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# What if I know of a superfood that isn't listed here?

There are many beneficial natural foods that may not be mentioned in your course, but that doesn’t meant they aren’t great for you.

Our most successful students go onto researching even more plant foods and add them to their recommended list.

**So never feel limited by your materials – if anything, use them to inspire further exploration and research!**

One example is hemp seeds. Whilst we mention them in your next module, hemp seeds are a good source of protein as well as “good” fats and sterols/stanols.

This is the case in most seeds.

For instance, studies on sterols and stanols and their positive effects on LDL cholesterol haven’t been conducted on hemp seeds specifically. But because hemp seeds are rich in such nutrients, one can conclude they have such beneficial properties.

So in terms of the available research on hemp seeds, this is very limited at present. Most of the information about their benefits are by “association” to the compounds they contain.

Studies on hemp seeds have been shown to have both heart and immunologic promoting effects - although these are early studies, and many of them on animals.

Here's some additional resources on hemp seeds if you wish to explore this further:
* [__American Chemical Society: New Analysis Finds Hempseed Oil Packed with Health-promoting Compounds__](https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2014/acs-presspac-january-29-2014/new-analysis-finds-hempseed-oil-packed-with-health-promoting-compounds.html)
* [__Nutrition and Metabolism: The Cardiac and Haemostatic Effects of Dietary Hempseed__](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2868018/)
* [__Journal of Dermatological Treatment: Efficacy of Dietary Hempseed Oil in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis__](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16019622)
* [__Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: Evaluating the Quality of Protein from Hemp Seed (Cannabis Sativa L.) Products Through the Use of the Protein Digestibility-corrected Amino Acid Score Method__](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20977230)
* [__Wei Sheng Yan Jiu: Initial Study of Hemp Seeds Protein on Antifatigue and the Immunomodulation Effects in Mice__](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18589601)
* [__J Am Coll Nutr. 2008 Feb;27(1):51-8. A comparison of fish oil, flaxseed oil and hempseed oil supplementation on selected parameters of cardiovascular health in healthy volunteers.__](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18460481)

Also, you can see the complete nutritional value of hemp seeds in Wikipedia, search for the word “nutrition” on this page: [__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp__](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp)

AUTHOR: Alex Ruani, Research Director