Research finding:-
Hemp Seed milk and ground hemp seed meal ...reduction in serum triglycerides and serum cholesterol content as well as lowering of insulin levels, both being important in heart disease and diabetes, were found.

Research--Healthy Oils

Omega 3          GLA

Whilst at the International Bast Fibre Conference in Shenyang, China in September 2001, the writer was privy to vital information and advances in research applicable to bringing this traditional crop into the 21^st centuary.

Prof. Jadwiga Kozlowska from the Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poland University presented her groups findings on rats fed Hemp Seed milk and ground hemp seed meal where a reduction in serum triglycerides and serum cholesterol content as well as lowering of insulin levels, both being important in heart disease and diabetes, were found.

A full report was published in the Proceedings of the Conference.

Prof. Jace Calloway, PhD, the major researcher and Hemp seed breeder in Finland sent us an email of his soon to be published study of Finola variety hemp seed compared to Linseed.
Calloway reports "Medical researchers from the Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Clinical Nutrition at the University of Kuopio, Finland, recently teamed up to investigate the potential of hemp seed oil as a functional food. …This was a prospective study with healthy, mildly-hypercholesterolemic volunteers. We were not only surprised to see the stark increases in blood levels of GLA from the hemp seed oil, but also the significant decreases of blood GLA from the linseed oil. Increased serum levels of GLA might help explain some of the numerous anecdotal reports of seemingly miraculous cures from people taking hemp seed oil, particularly in chronic health problems such as allergies, dry skin, wound healing and even rheumatoid arthritis. The research team will continue into specific patient populations later this year, in order to determine whether or not hemp seed oil actually does have measurable properties as a functional food."

The ANZFA report also has references to research into the health properties of Hemp Seed Oil.