The Benefits of RECEPT Broad Spectrum Hemp Extract

The Benefits of RECEPT Broad Spectrum Hemp Extract

2018 was a breakthrough year for hemp extract and cannabidiols. From capsules, tinctures and pumps to patches, edibles, drinks, and pet products—the hemp extract and CBD market made a household name for itself this past year—a $600 million name in fact. With hemp extract and CBD’s rise in nationwide popularity, an influx of new companies and products have made their way to the market. And that growth isn’t expected to slow, as data forecasts project the hemp-derived CBD industry will reach $22 billion by 2022.

A pioneer in the industry before it was “trendy”; PrimeMyBody is now a mainstay on the hemp oil and extract market. We have a responsibility to our Affiliates, customers, and the entire market to offer premium products that harness and effectively deliver the natural benefits hemp so readily provides. That mission led us to the development of RECEPT broad spectrum hemp extract.

A New Hemp Extract Experience

To be a leader in this new age of hemp health you have to take forward-thinking approaches to product development. RECEPT is a statement to the metamorphosing hemp market. It is a declaration that room for improvement is always open, that unlocking hemp’s seemingly limitless health potential is an ongoing affair.

With guidance from our Chief Medical Advisor, Dr. Cheng Ruan, we took calculated measures to decipher how a hemp and phytocannabinoid product could be improved and made better. For us it started with expanding the phytocannabinoid and terpene profile as a way to develop a more well-rounded entourage effect.

Simply put, an entourage effect is a concept that various compounds in the hemp plant work best when synergized together, rather than being isolated. This orchestra of compounds all harmoniously playing together organically promotes more impactful health results.

“The focus on cannabidiol or CBD has probably been the most famous and most studied, up until now. We wanted to recognize that the entourage effect is going to have a more powerful effect on the human system and also have a more natural effect,” says Dr. Ruan.

“RECEPT is about something the body is able to utilize to balance itself. It’s all about balance and equilibrium these days. That’s where the hemp industry is going and why we wanted to be ahead of the curve with RECEPT.

A Spotlight on CBG (Cannabigerol)

A key phytocannabinoid that contributes to a complete entourage effect is CBG or cannabigerol. Overshadowed culturally by CBD and THC, CBG is a rising star in the hemp and wellness field. “A focus it seems now is pharmaceutical companies are taking note of its benefits and starting to purchase plots of land for the making of CBG-heavy hemp plants in preparation of doing their own clinical trials,” adds Dr. Ruan.

A precursor or parent compound to many other phytocannabinoids like CBD and THC, CBG’s potential effects on health and wellness have only begun to be tapped. “CBG is a compound that we’re starting to see a tremendous amount of data on, especially toward the end of 2018,” says Dr. Ruan.

Like CBD, CBG is a non-psychoactive hemp phytocannabinoid compound that plays a key role in the biochemistry of the hemp plant and producing a productive entourage effect. Research has begun to conclude that CBG holds a number of health-related benefits, including a role in neuroprotection and neuroregeneration. Another fascinating discovery is the part CBG—with antibacterial, antifungal, antiseptic, and antimicrobial properties—plays in balancing and improving gut health.

As valuable of a phytocannabinoid as CBG is, harnessing the compound in a hemp extract is not simple. CBG occurs in the hemp plant in very trace amounts and is more prevalent in younger hemp strains. As a hemp plant matures, CBG—also known as the “stem-cell phytocannabinoid”— naturally synthesizes into other phytocannabinoids. We take careful and complex steps to extract CBG for its use as a central ingredient during the formulation process of RECEPT.

“Because it occurs in trace amounts, CBG is fairly limited today, but that’s what we’re heading toward as a hemp market,” Dr. Ruan says.

Benefits of Hemp Terpenes

It would be impossible to create a truly broad spectrum hemp extract without the use of terpenes. Present in hemp and a variety of plants including many citrus fruits and herbs, terpenes are known for their aromatic properties and are commonly used in aromatherapies. The fragrant scents that terpenes exhibit serve as a defense mechanism or repellant from bugs during a hemp plant’s growth periods.

“The role of the terpenes is to be a crucial part of the entourage effect. The other role is taste,” says Dr. Ruan.

RECEPT contains an extended or polyterpene profile that includes limonene, linalool, humulene, geraniol, beta-caryophyllene, myrcene, and terpinolene. RECEPT’s citrus taste actually comes from the natural aromas of the terpenes, specifically limonene. The terpenes in RECEPT provide their own individual health benefits and each has a natural inclination to interact with the body’s endocannabinoid system and cannabinoid receptors, leading to the benefits hemp extract is known for.

Sonicated Liposomal Hemp Extract Delivery

As beneficial as the phytocannabinoids and terpenes are, their effectiveness and overall benefit to the brain and body are driven by RECEPT’s powerful liposomal delivery method.

“A liposome is a spherical structure of phosphatidylcholine that can deliver active ingredients, in our case broad spectrum hemp, into cellular tissue,” says Dr. Ruan.

To ensure that each active ingredient is absorbed into the bloodstream at a high rate, we incorporated the use of sonicated nano-technology. To create the teeny tiny liposomes that house and transport each hemp ingredient to the bloodstream and endocannabinoid system, RECEPT is developed using ultrasonic wave technology powered by a machine known as a Sonicator. Using high shear force, the Sonicator takes RECEPT’s liposome particles created during formulation and compresses them into even smaller nanoparticles. 

This technology allows the ingredients in each drop of RECEPT to zip across cell membranes and begin their interaction with cells and cannabinoid receptors within moments. PrimeMyBody is one of the first hemp companies in the U.S. to utilize a Sonicator.

At the conclusion of the nano field sonication process, samples of the formula are then subjected to a Laser Particle Size Analyzer test to ensure the nano size of the liposomal particles. Our goal is to complete sonication with a product that resides within a 15 to 25 nM (nanometer) size range—which is roughly the length of an antibody protein. If you’re keeping track at home, that is one of the smallest sized hemp extract particles available on the market today. The nanoparticle size is the reason RECEPT begins working quickly and why its therapeutic effects on the brain and body are prolonged for longer periods of time.

An Alcohol- and THC-Free Hemp Extract

THC may have a viable place in the wellness field, but it just isn’t a necessary ingredient in RECEPT. For our Affiliates’ and customers’ peace of mind, we strategically excluded THC as a way to provide a hemp extract completely void of any psychoactive components.

Theoretically, THC—the phytocannabinoid in the cannabis plant that creates a psychoactive effect or “high”—does play a part in the overall entourage effect, but according to Dr. Ruan, those theories aren’t by any means definitive.

“Do you need THC to have a maximal entourage effect? I do not think, clinically, we know the answer to that as of yet. The last thing we wanted to do was to have any psychoactive components in this extract at all,” adds Dr. Ruan.

As for alcohol, ethanol is typically used during the extraction process of phytocannabinoids and terpenes from the hemp plant. Although in trace amounts, these alcohol remnants remain in many hemp extracts and oil products on the market today.

“Traditionally, alcohol has been required to make nanoparticles, but now there is new technology that does not require that to be there, which makes it ethanol-free. That has been a huge demand from the entire hemp community over the last year.”

For RECEPT, ethanol is used for extraction purposes, but as Dr. Ruan notes, we’ve adopted new technological advancements to evaporate all ethanol fragments during formulation, resulting in a 100 percent alcohol-free hemp extract. No alcohol means RECEPT delivers only reactive effects without a hint of sedation. And parents can be worry-free when administering RECEPT to teens or children.

Advanced Hemp Extract Benefits

With a number of analysis results confirmed and clinical trials led by Dr. Ruan already underway, RECEPT was made for advanced wellness. By comparison, RECEPT is the most broad spectrum hemp extract with CBG available on the hemp market today. To view how RECEPT compares to many name brand products on the market check out our hemp oil review chart.

On RECEPT’s place in the evolving hemp market, Dr. Ruan says, “In terms of brain fog, fatigue, energy, neuroregeneration, and body system function, I do think there are a lot of implications that will be related to brain health and we’ll be able to contribute to those findings with this product. That makes me super proud about how it came out. RECEPT is truly a natural product with really good intentions. Every ingredient is brought out in much detail for everyone to enjoy.”

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Levi’s New Hemp Clothing Uses Less Water to Grow and Feels ‘Just Like Cotton’Levi’s New Hemp Clothing Uses Less Water to Grow and Feels ‘Just Like Cotton’

Levi’s New Hemp Clothing Uses Less Water to Grow and Feels ‘Just Like Cotton’Levi’s New Hemp Clothing Uses Less Water to Grow and Feels ‘Just Like Cotton’

Levi Strauss & Co. has created a new line of clothing made with hemp that “feels just like cotton.” Hemp requires far less water and land in the growing phase and has roughly half the carbon footprint of conventionally grown cotton but has not had wide adoption in the apparel industry because of its coarse feel.

Now, however, Levi’s has employed a process developed by fiber technology specialists that softens the hemp, giving it a look and feel that is “almost indistinguishable from cotton,” the company says. The new hemp garments in the Wellthread x Outerknown spring/summer collection include jeans and a trucker jacket. They are made with a 70/30 cotton-to-hemp blend. The hemp, sourced from a rain-fed hemp crop, reduced the water used in fiber cultivation by roughly 30%.

Sustainable clothing company Outerknown developed the treatment for the hemp used in the Wellthread collection. Levi’s says more garments will use the material in coming days.

The new collection also includes single-fiber, nylon board shorts, in which all materials – the fabric, the eyelets, the core, the stitching – are made from nylon and are thus fully recyclable, “thus achieving the closed-loop recyclability that has long eluded apparel companies,” according to Levi’s.

The Levi’s Wellthread Collection, launched in 2015, is created with a waterless dyeing technology, which uses up to 70% less water compared with conventional indigo dying. The Wellthread x Outerknown collection launched last fall. The line includes shirts, jeans, and jackets that use as much recycling as possible, according to the two companies. A quilted trucker jacket, for example, has a multi-colored interior lining made from mechanically recycled cotton. The denim exterior is woven with Tencel x Refibra, a fiber produced with wood sourced from responsibly managed forests and chemically-recycled cotton scraps.

Outerknown, a clothing company marketing surf wear made from eco-friendly raw materials, launched in 2015 around the philosophy of doing things “the right way.” With its tagline of “People and Planet,” the company focuses on creating clothes made sustainably and acknowledges the fact that such clothing necessarily comes at a higher cost. “We’re building a very profitable business off customers that not only will pay more for preferred fibers but will only wear things that use preferred fibers,” Mark Walker, the company’s CEO, told Barrons.

The apparel industry is increasingly being scrutinized for its sustainability (or lack thereof), from raw materials use through manufacturing all the way to retail. Practices that might have been overlooked in the past — using polluting chemicals, trashing garments — have been making headlines and prompting brands to make changes. Companies that seem to be taking sustainability to heart with environmentally responsible initiatives include C&A, The North Face, Timberland and Vans.

Interested in learning more about the business case for sustainable apparel? Join us at the 4th Annual Environmental Leader & Energy Manager Conference, taking place May 13 – 15, 2019, in Denver. Learn more here.

Did you know? The U.S. Has Been Funding Cannabis Research in Israel for 50 Years

Did you know? The U.S. Has Been Funding Cannabis Research in Israel for 50 Years

Rumour has it that the United States has been funding marijuana research for many decades. Israeli researchers have been investigating the plant on America’s coin, courtesy of an annual grant from the National Institute of Health. During this time, many countries have recognized the therapeutic potential of cannabis (either the whole plant or extracts such as CBD) – but the United States still deems marijuana to have “no medicinal value”.

Therefore, the question begs, if the US government is so steadfast in its opposition to medical cannabis, why has it funded – and why does it continue to fund – Israeli research for so long?

Fifty years of research

Marijuana activists will probably know Raphael Mechoulam, the godfather of cannabis who first discovered the psychoactive THC compound that has made the herb so sought after.

Mechoulam appealed to the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the 1960s to fund studies on marijuana. Not surprisingly, his request was turned down. Many assumed that was the end of it, but not quite.

A new report from Newsweek has revealed that the NIH contacted Mechoulam one year after his initial requiry. The story goes that an anonymous United States senator questioned the NIH on the actual effects of marijuana after catching his son smoking pot. But the NIH had no answer – while many had their own ideas of how cannabis impacted the body and brain, there was no scientific evidence to prove it.

This presented Mechoulam with an opportunity. Though federal law prevented studies on cannabis in the U.S., there was nothing to stop the NIH funding foreign programs – not that this was common practice, however.

But thankfully for Mechoulam, the NIH was willing to fund marijuana research to the tune of $100,000 a year to determine the health effects and therapeutic potential of the herb. This agreement started more than 50 years ago, and remains in place today. Did you ever wonder why so many cannabis studies come from the state of Israel?

Israeli medical discoveries 

Mechoulam and his research team have made many exciting discoveries regarding the medical possibilities of marijuana over the past five decades. These include:

  • Cannabinoids (compounds in marijuana) have neuroprotective qualities
  • Cannabinoids help with brain injury recovery
  • CBD (cannabidiol) is an effective epilepsy treatment – especially in children
  • CBD reduces the chance of diabetes
  • CBD is an antipsychotic compound
  • Cannabinoids may be able to treat autoimmune conditions

This is just a glimpse of what Mechoulam and other Israeli scientists have found from studying cannabis. The research has garnered worldwide respect and remains a popular starting point for marijuana reform.

There’s no guarantee that medical marijuana would have the traction it does today if not for Mechoulam’s work. At home, the cannabis scientist has achieved widespread recognition for his efforts, winning multiple honors and awards.

Israel sets an example for the rest of the world on how to create a successful medical marijuana industry. Patients can access the herb for several ailments, such as chronic pain, arthritis, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Crohn’s disease and epilepsy.

U.S. government maintains “no medicinal value” stance

While $100,000 a year doesn’t last long in the world of marijuana research, it’s undeniable that more than $5 million over a 50-year period has been a huge help from a somewhat unlikely source.

But what has it all been for? The federal government and its agencies maintain that marijuana has no medicinal value, despite funding research which suggests the exact opposite.

Furthermore, before marijuana was choked by federal prohibition, doctors would happily prescribe the herb. Dr Alan Shackelford, who prescribes it in the marijuana-loving state of Colorado explained to Newsweek that the plant was “an integral part of American medicine” from the 1830s until it was banned, adding that it was “used safely and effectively.” Shackelford is also passionate about improving cannabis research.

Why the hypocritical stance?

Big pharmaceutical companies are trying to throw their financial weight around to stop the marijuana movement.

Large donations to anti-legalization groups are just one of the dirty tricks being played, and those who aren’t trying to prevent access want an exclusive part of the pie. Some companies have sought special permission from the U.S. government to test their cannabis-based medical products, in the hope of having a monopoly of the market in the event of legalization.

Meanwhile, caring doctors who recognize the possibilities of marijuana and want to prescribe it to their patients are unable to do so because the plant and its extracts remain Schedule I substances.

The federal government has shown a willingness to let states deal with marijuana how they wish, although Washington’s restrictive position still looms large, and DEA raids are not uncommon, even in legalized states.

Science is on the side of cannabis activists, and the time has come for the rights of individual citizens to choose how they medicate to be respected. The more battles that are won at the ballot box, the more likely that opposition forces concede the battle.

What are your thoughts on the legal status of marijuana in the United States and elsewhere? Is it time for a fresh approach? Let us know in the comments.

This article first appeared on Herb.co website.

Winter Hemp Summit

Winter Hemp Summit

Winter Hemp Summit 2019  Fort Collins, CO

10am – Doors open

11am1pm – Let’s Talk Hemp Session 1
2018 Year In Review
Amendment X discussion(what it really means)
Farm Bill update & other key policy insights

1pm2pm – Networking Lunch

2pm4pm – Let’s Talk Hemp Session 2
2019-2020 Forecast
Policy, regulation, compliance, market opportunities and growth

4pm5pm – Networking Hempy Hour

*Winter Hemp Ale ~ Hemp Foods & Snacks

*Venue and ticket sales information coming soon!

*Sponsorship and company/organization participation opportunities, contact Lizzy Knight at [email protected]

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