Hempseed and Health

Arguably the most versatile plant in Mother Nature’s Kingdom, marijuana/cannabis/hemp has tremendous value beyond its medicinal and industrial uses.

While hempseed oil can be used for lamp fuel, printers ink, soap, shampoo, laundry detergent and wood preservation, it has been most valuable throughout history as a food for birds, fish, and humans.

Hempseed contains approximately 20-25% protein, 20-30% carbohydrates and 10-15% insoluble fibre, as well as a rich array of minerals including phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and calcium, along with modest amounts of iron and zinc. Most hempseed also contains polyunsaturated oil.

All this adds up to the most nutritious food resource ever found on Earth! Like no other plant resource, hempseed has both a high content of easily digestible, complete protein and a rich endowment of oil providing the most favourable ratio of Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) required for proper human nutrition. In addition, hempseed provides a significant contribution of gamma-linolenic acid, which has potential therapeutic efficacy.

EFAs govern the life processes in our bodies. Life without them is impossible.
EFAs are needed—but not produced—by the human body. We must get EFAs from external sources, the majority of which are of plant origin. Richer in EFAs than flax, evening primrose, or any other seed oil, hempseed oil is called “nature’s most perfectly balanced oil.” It is truly a nutritional wonder. At 81% polyunsaturated, hempseed oil is said to be the most unsaturated oil derived from the vegetable kingdom.

Hempseed oil’s unusually well-balanced profile means that you could use it for a lifetime and never suffer an EFA deficiency.

EFA deficiencies have been linked to a variety of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, skin afflictions, multiple sclerosis, PMS, behavioral problems, poor wound healing, arthritis, glandular atrophy, weakened immune functions, and sterility.

Research and clinical trials show that EFAs have beneficial effects in people suffering from allergies, arthritis, PMS, asthma, diabetes, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, and cancer.

Anybody reading this would benefit from the use of hempseed oil and food. A proper diet is essential to good health, and while medical marijuana may give you the munchies, it will not cure you of malnutrition. To get beyond disease we must build up our immune system by giving it proper nutrition.

Our advice is to learn more about what you put into your body, eat more raw food, increase your fruit and vegetables, and add hempseed oil to your diet.