WHY CBD WORKS BETTER FOR VEGANS by Katherine Lawrence
I didn’t grow up eating plant-based. Honestly, being Cajun, I had no idea brown rice even existed. What I do know is that plant-based eating changed my life. Being an engineer (also known as a “natural skeptic”), I hesitated at the thought of living on “rabbit food.” But after years of pain and misdiagnoses, I finally gave in and accepted the power of plants. In doing so, I reversed Stage 4 endometriosis as well as infertility, and I even lost over 55 pounds. I knew then that my life’s work was to share this life-changing knowledge with everyone, because what we eat and how we prepare our food are so important. In 13 years of teaching nutrition, I’ve seen fads come and go in the health and wellness industry. So when my husband walked in proclaiming the benefits of CBD (cannabidiol), I nodded, proceeded to put my three boys to bed, and hoped the conversation would stop there. Luckily for me, it didn’t. Being skeptical by nature, I’m also an intensive researcher. I decided, after hearing about CBD from my husband, my dad, a neighbor, and the cashier at the grocery store, it was time to find out what CBD really was. I was also curious as to why it works for some people and not others. CBD is derived from, you guessed it, a PLANT! CBD is a phytocannabinoid
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Issue 59 - July/August 2020
VEGWORLD Magazine
