Why industrial hemp? Hemp seed ready for planting in 1999,
Alberta, Canada Hemp is an excellent food source. It provides
nearly complete nutrition. Hemp seed is a complete source of
essential amino acids (EAAs). Hemp provides significantly more
of all 8 EFAs than its closest competitors (meat, eggs, tofu),
while providing the types and amounts of amino acids the body
needs to make serum albumin and serum globulins, two other amino
acids essential to life. Hemp protein contains all 20 known
amino acids. Hemp seed has over 30% protein. 65% of the proteins
in hemp foods are in the form of globulin edistin (the word
edistin comes from the Greek word “edestos,” which means
edible). Edistin is considered by many to be the most easily
digestible protein. The other 35% of the protein in hemp is
Albumin, another of the most easily digestible proteins. Soy
commonly has more protein than hemp, at 35%, but soy protein
contains tripsid inhibitors that block proteins absorption, and
oligosaccharides, which cause upset stom