Hemp ??

[sick and tired 47]

Hello! I have been trying to get more protein in my diet ( not a meat lover). I have read about hemp powder. Is there any negative things I should know about hemp?? I have thyroid issues so I stay away from soy powder.
I have read it does not taste good, but I use organic brown rice powder in smoothies with plain almond milk and Ilike it- just looking for more protein.
Is there any  other  organic protein rich powders you all have used any recommend?
Thanks all.

[Paxiled]

I think the rice protein powder should be fine, then, as long as it's the protein and not just brown rice powder.  Soy is a more complete protein, but if you isolate protein, you've got protein no matter the source.  And the almond milk is also a good source as long as it doesn't have too much sugar in it.  You can also buy chicpea flour, though I'm not sure of the taste and it probably isn't digestible raw.  You can get almond flour as well, but again, the protein isolated from the rice will still be higher in protein because that's all it is.  As to the quinoa, it tastes pretty good as is, but try mixing in some chicpeas and spices and making a pilaf out of it.  Yum.

[sick and tired 47]

Yes, I should have explained better.
I do eat lots of nuts, tried quinoa ( looking for good recipes for it) and almond butter.
I want some type of protein powder to put in my fruit smoothie. I want more than just fruit and almond milk ( can not use milk products- having issues with lactose lately). I drink it for breakfast and want more protein with all the fruiit
Thanks!

[Paxiled]

And I should add, some grains are higher in protein than the ones we usually eat.  Quinoa, amaranth, and spelt are three of the highest protein grains, for example.

[Paxiled]

I'm a little confused -- you say you want more protein.  Is this a body building thing, because there are a lot of vegetarian foods high in protein.  Brown rice powder isn't one of them -- brown rice protein is, but that's protein isolated from brown rice, whereas hemp powder is just powdered hemp, which as a seed will have some protein but is mostly nutritious for its omega 3 fatty acids.  But all nuts are high in protein, as are all beans.  Any combination of any legume and any whole grain will give you a complete protein, though it'll be light on methionine, which is only plentiful in animal protein.  There are also other seeds that taste better for protein, such as good old sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.  Nuts are essentially seeds.  That's why these are all classified as fruits, but they are high in protein.  Legumes include peanuts, azuki beans, anasazi beans, pinto beans, black beans, red beans, kidney beans, white kidney beans, garbonzo beans -- I mean, there's a lot of beans out there, and all are high in protein.  The hemp won't hurt you any, it's good for you, more like flax seeds because of the beneficial oil content, but nothing beats good old beans and brown rice for protein except animal protein because of the methionine thing.  Spirulina, by the way, is the highest quality vegetable protein available, but unfortunately you can't eat enough of it to supply much of your protein needs because if you ate a lot of it it would dehydrate you, since it soaks up a lot of water.  But a little goes a long way.