How CBD Products Help with Stress and Anxiety

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CBD Oil for Anxiety : Does it work?

In today’s fast-paced world, life can get pretty busy. Taking care of the kids, work, household chores all can take a toll on your life. But, stress is a part of life, and we have to learn how to manage it. Unmanaged stress can lead to bouts of anxiety that can be debilitating. 

The good news is that CBD products can help with stress and anxiety. And, people are taking notice. This year alone, there’s been $1.6 million in CBD sales. That number doubled from 2019’s $845 million in CBD sales.

This tremendous increase results from the legalization and widespread acceptance of marijuana-derived products, such as CBD or cannabidiol. Federally legalized in 2018 with the Farm Act, CBD is now widely accepted throughout the United States. 

In a 2020 study using Pinterest, a social media platform, on public acceptance of CBD, researchers found that 91.6 percent of pins regarded CBD positively. The pins reflected acceptance and use of CBD among those who frequent Pinterest. 

CBD is touted as nature’s miracle medicine that may treat both mental and physical conditions. Among those health conditions are stress and anxiety. 

A 2020 review highlighting pre-clinical research using animal models exhibiting fear and anxiety-like behaviors indicates that CBD has anxiolytic, antistress, anti-compulsive effects. That same review also highlights research on humans that suggests that CBD might have anxiolytic effects.

With legalization, research, and acceptance, CBD is more than something that comes from cannabis. It’s a medicine that should be available to all who need it.

What is CBD?

CBD is a natural compound from the marijuana or hemp plant, depending on the type of CBD. Like its cousin, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), CBD is one of over 113 cannabinoids found in the marijuana plant. As a natural medicine, CBD products, such as top cbg flower products, CBD oil, and CBD tinctures, are all great products that may help in relieving stress and anxiety.

There are three types of CBD:

  1. Full-Spectrum. Full-spectrum CBD is a substance containing all of the extracts naturally found in the marijuana plant, and must have less than 0.3 percent of THC.
  2. Broad-Spectrum. Broad-Spectrum CBD contains some naturally-occurring extracts from the marijuana plant but no THC.
  3. Isolate. Isolate CBD is a substance containing only pure CBD but no THC.

Knowing the three types of CBD products is essential for both legal and experience reasons. For example, even though there’s only 0.3 percent of THC in Full-Spectrum CBD, it won’t get you much high, but it will show up on a drug test.

How Does CBD Help with Stress and Anxiety?

Research indicates that CBD may help with stress and anxiety. But, why does it? How does CBD interact in the body? The answer lies in The Endocannabinoid System.

The Endocannabinoid System

All vertebrates, including humans, have an endocannabinoid system. This complex system is responsible for regulating and maintaining homeostasis, or balance, within the body. The endocannabinoid system(ECS) is made up of many receptors, two of which are CB1 and CB2. 

When consumed, CBD interacts with CB1 and CB2. When this happens, it’s thought that CBD alters serotonin in the brain. Serotonin, a neurotransmitter in the brain, is primarily responsible for mental health. Not having enough serotonin can lead to anxiety.

5 Ways CBD Products May Help with Stress and Anxiety

Here, you’ll find five ways CBD products may help with stress and anxiety.

May Improve Energy and Vitality

Energetic people tend to have better immunity than those who suffer from fatigue. In many cases, fatigue results from mental health conditions, such as anxiety, rather than physical disorders. CBD may work with endocannabinoids to improve immunity and increase energy, restoring the body to balance. People with a balanced approach are more energetic, have more vitality, and suffer less from stress and anxiety.

May Improve Mood

Your mood is disturbed anytime you’re under stress. And, when your spirit is disturbed, you can get into heated arguments and have low productivity. CBD may work to counteract stress in the body, improving your mood and maintaining it.

May Reduce Pain-Related Stress

Pain and inflammation can attack you at any point in your life, especially when you’re under stress. It’s known that chronic pain can lead to General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and that CBD might help manage pain and inflammation caused by stress.

May Improve Sleep

Poor sleep can be both the result of too much stress and anxiety and the cause. CBD may help improve sleep by acting on the central nervous system by providing a calming sensation that relaxes you enough to make you fall asleep and stay asleep.

May Help Nutritional Deficiencies

It’s known that eating a nutritious diet can help relieve stress and anxiety. When you add CBD to your diet, you’re adding nutrition, such as protein, essential fatty acids, fiber, iron, vitamins (including B complex vitamins), magnesium, calcium, and beta carotene. In addition, CBD contains natural antioxidant properties that might make it an ideal medicine to keep stress and anxiety under control.

Conclusion

Many people suffer from stress and anxiety on a daily basis. This can be hard to manage and complicate your life. CBD may help relieve stress and anxiety by working with the body’s endocannabinoid system to create homeostasis. Once homeostasis is reached, stress and anxiety reduces. 

Always speak to an expert before starting a CBD health regime.

About the author

Crystal

Crystal

Crystal has been closely studying the cannabis industry trends for quite some time. Intrigued by the booming growth of this sector, she takes interest in penning down her views providing quality insight on current marijuana trends, particularly medical cannabis.

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