How CBD Benefits Sleep Disorders?
Folks have been using cannabis to help them sleep for as long as records exist, at least 3,500 years ago. However, with recent legalization, scientists have better access to cannabis for study, and much better technology. Now, many are analyzing cannabidiol, or CBD, which is one cannabinoid of many in cannabis plants, for its many […]
5 CBD Products for Women in 2019
There are many lab-tested CBD products on the market for women, some openly advertised as such. However, some are not of particular quality, if any at all. Some contain no cannabinoids whatsoever, certainly not an effective dose. For those women looking for true cannabinoid therapy, especially the many therapeutic properties of cannabidiol, or CBD, it […]
CBD Oil – A Ray of Hope for Alzheimer’s Patients?
Today, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common of all dementia-related illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims at least five million folks suffered with it across the United States in 2014, with projections this figure could triple to 14 million by 2060. It causes memory loss, affects thinking, and influences behavior. It is […]
Is CBD Federally Legal in the United States?
On December 20 last year, President Donald Trump officially signed the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, called the 2018 Farm Bill. It presents a dramatic turn in federal hemp policy, since it includes some provisions concerning cannabis. Specifically, it legalizes hemp cultivation and the sale of hemp-derived products, which do contain small quantities of psychoactive […]
How Many States Legalized CBD Recreationally?
Cannabidiol, or CBD, remains controversial because it is one cannabinoid of many in cannabis plants. However, CBD derived from industrial hemp, which contains less than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive compound so famous for making users “high,” is now legal at the federal level under the 2018 Farm Bill. Despite this, making or […]
What are the Most Popular CBD Products of 2019?
When you buy CBD, there are several factors to consider, most importantly its quality, potency, and purity. Not all CBD is equal. Some are wholly ineffective; others are of exceptionally high medical grade. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, due to inadequate regulation, companies frequently mislabel CBD products, diluting CBD to ineffective levels. […]
Does CBD Treat Blood Pressure Effectively?
It is quite unlikely for you to contract infectious, plague-like diseases in the United States, but although there is relative control of communicable diseases, new epidemics are at crisis-like highs. Hypertension is just one of these modern threats to health, and it defines as chronically high blood pressure. This condition is dangerous, even deadly, and […]
Hidden Risks of Unregulated CBD Products
CBD is the latest hot trend. Fueled by wildly promising statements, some with evidence, some without, that it treats an array of medical conditions naturally, consumers spent over $190 million on CBD alone in 2017. By 2022, sales might well reach $646 million. However, new reports are showing a much darker side to the CBD […]
How CBD Helps in Treating Spinal Cord Injury
The severity of spinal cord injuries is unimaginable to anyone who has not had one. The consequences can be too terrible to grasp, especially when loss of feeling and mobility occurs in the limbs. Some even lose the ability to breathe. For many, paralysis is their new reality, albeit it temporarily for some. For others, […]
CBD: Full Spectrum vs. Broad Spectrum
If you have ever gone shopping for cannabidiol, or CBD, products, whether at a store or online, you surely noticed some labeled broad spectrum, full spectrum, even isolate. Although the broad and full spectrum is similar in sound, they are in no way the same. They define the type of CBD used in a specific […]