According to David Wolfe, “Superfoods are vibrant, nutritionally dense foods packed with highly nourishing properties”. David is considered the nutrition expert for nutrition experts and in his book “Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future” he shares what he considers to be the top 10 superfoods that everyone should include in their diet.
David’s Superfood list includes, but is not limited to; Cacao (Raw Chocolate), Goji Berries, Maca, Hemp Products, Spirulina, Bee Products, Camu Berry, Sea Vegetables (kelp, dulse, nori, hijiki, bladderwrack, chlorella), Medicinal Mushrooms (Reishi, chaga, cordyceps, maitake, shiitake, lion’s mane, etc.), and Superfoods Supplements like; MSM, Digestive and Metabolic Enzymes, Mangosteen powder, Marine Phytoplankton, Activated Liquid Zeolite, Ormus, MegaHydrate, Crystal Energy, Krill Oil.
Hemp or Cannabis sativa is a top ten Superfood according to many of the experts in food science today. Think of Cannabis sativa like kale (red russian, leaf, dino), there are many varieties (hemp, indica, sativa, or hybrids) which have different variations of nutrients.
Science tells us that hemp is packed with 33% pure digestible protein, rich in iron, amino acids, and vitamin E as well as omega-3 and GLA. Omega-3’s are important in cell regeneration and healthy brain function.

Cannabis is also one of the oldest domesticated crops known to man, dating back as far as 8,000 B.C. There are many different varieties of the Cannabis sativa plant that are used for many different purposes, all of which have great value to people and the planet. Hemp is also perfect food for growing children and adults looking to increase protein intake.
There is a lot of different opinions in the nutrition world about what the top superfoods are, for some it’s broccoli sprouts and salmon, others its moringa and blueberries, or kale and acai. What we can all agree on is that Superfoods are the most powerful, nutritious, mineral-rich plant foods on Earth.
You can find different superfoods in all different civilizations for example; China gave us goji berries, the Aztecs gave us cacao (raw chocolate), the Egyptians gave us aloe vera, Polynesians gave us noni, the Incan peoples gave us maca, central Africans gave us spirulina, and beekeepers around the world gave us bee pollen, propolis, and royal jelly. It’s only now in this moment of our awakening and digital revolution that we are able to bring all these abundant superfoods together.
So what about cannabis where did it come from, and why is this once illegal plant now considered a superfood? Through the Ages hemp has played an important role in humanity’s development.  For thousands of years marijuana was not only legal, but an important crop among cultures throughout history, and held commercial, medicinal, and spiritual value.
The cultivation of cannabis, commonly known as marijuana or hemp, can be traced back at least 12,000 years, which places the plant among humanity’s oldest cultivated crops.  The earliest cultural evidence of Cannabis comes from the Yangshao in China. From 5,000 to 3,000 B.C the economy of the Yangshao was cannabis-driven. Historical evidence shows they wore hemp clothing, wove hemp, and produced hemp pottery.
It’s really hemps essential nutrients that make it a superfood, below is a list of the reasons I found for it to be considered a top 10:

1. 20 amino acids, including 8 essential amino acids our body can’t produce; a complete plant protein
2. EFAs (Essential Fatty Acids) — more than flax or any other nut or seed oil
3. Omega-3s and omega-6s, in an optimal 1:3 ratio
4. Gamma-linolenic acid, Antioxidants, plant sterols, and phytonutrients, Vitamin E, Minerals; manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, iron, and zinc
5. Carbohydrates in the form of dietary fiber.