There’s been a lot of buzz over the last few years about cannabis and its products, such as hemp, especially in regards to their legality and use. As restrictions have lifted, we’ve been able to study hemp, especially in conjunction with other herbs and ingredients to observe the effects it’s had. Given the increasingly widespread […]
Hemp might possibly be one of the most sustainable resources on the planet. It generates more pulp per acre than trees, which can be used to make paper, rope, textiles, bioplastics, and biofuels. Its seeds are chalk-full of plant-sourced protein, healthy fats, and fiber, which are brain and heart-healthy nutrients. Hemp oil is used for […]
There is a lot of unnecessary but understandable confusion out there about hemp. Is it illegal? Is it the same as marijuana? Is it psychoactive? Does hemp have high levels of THC? The short answer to all of these questions is no, but we will go into them in more detail later. For now, let’s […]
Because it was discovered so recently (in the early 1990s), you may not have even heard of your body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS.) The ECS is a neural modulator that interacts with the nerves and receptors in the nervous system to regulate pain, memory, mood, sleep, appetite, really everything your nervous system has a hand in… […]
Hemp is often misunderstood simply because, like marijuana, it belongs to the plant family Cannabaceae. However, the variety of cannabis plant that produces hemp is different from that which produces marijuana in critical ways. The main difference between these cannabis varieties is in their level of the cannabinoid delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC is the cannabinoid […]
