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Essential oils
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rosemary
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Date: July 27, 2006 02:25PM Do you use essential oils in your food?
I thought it might be a nice way of pepping up my smoothies. Gabe Cousens has recipes, but I'm more interested in use for smoothies and soups, and if essential oils have a high nutrition or medicinal profile. Thanks Re: Essential oils
Posted by:
sodoffsocks
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Date: July 27, 2006 11:13PM I'm not 100% sure what you mean by "Essential oils", but I'm thinking they are things like hemp seed oil and flax seed oil. I've pretty much replaced all the oil I use with hempseed oil. I don't put oil in my smoothies, but I sometimes put a spoon full of flax seeds in them.
Cheers, Ian. Re: Essential oils
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Funky Rob
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Date: July 27, 2006 11:36PM If you are talking about hemp and flax, I put flax in mine, but I don't put it in until the very end and just stir it in with a spoon, those oils are damaged easily by heat, my guess even the little bit of heat generated by the blender would not be good for them.
Rob -- Rob Hull - Funky Raw My blog: [www.rawrob.com] Re: Essential oils
Posted by:
rosemary
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Date: July 28, 2006 03:04PM i mean essential oils like rosemary, oregano etc, that are used in aromatherapy. Re: Essential oils
Posted by:
khale
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Date: July 28, 2006 08:37PM I don't think that most essential oils processed for aromatherapy are food grade. I have quite a collection of essential oils that I use for salt scrubs and mineral baths including rosemary and oregano, but I wouldn't use them for food.
Most essential oil products will say on the label whether it can be ingested or not. All of mine say NOT. ~Kathleen Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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