“…known to affect vital metabolic roles in
humans,
ranging
from
control
of
inflammation and vascular tone to initiation
of contractions during childbirth. GLA has
been found to alleviate psoriasis, atopic
eczema, and mastalgia, and may also benefit
cardiovascular,
psychiatric,
and
immunological disorders.”
Containing
75-80
percent
of
the
polyunsaturated “good fats” and only 9-11
percent of the “bad fats,” hemp seed oil has
the lowest unsaturated oil of all other plants.
The GLAs help balance your hormones and
maintain healthy hair, skin, and nails.
Of the 20 known amino acids, hemp supplies
them all, including the essential ones the body
can’t produce, known as EAAs. About 65
percent of the protein in hemp seeds is
edestin, a globulin protein that aids in
digestion, similar to the globulin found in
human blood plasma, and hemp seeds are the
only place they’re found. The other third is
made up of the protein albumin.
Also, high in fibre, hemp seeds are more
digestible than any other high-protein food,
including meat, cheese, eggs, human milk, or
cows’ milk. They’re high in antioxidants, and
minerals like iron, zinc and copper as well as
calcium, magnesium, potassium, carotene,
thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin
B2), vitamin B6 and vitamin E. If that’s not
enough, there’s also chlorophyll, sulphur,
phosphorus, phospholipids, and Phyto sterols.
People suffering from maladies like
tuberculosis, psoriasis, and even colon and
prostate cancer report advantageous effects
from adding hemp to their diets.
Antiemetic – reduces nausea and vomiting
Anticonvulsant – controls seizures
Antipsychotic – fights psychotic disorders
Antioxidant – fights neurological/degenerative disorders
Anti-tumor/anti-cancer – combats tumors and cancer cells
Antidepressant – controls depression and anxiety
Studies on Hemp
Scientists in Europe and North America
concluded that hemp seed is an excellent
source of nutrition. Numerous anecdotal
incidences cited improvements in a wide
range of acute and chronic conditions such as
rapid healing of skin lesions and relief from
flu, inflammation, and allergies.
The benefits were attributed to the presence of
rich source of the EFAs linoleic and alpha-
linolenic acid, and their respective biologic
metabolites, GLA and stearidonic acid.
Recent research was undertaken on the
benefits of hemp seed oil with low (0.3%)
THC content, recently legalized by the
European Union Benefits included the
prevention of heart disease and lower risk of
cancer and heart attack, lowered cholesterol,
and beneficial against such degenerative
diseases as atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's.