WHAT IS CBD?
CBD is a substance with enormous medicinal potential that cannot get you “high”. It is especially abundant in industrial hemp, a plant grown for thousands of years as a source of fiber and food.
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CBD IS NOT MARIJUANA
CBD is typically obtained from industrial hemp, a cousin of marijuana. Industrial hemp has virtually no tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the mind-altering substance that defines marijuana. THC binds to receptors in the brain’s reward system, causing feelings of euphoria and intoxication. CBD does not do this. Although CBD may be present in industrial hemp’s marijuana relative and thus in “medical marijuana” products, it is usually with enough THC to cause intoxication.
BUT GETTING CBD TO THE BLOODSTREAM IS DIFFICULT
When taken by mouth, only a minor amount of CBD reaches the bloodstream, about 5%, and thus has any effects. Most is instead wasted. This makes CBD use problematic. Part of not being able to easily or readily get into the body is that CBD is lipophilic, meaning that it dissolves in oils and fats, but not in water. However, the digestive system is water-based. It cannot readily absorb compounds like CBD and transfer these to the bloodstream.
The importance of being able to make CBD water soluble and to otherwise get it efficiently, predictably and economically into the bloodstream cannot be overstated. It is crucial for making CBD realize its profound therapeutic potential. The problem has been distinctively resolved by ANANDA Scientific via its unique, patent- protected “Liquid StructureTM” technology. It turns CBD (as well as other problematic plant-derived substances) into exceptional nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products that really work.
CBD IS NON-ADDICTIVE, NON-PSYCHOACTIVE AND SAFE
A recent World Health Organization (WHO) experts report confirms CBD’s safety1. There is no “high” with use (mental clarity not compromised), no addiction or abuse potential, and otherwise no adverse effects on health.
HOW DOES CBD WORK?
CBD attaches to specific receptors, structures embedded in the membrane surrounding living cells, thus turning certain processes within cells on or off. These processes are key to maintaining health and wellbeing; but also importantly figure in controlling neuropathic pain (a chronic, often unbearable, pain state from, or accompanied by, injury or disease); in treating opioid overuse and withdrawal; as a therapy for diseases like diabetes, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis and cancer, as well as neurological conditions like epilepsy, autism, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and dementia; and in caring for cardiovascular conditions like heart attacks.
To be successfully employed, CBD must first get into the bloodstream. Once there, it moves within the body until reaching its sites of action, i.e., receptors.