Buckwheat Pillows

EAT IT OR SLEEP ON IT?

     Buckwheat in a pillow (the hulls only) I’ve always touted. But today I’d like to enlighten you on another, perhaps more important, use of buckwheat The reason I say “perhaps” is because the full importance of eating buckwheat is just now being scientifically tested.

     While researching buckwheat in regard to buckwheat pillows I happened to encounter some information regarding the nutritional aspects of buckwheat. It seems the University of Manitoba has found evidence that buckwheat may be very helpful in the prevention or control of diabetes. Since I have just recently been diagnosed as being prediabetic, I took particular notice of this.

     It seems that they had found that in a particular geographical area, diabetes was simply absent. They also noted that as soon as people moved away from this area, and started to eat the foods common to the area into which they had just moved, they eventually developed diabetes rather consistant with the local population. So they surmised that there was something peculiar to the area they had left, which was responsible for the absence of diabetes.

     They sent some researchers to the area, and the only difference they could find peculiar to the region was that every food in which other peoples used some form of grain, the people native to the area in question used buckwheat exclusively. Buckwheat, technically, is not a grain, but a fruit or a berry. However it can be ground into a flour, or crushed into groats, and used as a grain would be used.

     They have found that buckwheat contains one of the highest concentrations of high quality, very digestible proteins among plants. Buckwheat’s protein absorption rate of 74% qualifies it as a very good meat substitute. It is high in zinc, copper, niacin, and has an 80% content of carbohydrates. Its starch can be substituted as a fat substitute in processed foods.

     I’ve found all this information in the University of Manitoba web site. They are planning extensive testing on humans (they’ve already done limited testing on both humans and diabetic mice), so I’m anxiously waiting for this to be done. No, Im not abandoning buckwheat pillows on my web site. But I’m not ruling out adding buckwheat groats to it at some point. Stay tuned, but in the meantime, sleep well on your buckwheat pillow.

Pillow Filled With Buckwheat Hulls

     A buckwheat pillow is a sleeping pillow filled with buckwheat hulls. You may or may not have known that. I have a reason for starting out with that rather simple, clear statement, and a little story to go with it.

     Many (too many) years ago when I was newly married, one of my high school chums called me and asked if he could come to my house to explain something to me that he thought important for me to know about. Having not seen him for a while, I said “Sure, why not”.

     He soon arrived, along with an older man. Both were all dressed up, carrying briefcases. He introduced the man as his sales manager, and explained that since he (my friend) was new to this thing that he thought was important for me to learn about, he had brought his manager along to make sure I got the best possible understanding of this matter.

     Well, I felt rather honored that my old friend would pick me to learn about this important subject, so I gave his manager my full attention. This manager started right off with drawing some lines on some paper, explaining that I was here, and of course I wanted to get there, drawing as he talked, a line from the lower left of the paper to the upper right corner of the paper. He further added that I, of course, wanted to establish an estate. But it would take a long time, because I didn’t have a lot of money. Right then, I knew he had one thing right - I didn’t have a lot of money.

     However, this “estate” thing that he seemed so sure I wanted, I had never before even considered wanting. “Estate”, to my mind, was a large parcel of land with a castle, or at least a mansion, surrounded by a high stone wall, or at least a wrought iron fence with a locked gate. My degree of interest immediately dropped a few notches, as I was more interested in a cozy little cabin in the woods with a brook flowing by, a far cry from what I envisioned an “estate” to be.

     He next drew a line from the top left of the paper to the lower right, The two lines criss-crossed in the center of the paper, and he explained that with the plan they had, I would be able to immediately rise straight up from the bottom left of the paper to the top left of the paper, thereby eliminating all the time it would normally take to establish this estate. Whoopy-ding-ding. And all he would need would be $200.00 per month to achieve this miraculous feat.

     By now my eyes were beginning to glaze over and I felt like a fever was setting in. He continued explaining how the top line would be descending down to the bottom right, but to make up for it, the lower line would be ascending to the upper right. All I could think of was that this man wanted me to give him $200.00 every month to see those lines keep criss-crossing. Wow! Whoopy-ding-ding-dong-dong-dooby-doo. All this to apparently get this “estate” that I could see no conceivable use for.

     I guess my friend and his manager left that night wondering how I could possibly fail to see the importance of jumping all over that wonderful plan. Ironically, not many years later I became an agent for that same insurance company and investment company, and sold many of those very same plans which were a combination of decreasing term life insurance along with a good monthly investment savings vehicle, which is indeed a most wonderful way to establish an estate.

     The problem was, they assumed an “estate” meant the same thing to me, as it did to them, which it did not. They never bothered to find out if I new what they meant by an “estate”, or to explain to me why it was important that I have one. If they had bothered to explain that I would be giving that $200.00 to myself each month, (with them taking out a little to pay themselves for their efforts, of course) I might have warmed up pretty quickly to the idea of me paying myself first, each month.

     The moral of my story is that if I expect someone to hand over hard earned money to me, I’d better  darned well make sure that they understand what the benefits are for them, and then my product had darned well better deliver those benefits. Thats why I’ve increased my satisfaction money back no questions asked guarantee to one full year. If you read my blogs and my website, and still have questions about what buckwheat pillows provide in the way of comfort, healthy sleep, and the most economical (I didn’t say cheapest) pillow you can buy, then please contact me and ask questions. I’ll be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Remember, the only dumb question is the one you don’t ask. You have a great day.

      Buckwheat pillows are not for everybody. How can I say that?

     Factually, I know it must be true, because I once had a customer return one, saying he had tried to sleep on it, but just couldn’t get used to it. I took it back and refunded his purchase price and we’re still good friends, but I still don’t compute it in my heart.

     To explain what I mean, I offer this scenario, I dearly love my wife. Everyone who has ever met my wife thinks she is adorable. Now, thoeretically, somehow, somewhere, someone could say, “You know, I’ve met your wife, and I really don’t like her”.

     Now, if that happened, I guess I would have to accept the fact that a person actually said that, but in my heart I would have a difficult time really believing them. I would obsess over that again and again, wondering how that could possibly be. What defect could a person have that would possibly allow them to come to such a conclusion? I would never accept the theory that there could possibly be any actual logical reason for anyone to feel that way.

     Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not comparing my wife to a buckwheat pillow. I’m merely trying to use this as a way to explain my inability to comprehend how someone could sleep on a buckwheat pillow for any length of time, and still find it less comfortable than any other pillow they had ever slept on.

     And yet it has happened at least once. However, in spite of my problems in comprehending this, I still honor my guarantee, that if for any reason, or for no reason at all, anyone decides they wish to return their buckwheat pillow, I will refund their purchase price.

     In conclusion, I stress two points. I do believe my buckwheat pillows are the most comfortable pillows anyone can find on which to sleep. And secondly, if anyone wishes to return them, I will honor my money back guarantee and refund their purchase price, no questions asked. I will swallow my pride to keep my conscience clear. In fact, I hereby extend my guarantee period to one full year. I believe that’s the best guarantee in the industry. The free aromatherapy sachets I provide are yours to keep, my gift to you for trying my buckwheat pillows.