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Can CBD oil help fight chronic inflammation?
Today, scientific research and multiple clinical trials are underway exploring the potential for using Cannabinoid compounds, such as CBD, as part of a therapeutic strategy for lessening the impact of chronic inflammation. Why is this important? Chronic inflammation is thought to play a role in a variety of diseases, including...

How Might Cannabidiol Impact Schizophrenia?
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a compound that has shown possible benefits in studies on a variety of animal models of mental health, including anxiety, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Researchers have likewise also begun to examine CBD's potential utility with schizophrenia. Recently, we discussed a CBD clinical trial for schizophrenic individuals...

Essential Questions to Ask about Your CBD
Like any dietary supplement, vitamin, or pretty much ANY product on the market, it is imperative to check your CBD oil to make sure you are getting what you are expecting. What you choose to put inside your body, whether it is orally ingested, administered topically or inhaled inherently becomes...

Just What Does Marijuana Do Inside Your Body?
Raphael Mechoulam, the man who first synthesized THC, the main ingredient in marijuana, and is often referred to as the “father of marijuana research,” recently gave a brief history of marijuana and its receptors in the central nervous system during a plenary talk at the 2014 meeting of the International...

Tips for Buying CBD
More and more states are rejoicing as legislation is being passed to cultivate hemp and legalize domestic marijuana CBD products. Both doctors and patients are exploring the potential benefits CBD has to offer and there are a number of medical publications and news articles that give detailed overviews of patients...

CBD oil and Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease that can potentially disable the brain and spinal cord. In MS, the immune system attacks the protective coating that covers nerve fibers and causes communication confusion between the brain and the rest of the body. Eventually, the nerves can deteriorate or become permanently damaged,...

Is Cannabidiol a Viable Supplement for Obesity?
Obesity and overweight present many challenges to individuals, societies, and even the world as a whole. Over one-third of all Americans meet the diagnosis for obesity, and many other countries around the globe are also seeing progressively higher obesity rates with each passing year. According to the Centers for Disease...

Can Cannabidiol Alleviate Dravet Syndrome?
Dravet syndrome is perhaps not a household word for many people, but for the families it impacts, the effects can be devastating. This cognitive disease affects around 1 out of every 20,000 infants born, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. It tends to manifest around five...
Lab Testing: Why is it Important?
Why Testing is Important Lab testing is incredibly important in the CBD industry because the FDA does not currently regulate the CBD products on the market. As a result, many companies sell products that contain traces of harmful chemicals and toxins. Some of these come from the way that the...

Product Review: 30 mg CBD Lollipop by Green Roads
Every time I am asked to do a review, I get excited. The opportunity to test and compare CBD products has to be one of my favorite unexpected benefits from my job at Discover CBD. Some trials go well, and some turn out to be less than impressive. Fortunately, I...