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Nutritional Content of our Vegan Chocolate
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How Safe Is Kava?
Kava kava has been used for centuries by the inhabitants of the South Pacific with no ill effects and over the last ten years Kava kava has become one of the top selling herbal supplements worldwide. Recently a few concerns have been reported that Kava kava may have caused some liver problems.

Local Kava Consumption Not Harmful
Research findings reveal Kava, traditionally consumed in the Pacific as water extracts, has been found to contain far less kavalactones then what is present in kava pills, which when consumed in excessive amounts resulted in cases of liver toxicity in western countries, which has led to a ban on kava imports from the Pacific Islands.

A Brief History of Kava
Throughout the Pacific Islands, which figure so prominently in our romantic literature, there is cultivated a shrub that produces a slightly bitter, slightly soapy, aromatic resinous brew capable of inducing tranquility and ultimate somnolence.

Kava as Medicine
Though kava's primary use throughout Oceania is as a social, mood-enhancing beverage, the plant is also part of the native pharmacopoeia of that region, and is used medicinally for a wide range of conditions. The primary folk-medicinal use of kava is for urogenital inflammation and cystitis. But kava is also drunk to relieve headaches, to restore vigor in the face of general weakness, to promote urination, to soothe an unruly stomach, to cure whooping cough in children, and to ease the symptoms of asthma and tuberculosis.

Kava Studies
Millions of people over thousands of years have gotten profound effects from using kava. In order to move kava even further along the path as a beneficial alternative to synthetic drugs, it is valuable to know about some of the successful clinical studies that have demonstrated kava's beneficial effects.

Kava’s Battle with the Church
Each society has its own myths of kava origin. According to Tahitians, kava was introduced to the first people by the goddess Hinanui. For traditional Hawaiians, kava was a gift of the gods Kane and Kanaloa. And western Europeans…well, naturally they proclaimed kava to be the devil's drink.

Kava - The Pacific Elixir
From the Pacific Isles comes kava, the peace plant. Kava is the name of both the plant and a beverage made from its pounded roots. Kava soothes. Kava rubs the sore and weary shoulders of humanity and eases the mind of its burdens. In this regard, kava is the perfect representative of the Pacific Islands, for it imparts to body and mind what the imagination conjures about all tropical islands.

Nature’s Answer to Stress
Kava's increasing popularity around the world is directly attributable to the fact that no other plant or drug so readily, easily, and safely dispels stress. Among herbs, kava is one of the very few that you can actually feel the effects of.

Peace Plant of Paradise
In Oceania, kava is an esteemed mind- and mood-altering agent which occupies a central place in culture and custom. Kava is the name of both the plant Piper methysticum and a pungent beverage prepared from its roots.

Preparing Kava
In Vanuatu, the preparation of kava is a daily ritual. Every day kava is made fresh for the nakamals; it is never kept for a second day. Except on special occasions, kava preparation and drinking take place at dusk. The potency of kava is determined by three factors. The variety of species being used is of primary significance.

The Legend of Kava
Pacific folklore has long associated the discovery of kava with sexual scenes. The most famous folktale concerning the origin of cultivated kava is the one that I'll now recount.

The Tranquil Drug
Of all kava's activities in the human body, its effectiveness as a sedative seems the key to the rapidly increasing popularity of this plant and its preparations. Early in my kava research, it became evident that the plant holds great promise for the mitigation of three of the most common health disorders of our time: anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness.

Commentaries on Kava
The study of kava is a treasure hunt which yields chests of gold at many turns, not just at the end of the quest. Kava's history and the interest generated by kava over the past two centuries are as colorful and broad as the plant is potent, and many who have described kava and its effects have done so with vivid imagination and lavish language.

The Kava Experience
Kava is used by indigenous people of the South Pacific because it significantly alters the physical and mental state of the drinker in highly pleasurable ways. When drunk in moderation, kava is a fundamentally friendly drug, promoting a state of tranquility, happiness, and contentment.

Fighting to Repeal the Kava Ban
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Kava: A Safe Alternative?
More recently, Kava kava has also gained popularity with the natives of Hawaii, Australia and New Guinea where it is used medicinally as well as recreationally. Kava also is effective as a pain reliever and can be used instead of aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen.

Peace Be With You
Every day we hear of people driven mad by tension, of rancorous disputes among the anxious and stressed. Every day we are reminded of the wrung-out, fractious nature of the world. And yet all social circumstances arise from the condition of the mind. If people are thoughtful and peaceful, they beget a thoughtful and peaceful society.

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