Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Nutritious & Versatile Hemp oil

One of nature’s greatest gifts to humankind, hemp oil is a bountiful source of high quality nutrition and provides many wonderful medicinal uses as well.

Research has shown that this nutritional oil was once a part of worldwide dietary intake, as hemp is one of the very first plants ever cultivated by humans. The use of the hemp plant for its medicinal and nutritional properties dates back as far as 4,000 B.C. in China and as far back as the Ming dynasty. Indeed, whole populations have survived off hemp seed in times of famine. In China, at the cinema, you can still buy roasted hemp seeds in the same way as you can buy popcorn in the West. Not only is it an edible plant, but it was also made into a fiber for rope and clothing.

Over time, hemp has faded in and out of obscurity. Recently, researchers have been studying the profound benefits of hemp seed oil, giving both hemp seeds and hemp seed oil recognition as some of the world's healthiest foods.

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