating regime to aid cell growth as well as boost the immune system. Whats more, hemp is said to help prevent colds and flu and can contribute to the relief of eczema, asthma, heart disease, arthritis and high blood pressure. By including hemp in your diet, not only is your body, but also your brain being refuelled. Containing the perfect ratio of essential omega 3, 6 and 9 fats, hemp seeds and oil are natural brain foods, helping memory and aiding relief from depression and dementia. Un-processed, protein-rich, and full of minerals, Virginia Harvest Hemp seeds are ideal for vegetarians, searching for substantial and nutritious alternatives to meat. Helen ODowd, founder of Virginia Harvest, says, The hemp seed, by its very nature, provides the best nutritional balance of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. In fact, hemp seed oil is the only source of nutritional fat found in nature that provides a near-perfect ratio of the Omega 6 and Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids. We say Hemp Seed is balanced by nature. It helps, too, that it is better tasting, better for you and better priced than many health food options available. The ideal way to substitute your sugar for your seeds, explore the benefits of the Virginia Harvest range of hemp seeds and hemp oil. -Ends- For further information, samples, photography or an interview with Helen ODowd, please contact Daisy Norman or Heidi Budino at The SPA Way on 020 7928 2626 or email heidi.budino@thespaway.com Notes to editors: The Range: Hempseed oil 250 ml. RRP £6.98 Waitrose, £7.99 Health Food Stores Shelled Hempseed nut 100 g RRP £2.64, £2.76 Health Food Stores Stockists: Waitrose and Selected Health Food Stores HEALTH BENEFITS OF HEMP SEED: Hemp seeds are a rich source of protein and minerals, so a particularly nutritious food for vegetarians Hemp seed can help to stabilize blood sugar levels and even help to combat the symptoms of hypoglycaemia The hemp products in the Virginia Harvest range contain Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA) as well as trace amounts of zinc and magnesium which helps maintain hormonal balance as well as energy levels Containing the perfect ratio of essential omega 3, 6 and 9 fats to help circulation, cell growth and the immune system, Virginia Harvest seeds and oils can be used in recipes in order to contribute towards a healthy diet especially important for children Hemp is richer than flaxseed in polyunsaturated fats and is a quality source of the amino acids arginine and histidine, both of which are important for growth during childhood Hemp is said to help prevent colds and flu and can relieve eczema, asthma, heart disease, arthritis and high blood pressure A natural brain food hemp seeds and oil can help memory and aid relief from depression and dementia The oil's high concentration of essential fatty acids make it an ideal treatment for dry skin VIRGINIA HARVESTS PRODUCT BENEFITS: Good for the immune system Good for cell growth Good for joints Good for hair and skin Good for cholesterol and hormonal balance Good for circulation Good for circulation [1] Virginia Harvest pumpkin oil contains over 50% linoleic acid (an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid) and approximately 30% oleic acid (monounsaturated), [2] Just a quarter-cup of sunflower seeds contains 90.5% of the daily value of vitamin E [3] Virginia Harvest sunflower seeds contain 50% magnesium and 50% calcium