CBD

IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE! My LONG awaited post on CBD!! I have been talking for at least 2-3 months now about my obsession with CBD and its game-changing benefits, and my inbox has been flooded with questions about it. Why do I love it so much? What are my favorite brands? Do I eat it or take it in a dropper? The questions go on! I’ve also been asked… WHEN ARE YOU PUBLISHING YOUR POST?!! WHAT’S TAKING SO LONG!!?

The reason why this post took me so long to write is because CBD is confusing AF, and I have tried SO many products and different forms of CBD that I wanted to properly experience all of the products before featuring them.

Let’s start with the basics! WTF is CBD?!

CBD stands for cannabidiol (the most famous cannabinoid is THC). Both CBD and THC come from cannabis, but only THC gets you high. Think of CBD as THC’s cute lil cousin.

It’s tough to give one standard definition of CBD, because it does something different for everyone. CBD is commonly used to provide pain and anxiety relief, help with insomnia and digestion, and act as an anti-inflammatory. It has also been used to treat a range of conditions including arthritis, cancer, and seizures!

According to Dr. Jonathan Leary, Concierge Wellness Doctor, “our internal system (endocannabinoid) is responsible for regulating homeostasis in our body. Think of this as our balance system. CBD enhances this system and it helps regulate balance more efficiently! When your body is more balanced it is less stressed (hence calming you down and helping you sleep) and it puts you in a more optimal healing state. Ideally, in the future I see people taking this every day, (almost like a multi vitamin) because of [how] powerful it is to have your body more in that eased state. Furthermore, one last huge benefit is that your body doesn’t adapt to the dosage… meaning if you take it every day you won’t have to keep increasing dosages like you would have to do with pain meds, for example.”

Dr. Leary couldn’t have summed it up better! CBD puts your body back in homeostasis (or keeps it there), and your body doesn’t build up a tolerance to its amazing benefits.

CBD can be taken as a concentrated oil, cream, in food and drinks, as pills, in vapes, shampoos and more! Creams and balms can be rubbed directly on the skin (great for pain relief) and CBD oils are ingested orally.

Is it legal!? Most states allow CBD products in some form, usually for medical purposes. States that have legalized marijuana view CBD products as legal, too, and there are only four states that consider all cannabis-derived products, including CBD, to be illegal: Kansas, Idaho, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

What has MY personal experience with CBD been like? The two biggest areas I’ve noticed the direct impact of taking CBD are on my anxiety and my digestion. After my first ever CBD experience, I immediately went to the bathroom. LIKE WHAT?! Literally within 30 minutes of taking it. And we all know digestion is my biggest issue. I have long struggled with anxiety, too. My heart races and I am agitated/full of brain fog. I used to be a HUGE weed girl to calm my anxiety, and the way people joke “I need a drink,” I believed “I need a hit.” Since starting CBD I haven’t touched weed. I feel chill and calm and my anxiety has significantly improved.

People always say to me, “if it helps with sleep, why do you take it in the morning? Doesn’t it make you drowsy?” To which I reference what Dr. Leary said earlier. CBD brings your body back into homeostasis, so if you are having trouble sleeping, it is because you are out of homeostasis. CBD brings you back to a state where your body functions better and therefore when you go to sleep at night, your body is capable of having a better night sleep. There is NO component in the drug (for lack of better word) that will give you a drowsy side effect, unless the CBD is paired with a calming agent like ashwaganda etc.

After trying DOZENS and DOZENS of different brands, we have chosen to align with Beam!