The Truth About CBD
CBD doesn't treat cancer chronic pain. will it? Will it show up on a drug test? or is it all just a marketing gimmick and a waste of money? Not to worry. Today we're going to go over all of that. Hello every one, here at CBD Authentica, we are going to give you an unbiased view of what we are seeing.
We are going to help answer some of your questions and the questions that I get asked from customers and curious people on CBD each and every day. If you find this Blog helpful, please do us a favor and send it to your friends.
CBD. First things first. What the heck is it? Shorthand for cannabidiol. CBD is a naturally occurring chemical compound. Derived from the cannabis plant, a safe, non-addictive substance, CBD is one of more than 100’s cannabinoids. Unlike its cousin D9, tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, which is a major active ingredient in the cannabis plant, CBD is not psychoactive, meaning it won't get you high.
That's because CBD and THC act in different ways and on different receptors in the brain and in our bodies. Nowadays, CBD is being heavily studied by researchers and scientists for its significant therapeutic attributes.
So are there health benefits to using CBD?
It seems so. Contrary to what most people think that CBD is a recent Discovery, CBD has been around for a while, first extracted in 1942 by a Harvard-trained chemist, Roger Adams, and later in 1963, Dr. Meshulam, known as the Godfather of Cannabis Research, who first described the chemical structure of CBD.
In the 1980s, Doctor Meshulam and other researchers found that after a lot of preclinical work in rats and mice, CBD in fact had antiepileptic properties, and around the same time, a small clinical trial by Brazilian researchers gave poor epileptic patients a daily dose of 200 milligrams of CBD.
What? Five were given only a placebo. Two of the patients taking CBD showed a remarkable improvement with no convulsions over the three months they received treatment, one showed partial improvement and one showed no improvement, whereas none of the placebo patients demonstrated any improvement. And that was back in the 70s and. 80s.
in recent years there have been a ton more studies and anecdotal experiences with the use of CBD and epilepsy. So much so that recently the FDA approved the first-ever cannabis-derived medicine for these conditions, Epidiolex which does contain CBD beyond epilepsy.
CBD is also commonly used to address anxiety. Open neurodegenerative disorders are diseases that cause the brain and nerves to deteriorate over time. Researchers are studying the use of CBD oil for treating disorders like Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and stroke.
CBD oil may also reduce inflammation. That can make the nerve’s degenerative symptoms worse.
More research is needed to fully understand the effects of CBD oil on nerve generative diseases, but this is a major area that scientists are currently studying.
Lastly, cancer. Some studies have investigated the role of CBD in preventing cancer cell growth, but researchers are still on the sidelines. In its early stages, the National Cancer Institute says that CBD may help alleviate cancer symptoms and cancer treatment side effects.
However, the National Cancer Institute doesn't fully endorse any form of cannabis as a cancer treatment.
The action of CBD that's promising for cancer treatment, however, is its ability to moderate the cell's Inflammation and change how our cells reproduce.
There are a ton of anecdotal stories out there from patients who swear by CBD and others by our Cannabinoids’ helping with combating their cancers, but it is really still not proven. Much research needs to be done.
