Alberta's Advantage

Nature's Nutraceuticals is situated just east of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. Our flax and hemp is of a superior quality than most any others because of the following advantages:

	Alberta is one of the last pristine frontiers in Canada. We are located east of the Rockies on the edge of the vast virgin prairies, with glacial and mountain streams flowing across the land.
	Our long summer days (light until 11:00 p.m.) produce high nutrient content in our products.
	Our products are grown, organically certified, and cold-pressed under a nitrogen blanket.
	Hemp is a difficult oil to find in the USA because it is illegal to grow there. It's nutritional value however is undisputed among the health community.
	Hemp and flax grown in Alberta is of a superior quality because our cold season helps control bugs and parasites. We do not use pesticides and herbicides and our cold weather kills unwanted critters.
	Our Alberta soil is a young, unpolluted, fresh soil fed with mountain water and crisp, clean air.
	Our prices are extremely competitive.

Health Benefits

In order to keep things simple, we developed five fact sheets that we think are imperative to communicate to our customers. They will be found, in greater or lesser degree, throughout our Web site, taught to our dealers, and emphasized in all our literature. They are:

1. The Essentials
2. Flax and Hemp Oil: “The Nutritionist's Dream”
3. The Facts About Bad Fats
4. The Facts About Good Fats
5. Organic Oils vs Conventional Oils

We hope that an overview of these sheets will give each customer not only necessary information, but also incentive to incorporate our product into their daily diets.

The Essentials

	2 Essential fatty acids (EFA’s)
	8 essential amino acids (10 for children)
	13 essential vitamins
	20-21 essential minerals
	a source of energy (food)
	water
	oxygen
	light

All of us want to be healthy. Sometimes all the information and literature gets confusing. With the overwhelming amount of information out there, we think we need to be a medical doctor or nutritionist to figure it all out.

Well here’s a good and simple place to start: if you want a nutritional program that will help you to build and maintain good health, it is important that you have optimum amounts of the essential nutrients listed above. If your diet contains plenty of the above, your body has all it needs to keep you healthy.

We at Nature’s Nutraceuticals specialize in processing the first ingredient on this list, the 2 essential fatty acids. When we hear the word “fat” most of us think it is something we need to stay away from. However, you can see that it is important that we have at least 2 fatty acids. The problem in the North American diet is that we are getting the wrong kind of fats. We pride ourselves in producing LNA and LA in just the right quantities to give you your 2 essential fatty acids. Two tablespoons of our flax and hemp oil will give you just what you need. Read on to find out more about these 2 essential fatty acids.

Flax and Hemp Oil – "The Nutritionist's Dream"

There are 2 essential fatty acids that our body does not produce, but must have. These 2 fatty acids are called LA and LNA.

Essential fatty acids are absolutely necessary for the human body. Fatty acids are essential for the building and maintenance of healthy cells. That is why they are called “essential” fatty acids. Essential fatty acid attracts oxygen to the body much like a magnet pulls iron filings. Viruses and bacteria cannot thrive in the presence of oxygen.

However, since the human body cannot make these acids it must get them from a food source. A blend of hemp and flax oil, in just the right ratio, gives your body this nutritious balance. Hemp oil is an excellent source of Linoleic Acid (LA) and flax oil is an excellent source of Linolenic-Acid (LNA).

This is why we at Nature’s Nutraceuticals bottle these 2 oils together. It is important to take just the right amounts of these fatty acids. If you take too much of one kind of fatty acid, it can actually deplete the body of the other essential fatty acid. That is why it is so important to have a balanced intake of the EFA’s. A combination of flax and hemp oil is "The Nutritionist’s Dream” in that it produces a perfect combination of the essential “Omega 3 and 6” acids along with GLA, another essential fatty acid. All of your EFA’s are in perfect balance through our product.

The Facts About Bad Fats

Did you know?

	There are good fats and bad fats.
	Destructive processes such as frying, deep-frying or hydrogenation cause bad fats.
	According to the Harvard School of Public Health, hydrogenation (the process used to produce margarine, shortening, and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils) kills at least 30,000 people in the United States every year. Frying fats increases the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
	When we subject oils to unnatural processes like frying, hydrogenation, etc. (the process used to make most junk food) these oils actually become toxic and do serious harm to our bodies.
	Bad fats have been linked to depression and a general lack of well-being.
	Bad fats have also been linked to poor digestion and decreased bowel regularity.
	The body stores an excess of bad fats in the form of body fat. This is one of the major causes of obesity and being overweight.
	The wrong kind of fat has been shown to increase levels of cholesterol in the blood.
	Excess consumption of the wrong kind of fat is thought to be one of the leading killers of North Americans.
	Degenerative diseases: the 1988 Surgeon General Report on Nutrition and Health concluded that 15 out of every 21 deaths in the US involve nutrition. Deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in fats are involved in 70% or more of all US deaths. If caught in time, most degenerative conditions are reversible with improved nutrition and detoxification.

Do these facts frighten you? Then read on!

The Facts About Good Fats

Did you know?

	Over a long period of time, a no-fat diet will kill a person and a low-fat diet could make someone very sick. The human body must have good fats.
	Some oils reduce the risk of heart attack.
	Some oils foster emotional well-being.
	Certain oils reduce the risk of certain metabolic disorders such as diabetes.
	Some oils are a natural anti-inflammatory and help reduce the effects of rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s Disease, and even osteoporosis.
	The right oils are shown to rapidly decrease elevated blood levels of both LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol.
	The right oils help produce healthy skin, hair, and nails.
	Some oils are likely to be stored as body fat while others are quickly burned as fuel.
	Good fats are called essential fatty acids. They are absolutely necessary for good health.
	The human body does not produce these good fats. These must be derived from a food source.
	A combination of different fats (EFAs or essential fatty acids) is necessary for optimum health. Too much of one causes a deficiency in another, and vice versa.
	The two most important essential fatty acids are called Linolenic Acid (LNA) and Linoleic Acid (LA).
	These fats are found in perfect combination in Nature’s Nutraceuticals flax and hemp oil.

Organic Oils vs. Conventional Oils

	Conventional oils can be hazardous to your health.
	The process of heating oil alters its chemical composition. This altering can be toxic to your body, and in fact recent findings have confirmed the presence of carcinogenic compounds in oils that are fried or cooked.
	The process of hydrogenation also alters the chemical composition of oil, again causing it to be toxic.
	Light, oxygen, and heat all do damage to oils.
	Nearly all conventional oils have been heated improperly .
	Oils should be fresh and consumed within about six months after opening.

What you should look for:

	Dark, opaque containers. These ensure that no light has destroyed the oil.
	Cold-pressed oils: oils that have not been processed over a temperature of 50°C. Remember that heat beyond this alters the oil’s natural composition.
	Oxygen-free containers.
	Oils that are grown and processed from a northern climate.
	Fast distribution methods.
	In the course of the processing, it is necessary to maintain a nitrogen blanket throughout the entire extraction to bottling activities.
	An expiry date printed on the label.