by Lynn Osburn
Part One
Seeds of the plant cannabis sativa, hemp seed, contain all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necessary to maintain healthy human life. No other single plant source has the essential amino acids in such an easily digestible form, nor has the essential fatty acids in as perfect a ratio to meet human nutritional needs. [Continue]
Part Two: Hemp Seed Oils and the Flow of Life Force
Hemp seed oil comprises 35% of the total seed weight. This oil has the lowest amount of saturated fatty acids at 8%, and the highest amount of the polyunsaturated essential fatty acids at 80%, total oil volume. Flax seed oil comes in second at 72% combined total essential fatty acids.
Linoleic acid (LA) and linolenic acid (LNA) cannot be made by the human body and must be obtained through the diet, so they are called essential fatty acids (EFA). LA and LNA are the most important fatty acids in human nutrition and health. They are involved in producing life energy from food and the movement of that energy throughout the body. EFAs govern growth, vitality and state of mind. Still, much is unknown about their functioning in the body. [Continue]
Sunday, March 23, 2008
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I read some information recently about hemp oil. It used to be banned but now is readily available. It is a balance of all three omegas (3, 6, 9), so it is indeed an excellent source of omegas. It is in the refrigerated section of the health food store, like Jimbo's. I like to put it on sourdough bread with honey. It tastes like hemp seed bars you can buy. It also comes as hemp seeds, and you can sprinkle them in your food. Never heat this oil; treat it like flax seed oil. It has a very intense nutty flavor like walnuts, sort of. It took some getting used to.
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