Nitika Mehra
Oldest Healthy Hemp Plant With Highest Protein And Many Other Nutritional Values
Updated: Jun 1
Hemp is subspecies of the 'Cannabis sativa' plant. One of the earliest domesticated and fastest growing plant recorded. Different Hemp plant uses are such as cloth, other textiles, ropes, different building materials, biodegradable plastics, paint and early form of paper. It is one of the oldest plants humans have grown and used. Hemp was domesticated in Asia over 10,000 years ago.

Hemp seeds can be eaten raw, ground into hemp meal, sprouted or made into dried sprout powder. Hemp seeds can also be made into a liquid and used for baking or for beverages such as hemp milk.
This plant also had medicinal uses and its seeds were eaten. From there the use of hemp spread. In Europe, hemp was at least used 5,500 years ago. It is quite strong and does not need many pesticides and no herbicides. A 100-gram portion of hulled hemp seeds supplies 586 calories. They contain 5% water, 5% carbohydrates, 49% total fat, and 31% protein. Hemp seeds are notable in providing 64% of the Daily Value (DV) of protein per 100-gram serving. They are a rich source of dietary fiber (20% DV), B vitamins, and the dietary minerals manganese(362% DV), phosphorus (236% DV), magnesium (197% DV), zinc (104% DV), and iron (61% DV).
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