Food Products Made With Hemp

Hemp is getting a reputation in the world of nutrition and in a good way. While this product has been hounded for its negative side in being similar to marijuana, it has a lot of medicinal benefits. To cater to the needs of the consumers, an increasing number of products made from help are being brought to the market.

Hemp Beverages

Hemp beverages are a way for individuals to take in some protein as well as the vitamins and minerals contained within the seed. The beverages are given various flavors to make them taste better. Vanilla, chocolate and berry are three of the most common flavors but it depends on the individual’s locality.

Hemp Oil

This product can be used for cooking, for salads and other various things. It has various essential fatty acids that the body needs to function correctly. It is healthy for the cardiovascular system of the body plus overall health.

Hemp Bars

People who need extra protein often are now found eating hemp bars. They have various nuts or fruits mixed into the combination. They offer high levels of protein, fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and other important things that the body needs. There are many types of these bars available and they can normally be found in the natural section of the grocery store along with other hemp products.

Hemp Butter

Hemp butter is not as common as the hemp oil but it can be just as useful for such things as cooking or even for using as a spread for bread. It can be used in place of nut butter. It is high in protein, fatty acids, vitamins, proteins, and so on. There are different makes of this product and individuals using it should look at the list of ingredients to check the purity of the product.

Other Products

There are plenty of other products made with hemp. There is hemp protein powder, hemp cookies, hemp flour, hemp seeds, amongst others. These products, although the individual should look at the list of ingredients, are very nutritious and are healthy alternatives for protein products as well as other items.

For example, some new products include the new Versativa hemp concentrates that have been launched in the market in February 2011. These concentrates have influenced life-changing transformations in dozens of people, and as results continue to accrue, it will soon become undeniable to the world about how great the value of hemp nutrition is.

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Starting a Business – 5 Personal Inventory Audits to Help You Launch Your Business Startup

Starting a business appears to be as American as apple pie. Every year, tens of thousands of people in the United States decide to launch their own business start up. If you are thinking of doing the same thing, you probably need some help in deciding exactly what type of business you should start.

In over 9 years of being a business adviser and coach, I have helped numerous entrepreneurs make decisions like this with a special set of tools known as personal inventory audits. These personal inventory audits are simple sessions where you think specifically about a particular life area and create a list of assets. Here are 5 simple audits you can perform on yourself to help you decide on the business startup of your dreams.

1. Audit your Skills and Competencies

Starting a business related to skills you have means that you can be your own employee. These may be broader professional skills, or technical skills or even leadership skills. When you establish a company that delivers a skill set that you understand, you can manage your employees based on your first hand knowledge of what they do.

2. Audit your Experiences

The experiences you have been through in your personal or business life can form the foundation of a new company. Whether these are nominally negative or positive experiences does not matter. In seminars and workshops, I instruct people to “turn tears into gold” by repackaging their experiences (and lessons learned) for the marketplace of people who may be going through similar situations.

3. Audit Proximities

By proximities, I mean that you should audit and create a list of people, places, products, or philosophies that are near and dear to you. Ask yourself questions like:

  • What can I partner with these people to offer?
  • What do these people do well that I can sell?
  • What are the places I’m familiar with well known for?
  • What do I know about this product that many others need to know but do not?
  • How many others could use these philosophies I have been adhering to?

These types of questions serve to jog your thinking into action and to help you discover hidden opportunities for doing business.

4. Audit your Hobbies

If you have outdoor hobbies like extreme sports or hiking and mountain climbing, you can leverage your knowledge of these areas to start a related business. Not only could you start an equipment or accessory supply business, you could start an internet-based business where you sell valuable information to fellow hobbyists. The internet is also a great business platform if your hobby is an indoor activity like embroidery or scrapbooking.

5. Audit your Professional Knowledge

Do you have professional credentials? If so you could start a business in your area of expertise. An accounting professional I know recently started a bookkeeping business to help business owners in a very specific niche. This is a great way to leverage the work you have already done and the experience you have already built in your professional life.

Conclusion

Starting a business can be one of the most exciting but challenging experiences of your life. You can increase the chances of your business reaching the point of ultimate success that you define by building a business according to your core strengths. Learning to conduct regular personal audits gives you a great measure of control in your decision-making.

These personal inventory audits are not so much exercises in starting a business as they are tools for building self-knowledge.

Self-knowledge is something you will need to make sure that starting a business does not become something you deeply regret down the road. Whether you are in charge of a business startup or you are leading a corporate unit within an established company, gaining this kind of self-knowledge makes you a more effective leader – a more effective leader for your business organization, and a more fulfilled person in life.

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The Best Natural Beauty Products

The last few decades have seen a revolution in the cosmetic and beauty products industry. The focus on natural and organic products has caused most cosmetics giants to launch their own lines of natural skin and beauty care products.It is well-known now that chemical based cosmetics are harmful for your skin, especially in the long run. Thus more and more, people are turning to products containing natural ingredients. The skin is the body’s largest organ, and we should care for it the same way as we do for the other organs. We are careful to maintain a healthy diet; we should give our skin the same importance and monitor what we apply on it.There are many contents found in a lot of traditional skin care products that are cocktails of chemicals and have been known to cause allergies. Some believe that plant-based products are better able to imitate the skin’s structure and support its health.Here are a few ingredients which one should watch out for:
• Sodium laureth sulfate and sodium lauryl sulfate are used as foaming agents, they cause drying and sometimes eczema.
• The different forms of parabens as preservatives may cause rashes and other allergic reactions and are commonly found in skin care products.
• Diethanolamine (DEA) is used mainly for its foaming and emulsifying properties and has been associated with allergic reactions and eye irritation.
• Though mineral oil is a natural ingredient, it is a by-product of crude oil, which as we know is extracted from the earth. The question you have to ask yourself is – do I want to put something that is a by-product of the petrochemical industry on my skin?While choosing which cosmetics to use, one should remember that natural ingredients too can cause allergies especially on very sensitive skin. However the chances of such ingredients causing allergies is much lower than their chemical counterparts.What you should look for in a cosmetic?You will see a lot of products on the shelves with the words “organic” or “natural” or even “green”. Remember that many of these are just marketing schemes and in a lot of cases the use of these terms is not regulated, so read the labels very carefully, preferably glance through the contents of the product.It is equally important to maintain your skin from the inside and not just from the outside. Eating a balanced diet with a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, drinking plenty of water and using the right kind and quantity of oils and spices in your cooking, avoiding processed food and oily and spicy food, really is the best way to maintain a healthy, glowing and soft skin.

Small Business Profits – Exploding Profits With Continuity Products

What is continuity?Well, I look it up in the dictionary. Did you know that looking words up in the dictionary is UNCOMMON. A great man named Michael York taught me that. Not many people do that – you should try it frequently.Here is the definition of continuity…An uninterrupted succession or flow; a coherent whole.So you are probably thinking what I am talking about? What does continuity have to do with my business? My answer to you……everything – that is if you want to make a lot of money.Continuity in your business means creating ways for uninterrupted succession of you collecting money from your customers for something that is easy for you to deliver.This concept is used in the information publishing business and mail order business all the time. Some examples are magazine subscriptions, book-of-the-month, tape-of-the-month, Columbia House, BMG, Netflix and so on.Recently I have seen THREE very good examples of this done by regular businesses.Big League Haircuts For Men: I don’t know if I mentioned this place before but it is a great example of picking a very specific niche and being just for them. This is a haircut place designed around men. They don’t care about alienating women. They charge more for a haircut but make it worth it for men to come in. Flat screen TVs at every hair cut station and then men get to hold the remote is just one of the ways they accomplish this.This place is truly sensational. BUT they are smart enough to implement a continuity product. They offer a yearly and monthly subscription for haircuts. You can come in all the any time during that time and get unlimited haircuts. The subscription automatically renews itself unless you cancel. Think about how that can revolutionize the business and the cash flow.Info USA: This company deals in mailing lists. These are normally sold on a per name basis – a few cents per name. Info USA has an annual continuity product that gets you something like 15,000 names for a set annual price and then additional names for a low low cost. The subscription automatically renews itself every year unless you cancel.Amazon.com: Amazon who sells books one at a time just recently offered me a test membership in a new program they just launched – Amazon Prime. As a prime member I get free two-day shipping on all books I order. Plus, overnight shipping on any order for just $3.99. They offered me a 3 month trial membership which then bills $79 annually. This auto renews annually until you cancel.Think about how you can cannibalize this concept and offer a continuity product to your customers. Only a fraction of your customers will bite but you will create recurring revenue that you can count on. Not to mention the significant acceleration of cash flow. If the continuity product is monthly you can develop a fantastic monthly base the can add significant revenue to your bottom-line.The take-away here for you is that continuity products work and they can mean big profits in your business. It may take some non-traditional thinking and a little effort but the results are well worth it.