


The Hemp plant produces abundant seed which for millenia has been used as a valuable food source. Bulk
hemp seeds are an important food in some parts of the world still today. As a crop, hemp seed is helping to
revitalize economically troubled conventional tobacco and wheat farms in Canada. Two countries producing
most of the world's dehulled hemp seed are Canada and Germany. A non-heating mechanical process
dehulls the tough outer shell of the seed. This dehulled hemp seed(also called hemp meat and in precise
botanical terminology, is an achene, which is actually a type of fruit) has virtually unlimited uses.
Dehulled hemp seed is a richly nutritional and easily digestible living food. Its nutritional profile is especially
strong in essential fatty acids and protein. Essential fatty acids(EFA"s) come in at 36% of which approximately
57% of that is Omega 3, 19% Omega 6, 9% Omega 9, 2% GLA, 6.5 % palmitic acid, including other important
polyunsaturated fatty acids. Of all foods that contain fatty acids, hemp seed is the only one that contains both
the Omega-EFA's and Gamma-FA's. Its high fatty acid profile makes it one of the most digestible and
assimiliable of foods. EFA's are important in fat digestion. Hemp seed has a high protein content of 31% of
which 65% of this protein is globulin edistin. This biochemical makeup is similar to that found in blood plasma,
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