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The Kap'n

The Groggy Kaptain (40g)
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Today’s fact of the day is simple, but very important. Dr. Vincent Lebot, in an interview Dec, 2016 stated:

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“We want to promote kava for what it is, a very healthy traditional beverage. If some companies elsewhere want to extract the active ingredients and prepare some capsules or whatever, this is not called kava any more. Like if you put caffeine in a capsule, you cannot call it coffee; if you put in dry raisin peel, you cannot call it wine, and same for tea. Kava is kava; it is the traditional beverage prepared by cold water extraction of the ground organs of the plant Piper Methysticum, and nothing else. We want to protect the geographical origins and the healthy quality kava plants we use here on an original basis.”

The WHO report on kava in 2016 states: “Kava beverage has a long history of consumption in the South Pacific and has an important role in traditional community ceremonies. In recent times, it has become more widely consumed as a recreational beverage in both the South Pacific islander community as well as in the wider international community. Within these communities, kava is considered to be a safe and enjoyable beverage, based on a long tradition of use and little evidence of harm.”

Kava is a beverage. Kava is not extracts. Kava is not pills or pastes, or flavored concentrates. Kava is not the canned functional drinks. Kava is not candy. These are considered “Kavalactone Products” and should be thought of as a totally different class of supplement.



Aporosa, S. A. (2019). De-mythologizing and re-branding of kava as the new ‘world drug’ of choice. Drug Science, Policy and Law, 5, 205032451987613. doi:10.1177/2050324519876131
(https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/12935)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and WHO. 2016. “Kava: A Review of the Safety of Traditional and Recreational Beverage Consumption.”
 

Alia

'Awa Grower/Collector
Today’s fact of the day is simple, but very important. Dr. Vincent Lebot, in an interview Dec, 2016 stated:


“We want to promote kava for what it is, a very healthy traditional beverage. If some companies elsewhere want to extract the active ingredients and prepare some capsules or whatever, this is not called kava any more. Like if you put caffeine in a capsule, you cannot call it coffee; if you put in dry raisin peel, you cannot call it wine, and same for tea. Kava is kava; it is the traditional beverage prepared by cold water extraction of the ground organs of the plant Piper Methysticum, and nothing else. We want to protect the geographical origins and the healthy quality kava plants we use here on an original basis.”

The WHO report on kava in 2016 states: “Kava beverage has a long history of consumption in the South Pacific and has an important role in traditional community ceremonies. In recent times, it has become more widely consumed as a recreational beverage in both the South Pacific islander community as well as in the wider international community. Within these communities, kava is considered to be a safe and enjoyable beverage, based on a long tradition of use and little evidence of harm.”

Kava is a beverage. Kava is not extracts. Kava is not pills or pastes, or flavored concentrates. Kava is not the canned functional drinks. Kava is not candy. These are considered “Kavalactone Products” and should be thought of as a totally different class of supplement.



Aporosa, S. A. (2019). De-mythologizing and re-branding of kava as the new ‘world drug’ of choice. Drug Science, Policy and Law, 5, 205032451987613. doi:10.1177/2050324519876131
(https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/12935)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and WHO. 2016. “Kava: A Review of the Safety of Traditional and Recreational Beverage Consumption.”
Yes, and to add- Kava is not a Dietary Supplement either. Kava is a beverage (or the plant itself).
 
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