Stress happens to all of us whether we like it or not. Many factors can cause stress ranging from having an upcoming test, giving a speech, or having too much responsibility on your plate. Every person is different from what their stressors are and how they cope.
While there are a variety of ways to handle impending stress in your life, you may never have thought about using CBD, CBD oils, or CBD gummies in helping your stress. The medical uses of marijuana are still highly debated nationwide but more and more studies on the benefits of CBD, one of the compounds found in cannabis, are being made every day.
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How CBD can help your stress
As something that hasn’t been fully researched or discovered, it’s simple to ask how exactly can CBD can help manage your stress? Cannabidiol (CBD) can be thought of as almost a counter to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana. THC is one of the main active components in marijuana and the most well-known for the “high” effect it can cause when used. Meanwhile, CBD is an anxiolytic and can even counterattack some of the psychoactive and anxiogenic (causes anxiety) properties of the THC. The total amount of CBD plus THC seems to be roughly even in most strains of marijuana. Depending on the cannabis plant breeding process, the ratio of CBD to THC can vary.
Before we can understand how CBD can affect our body and how it can reduce stress, we need to know how the CBD interacts with our endocannabinoid system or ECS. Despite its name, even if you have never used cannabis before the ECS is in everyone. Endocannabinoids are created by your body and ensure that the internal functions of your body are running in top form.
A study published in 2015 researching on CBD for the use of treatment on anxiety disorders “indicates that it has considerable potential as a treatment for multiple anxiety disorders.”The CBD communicates with the CB1 and CB2 receptors that are in our central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. To test if CBD could help with anxiety and bind to the 5HT1A receptor that is one of the receptors for serotonin and thought of the strongest receptor to relate with anxiety disorders, CBD was given to a group of male Wistar rats. The conclusion of the study found that CBD does interact with the serotonin receptors to produce anxiolytic effects.
Before stopping any other medication that you are currently, talk to your doctor to see if CBD can be a natural solution to helping with your stress. The medical uses of CBD are still being researched and discovered daily. The same study from 2015 mentions that the “Anxiolytic effects of CBD in models of generalized anxiety have been linked to specific receptor mechanisms and brain regions.” While not all nooks have been explored on the possibilities of what CBD can do, it certainly has a positive effect on stress or anxiety in many studies.
Products to use
When looking to get CBD products to handle and control your stress needs it is important to keep in mind that Hemp-derived CBD products with less than 0.3 percent THC are legal on the federal level but varies at the state level. Revive Hemp offers a variety of products that contain a value of 0.3% or less THC (or no more than 0.3% THC), including completely THC free products.
- Soft Gels or Gummies
This form of concentrated CBD is easy to consume and great for on the go lifestyles. What makes this form easy for consumption is the premeasured doses in the gel of gummy, removing the need to self-measure each time.
- CBD Oil
This form of CBD allows for a variation on ingestion by either using the oil directly into your mouth, on food or in beverages. The last two can help with taste if that is a concern to new users.
- Hemp CBD Powder
The powder form allows for similar ingestion as the CBD oil. Can mix it into your drinks, smoothies, or even on your food as it is odorless and flavorless. Revive Hemp has three different dosage containers depending on what CBD concentration you need.
Sources
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