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CBD’s New Frontier Help for Mental Health
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by Julie Marshall
hen Kaye HerIt’s really important sumers in its ubiquity from bert’s husband for people to know CBD-infused pillows to brought home a gummies, soaps and even their options and pet food. Discerning purity, free sample of cannabidiol to keep looking for dosage and safety are real (CBD) oil, she didn’t hesitate to give it a try. Having what works for them. concerns for those that may heard about its calming grab any bottle off the shelf. ~Peter Bongiorno effects, she gave CBD to her Consumers must become three sons, whose attenwell informed, especially tion deficit hyperactivity disorder made when replacing medications for serious home-schooling difficult due to frequent disorders, experts say. But for anxiety and tantrums and lack of focus. “I didn’t expect emotional well-being, CBD is largely heralded CBD to be miraculous, but I was surprised as a safe and natural choice by providers that my kids’ frustrations were greatly rewell-versed in CBD, such as Peter Bongiorno, duced,” says the Austin, Texas, mom. “We past president of the New York Association of weren’t seeing the severity of meltdowns.” Naturopathic Physicians. “It’s really important The use of CBD in tinctures, capfor people to know their options and to keep sules and lotions has grown exponentially, looking for what works for them,” he says. along with the science to prove its efficacy in remediating physical pain. Newer, but The Feel-Good Molecule equally as robust, is the viability of CBD as CBD, a compound extracted from the a remedy for mental health-related issues, hemp plant, is appealing because it can experts say, pointing to anxiety, depression raise the level of cannabinoids—feel-good and stress as the top three applications. molecules naturally created within the However, as an unregulated supplehuman body. “When we can’t sleep or are ment, CBD presents a challenge for constressed out, cannabinoid levels go way
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