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AIR FORCE BANS GREEK YOGURT CONTAINING HEMP SEEDS

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 09/04/2013 - 06:49

The move has prompted Chobani to weed out the ingredient across the board.

There's a reason why nutrition experts (Men's Fitness included) wax poetic about Greek yogurt and hemp seeds—the former packs twice the protein as regular yogurt, while the latter is chock full of essential amino acids. But the combination of superfoods has caused quite a stir with the Air Force, which had recently banned consumption of Chobani Blueberry Power Flip yogurt, prompting the Greek yogurt company to announce that it'll be removing hemp from that flavor. (Blueberry Power Flip comes with a side of walnuts, chia and hemp seeds meant to be "flipped" into the Greek yogurt.)

So why is the Air Force not high on hemp? According to the service academy, hemp seeds have the potential to affect drug testing results. They contain trace amounts of THC, an active ingredient of marijuana. In an emailed statement to Men's...

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