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Real Hemp LLC has launched its online store at www.realhempstore.com featuring Realhemp™ branded food and skincare product lines targeted to retail customers.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN --
(Marketwired) -- 08/03/15 -- (OTC PINK:
STEV) ("Stevia Corp" or the "Company"), an international
farm management company and healthcare company focused on the commercial
development of products that support a healthy lifestyle, including stevia and
hemp and their compounds is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned
subsidiary Real Hemp LLC has launched its online store at www.RealhempStore.com featuring Realhemp™
branded food and skincare product lines targeted to retail customers.
The
Realhemp™ food line features organic, all natural hulled hemp seeds and protein
powder. Realhemp™ Hulled Hemp Seeds are extremely versatile nutritious seeds
that can be added to countless dishes providing substantial nutritional
benefits. Realhemp™ Protein Powder is a complete protein providing all 9
essential amino acids that is easy to digest with high amounts of insoluble
fiber and no additives. It is processed using a method that produces a smooth
powder with no grittiness and with a natural balance of protein, fiber and
essential fatty acids (Omega-6 and Omega-3) which sets Realhemp™ Protein Powder
apart from other protein supplements on the market.
The
Realhemp™ natural skincare line features skin salve, hand liniment, and lip
balm products made with natural ingredients featuring hemp seed oil. Botanical
Pomegranate Skin Salve and Botanical Vanilla Skin Salve are thick body creams
that provide immediate and deep penetrating moisture for skin in any condition.
The Shea Butter Hand Liniment with hemp seed oil provides intense and repairing
hydration for even the driest and calloused of hands. Lastly, the all-natural
lip balm comes in botanical pomegranate or vanilla and does not coat your lips
with wax but instead, penetrates your lips with natural lasting moisture to end
the cycle of dry lips.
Launched
its online store at www.realhempstore.com featuring Realhemp™ branded food and
skincare product lines targeted to retail customers.
Both
the food and skincare lines of natural products can be used in conjunction with
each other to offer a well-rounded, natural lifestyle combining health,
happiness and overall longevity, aesthetically and internally. The benefits
hemp brings to countless types of products are truly endless and the company
plans to add several products to the existing lines as well as launch
additional product lines in the coming months.
The
online store and Realhemp™ branded products will be managed by the Company's
wholly owned subsidiary, Real Hemp LLC, which was formed to focus on
commercializing industrial hemp and its related products.
George
Blankenbaker, President of Stevia Corp commented, "The Realhemp™ online
store will target retail customers and marks the start of our Realhemp™
lifestyle brand centered on healthy, natural and environmentally conscious
products. We have taken time to create quality products and have spent
considerable time doing behind the scenes foundational work which will enable
the company to manage the marketing and successive launches of several
additional products in the coming months."
About
Stevia Corp. (OTC PINK: STEV)
Stevia
Corp. is a farm management company and healthcare company focused on developing
highly nutritional, high value products through proprietary plant breeding,
excellent agricultural methodologies and innovative post-harvest techniques.
Stevia Corp invests in R&D and IP acquisition and manages its own
propagation, nursery and plantations as well as provides services to contract
growers and other industry growers. Stevia Corp was founded on the principal of
implementing socially responsible, sustainable, quality agribusiness solutions
to maximize the long-term efficient production of nutritional crops. For
additional information please visit: www.steviacorp.us.
About
Real Hemp LLC
Real Hemp LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Stevia Corp. focused on commercializing the industrial hemp variety of cannabis
sativa including its seeds, fiber and cannabinoids.
About
the Hemp Industry Sector
Industrial Hemp is a crop that can be grown
for food and non-food purposes. As a result of its numerous nutritional
benefits, many new food products containing hemp seed and its oil are finding
their way into the marketplace, including pasta, tortilla chips, salad
dressings, snack products and frozen desserts. Hemp seed contains a complete
protein and the seed oil is the richest source of essential fatty acids
(Omega-6 and Omega-3) with the perfect ratio of 3:1. Hemp seed oil is also used
in nutraceuticals and health care products.
As a
fiber source, hemp is undergoing rapid growth as a natural fiber in everything
from clothing and textiles to automotive composites. The fiber is also gaining
popularity as insulation and other building materials.
The
Hemp Industries Association (HIA) estimated that the 2014 retail sales value of
hemp food and body care products in the United States was $200 million. When
clothing, paper, auto parts, building materials and various other products are
included, the HIA estimates that the total retail value of hemp products sold
in the U.S. in 2014 to be at least $620 million. Total hemp retail sales in the
U.S. have continued to grow steadily and the annual percent growth is estimated
by the HIA to have progressed from 7.3% (2011), to 16.5% (2012), to 24% (2013),
to 21.2% in 2014.
Industrial
Hemp is distinct from marijuana and is defined as the plant Cannabis sativa L.
and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9
tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight
basis.
Although
it is legal to import and sell industrial hemp products in the U.S., it is not
yet legal to commercially grow industrial hemp in the U.S. The 2013 farm bill
was signed into law in February 2014 and contained a hemp amendment, Sec. 7606
Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research, which allows states that have already
legalized the crop to cultivate hemp within the parameters of state agriculture
departments and research institutions.
In
January of 2015, The Industrial Hemp Farming Act was introduced in the House
and Senate, H.R. 525 and S. 134 respectively. If passed, the bill would remove
all federal restrictions on the cultivation of industrial hemp, and remove its
classification as a Schedule 1 controlled substance.
About
Cannabinoids
There are at least 85 different cannabinoids that
have been identified in the cannabis plant. The most notable cannabinoid is
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the primary psychoactive compound in
marijuana (a variety of cannabis containing high levels of THC). Cannabidiol
(CBD) is another major constituent of the plant and is a primary compound in
Industrial Hemp (a variety of cannabis containing less than 0.3% THC on a dry
weight basis).
Cannabinoids
are a class of diverse chemical compounds that act on cannabinoid receptors. At
present there are two known types of cannabinoid receptors, termed CB1 and CB2,
with mounting evidence of more. The human brain has more cannabinoid receptors
than any other G protein-coupled receptor type. CB1 receptors are found
primarily in the brain and CB2 receptors are predominantly found in the immune
system or immune-derived cells. Ligands for these receptor proteins include the
endocannabinoids (produced naturally in the body by humans and animals), the
phytocannabinoids (found in cannabis and some other plants), and synthetic
cannabinoids (manufactured artificially).
In
October 2003, U.S. patent U.S. Patent 6,630,507 entitled "Cannabinoids as
antioxidants and neuroprotectants" was assigned to "The United States
Of America As Represented By The Department Of Health And Human Services."
The patent was filed in April 1999 and listed as the inventors: Aidan J.
Hampson, Julius Axelrod, and Maurizio Grimaldi, who all held positions at the
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, MD, which is part of
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The patent mentions
cannabidiol's ability as an antiepileptic, to lower intraocular pressure in the
treatment of glaucoma, lack of toxicity or serious side effects in large acute
doses, its neuroprotectant properties, its ability to prevent neurotoxicity
mediated by NMDA, AMPA, or kainate receptors; its ability to attenuate
glutamate toxicity, its ability to protect against cellular damage, its ability
to protect brains from ischemic damage, its anxiolytic effect, and its superior
antioxidant activity which can be used in the prophylaxis and treatment of
oxidation associated diseases.
Oxidative
associated diseases include, without limitation, free radical associated
diseases, such as ischemia, ischemic reperfusion injury, inflammatory diseases,
systemic lupus erythematosus, myocardial ischemia or infarction,
cerebrovascular accidents (such as a thromboembolic or hemorrhagic stroke) that
can lead to ischemia or an infarct in the brain, operative ischemia, traumatic
hemorrhage (for example a hypovolemic stroke that can lead to CNS hypoxia or
anoxia), spinal cord trauma, Down's syndrome, Crohn's disease, autoimmune
diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis or diabetes), cataract formation, uveitis,
emphysema, gastric ulcers, oxygen toxicity, neoplasia, undesired cellular
apoptosis, radiation sickness, and others. Cannabinoids are believed to be
particularly beneficial in the treatment of oxidative associated diseases of
the CNS, because of the ability of the cannabinoids to cross the blood brain
barrier and exert their antioxidant effects in the brain. It is believed that
pharmaceutical composition of cannabinoids can be used for preventing,
arresting, or treating neurological damage in Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's
disease and HIV dementia; autoimmune neurodegeneration of the type that can
occur in encephalitis, and hypoxic or anoxic neuronal damage that can result from
apnea, respiratory arrest or cardiac arrest, and anoxia caused by drowning,
brain surgery or trauma (such as concussion or spinal cord shock).
Notice
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
news release contains "forward-looking statements" as that term is
defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements
in this press release, which are not purely historical, are forward-looking
statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or
intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, among
other things, expanding industrial hemp products for sale, the potential
benefits of the cannabis plant, the commercialization of the cannabis plant,
annual retail value of hemp products sold in the U.S., growth of industrial
hemp product industry, potential uses of cannabinoids for treatment of various
illnesses and diseases, product development and business strategy. Actual
results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due
to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the inherent
uncertainties associated with new projects and development stage companies.
These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release,
and we assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to
update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. Although we believe that any beliefs, plans,
expectations and intentions contained in this press release are reasonable,
there can be no assurance that any such beliefs, plans, expectations or
intentions will prove to be accurate. Investors should consult all of the
information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factors
disclosure outlined in our annual report on Form 10-K for the most recent
fiscal year, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other periodic reports
filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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