Many people have tasted almond milk or even soy milk in their exploration to find alternatives to dairy.
However, many people have begun to hear of the amazing power of hemp foods, and the power of hemp nutrition to meet an incredibly wide variety of human health needs.
The seed of the hemp plant is currently illegal to grow in the United States, even though there is no THC in the seed. THC is the active compound in marijuana. It is legal, however, to import the seed from Canada and other countries, so that we can use this amazing food in our everyday diets.
I'm a big fan of hemp seeds, since they are a very high-protein food, and they also have the ideal ratio of essential fatty acids for humans (including the elusive "omega 3s" that most Americans seem to be sorely lacking).
Hemp seeds also contain upwards of 23 minerals and trace minerals in each serving, including the powerful blood sugar stabilizing minerals such as chromium.
Udo Erasmus, in his book Fats that Heal, Fats the Kill, claims that hemp seed is the #1 food meant for human consumption--it's THAT nutritious, and that complete!
The hulled seed is also very soft, so there is no need for any special processing prior to eating. You can sprinkle hemp seeds on your green salad, or onto your fruit salad (they easily go both ways).
You can also blend them with water, a little sea salt, and some sweetener (like raw agave nectar, yacon root syrup, stevia, or raw honey), and you will have a most fantastic, tasty hemp milk. They can be eaten straight with a spoon, or mixed into a highly-nutritious trail mix, for days when you are on the go.
Many raw foodists know that eating too many nuts or seeds can be rather unbalancing, and they often therefore "soak" these items for 4-12 hours prior to eating, to deactivate the enzyme inhibitors. Hemp seeds do not need to be soaked in any way to be completely edible and digestible.
Many health food stores are now carrying hemp seeds, though one of the standard 10 ounce bags never seems to last very long for me, as I often consume 1/4 to 1/2 cup of these precious seeds per day--mostly blended into hemp seed milk smoothies, mixed with raw cacao (raw chocolate) powder, and some of the various green superfood powders on the market today.
To be more economical, search for the 5 pound bags available from many places online. Store the seeds in the freezer, and they will last for many months.
Some additional blending addition suggestions for making delicious hemp shakes:
- Add fresh or frozen fruit, such as peaches, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, bananas, etc.
- Add 5-20 raw organic cacao beans or "cacao nibs" for a chocolaty nutritious treat
- Add 1-3 tablespoons of raw cacao powder to make a non-dairy chocolate milk. This increases the protein content of the already-high hemp milk, since for every 2 tablespoons of raw cacao powder you use, you get 6 additional grams of raw protein.
Michael Golzmane is a health educator and online writer about super health and super nutrition, especially through raw and living foods.
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