5 Reasons to Celebrate National CBD Day – Cannabis News, Lifestyle

August 8th is National CBD Day! This day aims to celebrate one of our most popular cannabinoids and raise awareness of its benefits. And here are five reasons to celebrate!

CBD stands for cannabidiol, the second most common active ingredient in cannabis. CBD is also found in the hemp plant. Hemp and “marijuana” are technically the same genus of plants. Hemp does not have any psychoactive properties that cause users to feel stoned or high.

There are many reasons to enjoy a daily CBD supplement. But here are our top 5.

Reason #1: Anti-Anxiety

Research suggests that CBD helps regulate serotonin, a neurotransmitter linked to a feeling of well-being. Many anti-anxiety pharmaceuticals target serotonin levels, but come with many adverse side effects. The side effects of CBD are zero.

While researchers speculate as to why CBD works for anxiety, their clinical research shows that it actually works. In one study, researchers used tomographic imaging to look inside the brains of people with social anxiety disorder (SAD), a placebo group, and a healthy control group.

Their results confirmed that CBD significantly reduced anxiety in SAD patients. The study concludes that CBD interacts with our cannabinoid receptors to inhibit social anxiety.

Reason #2: CBDa Benefits

Cannabidiolic acid, known as CBDa, is the acidic precursor to CBD. If you’ve ever made edibles or concentrates, chances are you’ll put your buds through a “decarbing” process. This process removes the acidic form and makes the cannabinoid pharmacologically active.

All is well when you make THC-infused butter. But what about the benefits of CBDa?

CBDA does not interact with our endocannabinoid system, nor does it bind to our cannabinoid receptors. So what’s the point? Researchers think CBDa may interact with COX-2, an enzyme linked to inflammation.

“Ever since the COVID news broke proving that CBDa helps prevent spike proteins from entering your body, the whole world has turned to CBDa,” says Inesa Ponomariovaite, cannabis expert and founder of Nesas Hemp. “This plant is meant to heal people, not get you high or destroy your life.”

Reason #3: Neuroprotective properties

According to some research, CBD’s role in the endocannabinoid system may provide benefits to people with neurological disorders. CBD shows promise in treating neurological conditions like epilepsy and MS.

One study proved essentially beyond a reasonable doubt that CBD significantly reduced seizure activity in children with Dravet syndrome. In fact, there has only been one CBD product to date that has been approved by the Food & Drug Administration. Epidiolex is used to treat seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Dravet syndrome or tuberous sclerosis complex.

Promising research also links CBD to improved quality of life in people with Parkinson’s disease.

Reason #4: Protect yourself from COVID on CBD Day

In March 2021, the National Institutes of Health released a study that shocked the internet and was virtually ignored in the corporate press. To quote from the abstract:

“CBD and its metabolite 7-OH-CBD… potently block SARS-CoV-2 replication in lung epithelial cells. CBD acts after cellular infection, inhibiting viral gene expression and reversing many effects of SARS-CoV-2 on host gene transcription.”

In other words, “cannabidiol from the cannabis plant has the potential to prevent and inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection.”

That’s right – a daily CBD supplement can protect you from Covid. And this isn’t the only study to point that out.

Earlier this year, researchers found that patients taking FDA-approved cannabidiol for their epilepsy had a lower rate of positive COVID tests than a nationwide sample.

And a third study found that CBDa and CBGa bind to the spike proteins of SARSCOV-2. These cannabinoids stopped the virus from entering cells and causing infection.

If that hasn’t convinced you to try cannabidiol, then what is?

Reason #5: Improve heart health

The mounting evidence that the mRNA vaccines cause myocarditis in young men is too hard to ignore. Myocarditis weakens the heart, preventing the rest of the body from getting enough blood. Clots form in the heart, leading to a stroke or heart attack.

And as suspected, young people die more often than any other segment of the population. The corporate press calls it a “mysterious syndrome” called Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, which directly affects the heart.

CBD directly affects the heart, but in a positive way. A small study showed that it can lower high blood pressure. Researchers treated nine healthy men with CBD oil and a placebo, indicating that CBD did something the placebo couldn’t.

The study also showed how blood pressure, which is limited by CBD, increases when the researchers put the subjects in stressful situations.

Another study looked at 26 healthy men, CBD and blood pressure reduction and came to the same conclusions. They also found that CBD improved blood flow through their arteries compared to the placebo group.

However, researchers found that you lose the benefits of CBD after a week of stopping. As with any drug or supplement, you need to be consistent with this.

CBD day for the win!

These are just five reasons to try cannabidiol today. But there’s a lot more, and we’ve barely scratched the surface here.

Cannabidiol is a cannabinoid like the endogenous cannabinoids that keep our brain and body functioning normally. When our natural cannabinoids are out of whack or we feel like we need that extra boost, supplementing with CBD will help.

CBD could be the solution you are looking for. And scientific research supports its beneficial claims. So what are you waiting for? August 8th is his national holiday! What better day of the year to try CBD?

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