Hemp Seeds

Another rant about hyped-up green things! I ordered a hemp skirt from a Vancouver company last week and when it arrived, there were two sample packs of hemp seeds included. The enclosed promotional literature was almost comical in its extensive claims! According to the write-up, if you eat four to five heaped tablespoons of hemp seeds with a bowl of fruit and yogurt in the morning, you will not be hungry at lunch, and may even only be slightly hungry at three or four in the afternoon. Well, I tried this - I had a bowl of oatmeal (another option they recommend) and a banana and one of the sample packs (just under 5tbsp). I have to say it was better than no breakfast and I certainly wasn't starving at 10am, like I am most days when I just eat toast for breakfast, so that was good, but I was ready for lunch at noon. So it seems that the claims are a little exaggerated, although perhaps they are aiming them at older people who are less active. Both the days I tried them I walked for over an hour each morning, o perhaps I burned up my hemp fullness! They are super expensive though, so I don't think we'll be buying enough for 5 tbsp per day per person, but we may get them as a protein booster and the added bonus is that Asher likes the taste of them and they are easy to mix in foods.