A natural oil that has many benefits
and some controversies?
What is CBD oil and how could it help you?
Let's get into it.
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Basically, CBD is a plant compound.
It's a phytochemical called cannabidiol,
which is actually a phytocannabinoid discovered in 1940.
It's one of about 113 identified
cannabinoids in the cannabis plant,
and it accounts for approximately 40%
of the plant's extract.
CBD is actually a naturally occurring constituent
of industrial hemp, which is the cannabis sativa plant.
It's the most abundant non-psychoactive cannabinoid
found in the cannabis species.
Most people have heard of the cannabinoid called THC,
which is tetrahydrocannabinol.
That's the ingredient in cannabis
that gets users the high feeling, or the stoned feeling.
However, unlike THC, CBD, cannabidiol,
is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid
and does not cause a high feeling.
The fact that CBD is therapeutically potent
as well as nonintoxicating
makes it an appealing treatment option
for those who are cautious
about trying cannabis for the first time.
CBD works directly with our own body's
endocannabinoid system, and the endocannabinoid system
which we all have plays a crucial role
in regulating a broad range of physiological processes
that affect our everyday experience, our mood,
our energy level, our intestinal fortitude,
our immune activity, how we experience pain,
how we experience stress, how we experience hunger,
and many more situations within the body
that the endocannabinoid system functions and regulates.
So what happens if the endocannabinoid system
doesn't function properly?
What are the consequences of a deficient
or overactive endocannabinoid system?
Well, like I've said for a long time,
anything that's deficient or overactive or toxic,
it all leads to the root cause
of disease and symptomology.
But now, cutting edge science has shown
that the endocannabinoid system is dysregulated
in nearly all pathological conditions.
Even scientists with the US National Institute of Health,
the NIH, suggested in a 2014 publication
that modulating the endocannabinoid system
may have therapeutic potential
in almost all diseases affecting humans.
So, it's no longer a matter of debating
whether cannabis has merit as an herbal medication.
Today, the key challenge is discerning how to utilize
cannabis for the maximum therapeutic benefits.
The 2018 Farm Bill included a provision
that now legalizes the cultivation of hemp,
which is cannabis
with less than 0.3% THC,
and that's in large part because of the popularity
and the driving economic force of CBD.
So what are some of the benefits of CBD?
What are the health benefits?
Well CBD has been proven medically
to help relieve irritation, convulsions, seizures,
nausea, as well as inhibiting cancer cell growth.
It also helps calm anxiety, reduces stress, depression,
helps improve sleep disorders, gut disorders,
skin disease, reduces inflammation, reduces chronic pain,
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain injury,
and it's also great for pets
with any of those medical issues.
As a matter of fact, the Haddasah Medical School
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
compared the effectiveness
of a completely purified CBD extract
versus a full spectrum extract of cannabis flowers
containing large quantities of CBD,
and the conclusion of the study
was that the whole plant extract
which contained a large percentage of CBD,
but also contained traces of the other cannabinoids
proved far more effective than CBD-only solutions
in alleviating inflammation and pain,
and the reason why I talk about that
is because I'm a big believer
in using the full spectrum of plants.
For example, if somebody's taking a 96% curcumin,
where they've taken a compound out of a plant,
it's not as effective as it is
when you take that with a full spectrum of tumeric.
So, in the hemp industry,
some people are taking and extracting just the CBD out,
which there's multiple CBD compounds,
and they're leaving out the full spectrum of the hemp plant,
so what that study talks about
is if you really want the most effective CBD,
you need to have the full spectrum
of all of the components of the plant working together
in harmony and unison to give you the best
and most effective health benefits.
If you have any questions regarding CBD oil,
how it could help you, any recommendations for CBD products,
let us know in the comments below.
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also submit them in the comments below
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on your journey to a healthier you.
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