CBD Therapy for Depression

By Hemp Health UK

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. …

Exercise, the Runner’s High and Endocannabinoids

By Hemp Health UK

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?…

How CBD balances your body

By Hemp Health UK

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.

By Hemp Health UK

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…

CBD and the Immune System

By Hemp Health UK

This article covers four ways in which CBD oil may support immune health The endocannabinoid system is known to play an important role in regulating immunity and scientists consider it to be one of the “gatekeepers” of the immune system.1 The endocannabinoid system includes receptors known as cannabinoid receptors 1 and 2 (CB1 and CB2)…

Cannabidiol in Anxiety and Sleep: A Large Case Series

By Hemp Health UK

As the market and availability of CBD oil continues to increase so do the associated health claims. For all commercial health products there are frequent stories in the media reporting their benefits and the miraculous impact they have on peoples lives; we see this in vitamin supplements, protein powders and “super-foods” – it’s the same…

The Inside Story of Cannabidiol – The Benefits of CBD?

By Hemp Health UK

What is CBD oil? What are the benefits of CBD? How does CBD work? The Inside Story of Cannabidiol looks at the benefits and physiological effects of CBD on the human body. A couple of years ago a remarkable thing happened when CBD oil became legal in all 50 states of the USA. The legalisation…

CBD Oil for Pain and Anxiety

By Hemp Health UK

What is CBD oil? CBD, or cannabidiol, is one of over 60 compounds found in cannabis that belong to a class of ingredients called cannabinoids. Research suggests this powerful compound can benefit pain, anxiety, cancer, nausea, seizures, cognitive function, diabetes and leaky gut. CBD oil is extracted from industrial hemp. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is one…