Hemp as NT food

February 11, 2004

I was brushing my teeth this morning, and I remembered something that

I had to share with the list. One day about 5 years ago, I was

channel surfing the TV and I flipped past the Japanese TV station and

noticed that it was a news program with subtitles. So, curious, I

stopped to watch it for a few minutes. This story came on about

these Japanese country people who had just come home from a long day

of working in the fields. They were setting down to eat a bowl of

soup with chopsticks (which I found incredible enough... I can barely

navigate rice with the darn things). The interviewer asked them what

they were eating and this man replied, " We are eating hemp soup. We

always eat hemp soup, everyday, when we come home from working all

day. It helps us to relax and it is very nutritious! "

So, apparently, hemp is a NT food as well, as I am sure this country

dwelling japanese man was not a hippy (haha). I checked this

morning, and the nutritional content is high. I wanted to post a

table, but it won't format using , so I did the best that I

easier viewing. This is a nutrition comparison between hemp seeds,

soybeans and corn (per 100 grams) The first number represents

Hempseeds (whole), the second Hempseeds(hulled), 3rd is Soybeans, and

4th is Corn

Protein 25g-31g-34g-9g

Linolenic Acid (LNA) 6g-8.7g -1.2g - n/a

Linoleic Acid (LA) 18g -27.6g - 8.8g- n/a

LNA:LA ratio (1:3 optimal) 1:3 -1:3 -1:7- n/a

GLA 0.5g- 0.7g- 0g- n/a

Fiber 35g- 6g -4.5g- 12g

Calcium 168mg -74mg -190mg- 7mg

Phosphorous 830mg- n/a -470mg -210mg

Iron 18mg- 4.7mg -7mg -2.7mg

Thiamine 0.9mg -1.4mg -0.5mg- 0.4mg

Riboflavin 1.1mg- 0.3mg- 0.2mg- 0.2mg

So, I think that his soup of leaves and seeds probably is very

nutritious and I am sure that it helped him with the stresses of his

day, just as he said.

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