Hemp seeds offer a number of health benefits, and healthy people often make for better looking people. It’s no surprise, then, that hemp seeds are also used in skin lotions. As the Lotion Source Blog recently explained, the hemp seed’s unique balance of essential fatty acids makes it an excellent thing to use both within and without your body:
Hemp is quite simply, nature’s beauty secret – and the secret is in the seed. Hemp seed oil and extract offer many benefits useful in personal care products. The reason hemp is so effective is largely because of the essential fatty acids (EFAs) it contains. More than 75% of the EFAs in hemp seed oil are poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), known for their excellent emollient and lubricating properties.
Hemp seed oil contains what is considered to be an ideal ratio of Omega 6 and Omega 3 fatty acids- 3:1, perfectly matching the needs of the human body. In addition to the EFAs hemp seed provides, it is also one of The Earth’s richest sources of amino acids. Along with the EFAs, these two components are responsible for keratin formation, the primary protein that gives your hair structural integrity.
Although the main purpose of the blog post seems to be to direct you to the Lotion Source hemp product page, it’s not exactly a puff piece of ad copy. After the above two paragraphs, the article goes on for about another 10 paragraphs on the health benefits of hemp seeds (and how they relate to personal beauty, of course), an then even provides an overview of the how hemp has been used throughout history. Of many of the historical facts it provides, here’s one that even I haven’t heard before:
In 1563 A.D., as part of the economic and military buildup of the time (80 years war), Queen Elizabeth I orders all land owners with 60 acres or more to grow Cannibus or face a £5 fine.
Overall, it’s nice to see a reseller of vanity products taking the time educate their potential customers on the benefits of their products’ ingredients beyond how those ingredients enhance the product that they’re selling. Granted, it obviously fits into Lotion Source’s marketing strategy to educate the consumer and elicit their trust, but it is nonetheless an effort that helps spread awareness about the versatility of this plant. The more that that happens, the more of a market demand is stimulated for hemp products, the more capital investment that hemp production attracts, the sooner the world can start reaping the benefits of replacing many products with much more eco-friendly hemp options.
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