Is hemp seed healthy?

For a long time, hemp seeds were ignored for their nutritional benefits because of hemp's botanical relationship to medicinal varieties of cannabis. However, hemp seeds don't cause any psychotropic reactions and instead may provide significant health benefits because of hemp's unique nutritional profile. read more

Hemp seeds are also a great source of vitamin E and minerals such as phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, sulfur, calcium, iron and zinc (1, 2). Hemp seeds can be consumed raw, cooked or roasted. Hemp seed oil is also very healthy, and has been used as a food/medicine in China for at least 3,000 years . read more

Hemp seed oil, or hemp oil, is made by pressing hemp seeds. Unlike cannabis oil, which, where it’s legal, is often used to treat pain and other health conditions, hemp seed oil contains only trace amounts of THC and is used for many commercially manufactured products. read more

Hemp is now used to make milk substitutes, bread, cereals, granola bars, beer and other products, and comes from the same plant (Cannabis sativa L) that provides marijuana, but the seeds contain only trace amounts of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) the psychoactive component of hemp resin. read more