The Many Benefits of CBD for Athletes
As the scientific understanding of CBD continues to evolve, athletes may find that it becomes an increasingly valuable tool in their pursuit of peak performance and well-being.
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CBD Therapy for Depression
Anecdotal evidence of the benefits of Cannabidiol (CBD) can be easily found throughout the internet. People who have personally experienced physical and psychological benefits are often happy to step forwards and share their story. However, it is easy to be skeptical about such claims without peer reviewed medical research reports into the effects of CBD. …
A Yogic Lifestyle and CBD
Plant medicine is the field of medicines we can take from the natural world. This includes the fruits and vegetables that we eat, to natural supplements that are based on plants, teas, oils, tinctures, and also herbs. All of these fall into the range of plant medicine. It can be said that you are what…
The Magic Power Of Lion’s Mane Mushroom
Lion’s mane mushrooms, also known as hou tou gu or yamabushitake, are large, white, shaggy mushrooms that resemble a lion’s mane as they grow. Not surprisingly, this is how they received their name. Lion’s Mane, whilst relatively unknown in the West, the mushroom is more common in both culinary and medical uses in Asian countries…
Exercise, the Runner’s High and Endocannabinoids
For a long time, it has been accepted that exercise causes changes in mental condition and performance. It is widely known to assist with pain relief, and that it creates a calm relaxation in the body and a sense of mental well-being; but why does this take place and what is happening within the body?…
What is cannabidiolic acid (CBDa)?
What is cannabidiolic acid (CBDa) Believe it or not, CBD is present on growing cannabis plants in only very small amounts. In growing plants, CBD exists as cannabidiolic acid (CBDa). It isn’t until the plant is cut, dried, and heated that CBD is formed. CBD is a calming phytochemical that does not cause a psychotropic…
CBD and Meditation
CBD AND MEDITATION Meditation is a technique used for thousands of years to develop awareness of the present moment. It can involve practices to sharpen focus and attention, connect to the body and breath, develop acceptance of difficult emotions, and even alter consciousness. It’s been shown to offer a number of physical and psychological benefits…
How CBD balances your body
The work of Israeli scientist Professor Ralph Mechoulam paved the way to discovering how CBD helps to balance and maintain optimum health for our body. The important breakthrough came in the early 1990s when Mechoulam and his team located and identified Anandamide, an Endocannabinoid naturally produced by the body. Anandamide is referred to as the…
How the Endocannabinoid System Affects Your Emotions.
Whether we choose to recognise it or not, the emotional self and the physical self are intimately connected. A stressful event or other external stimuli will not only trigger a response on one side of the equation, but will instantaneously create a reaction on the other side. Any change to either the emotional or the…
Is Our Motivation for Exercise Linked to Cannabinoids?
2019 research suggests that endocannabinoids and CB1-type cannabinoid receptors are the key drivers in our motivation to choose to undertake intense aerobic exercise, such as running. The study (Muguruza et al., 2019) on mice published 7th March 2019 in the journal JCI Insight. The paper, “The Motivation for Exercise Over Palatable Food Is Dictated by…
