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Ideas for Incorporating CBD Into Your Meditation

Think of the most classic pairings — peanut butter and jelly, crackers and cheese, chips and salsa . . . by the time you’re done with this article, you may be ready to add “CBD oil” and “meditation...

CBD & Serotonin - How They Affect Each Other

Serotonin serves a number of crucial roles within the body, such as helping with thermoregulation, memory, learning, improving appetite, wound healing, and bone health. Furthermore, it plays a vita...

Can You Build Up a Tolerance for CBD?

So, you’re a fan of CBD. You apply it under your tongue in the morning for its mood-boosting properties, apply it to your face for hydration, rub a CBD-based serum on your aching tennis elbow, and ...

CBD Products for Healing Bruises & How They Work

Let’s say you suffer a nasty stumble while on the tennis court or slam your hand in the car door. While the first thought to enter your head is, no doubt, a series of expletives, another will creep...

Pros and Cons of CBD Oil for Pain

Physical pain can burst forth for a number of reasons, whether as a symptom of a chronic disorder, an injury, sleeping “funny”, or just a very intense workout. In turn, many of us continue to seek ...

Omega-3-6-9 Fatty Acids Skincare Benefits & Recommended Ingredients

Upon hearing the phrase omega fats, a variety of concepts may pop into your head, not all necessarily good. Perhaps the word fat makes you shutter, or perhaps you are reminded of fish oil (and its ...

CBD for Beginners & Tips for Getting Started

CBD - it’s an ingredient that is on the tip of everyone’s tongue in both a literal and figurative sense. No doubt you’ve heard about it and had questions. How does it work? What are its benefits? H...

How Much CBD Should You Take to Relax - Figuring Out the Dosage

Anxiety—it manifests itself in many ways, from sleepless nights to high blood pressure to muscle tension. For many of us, it feels like we’re bombarded with stressors, from our jobs to our relation...

CBD for Restless Leg Syndrome - How it Works

RLS is a disorder, also known as Willis-Ekbom disease, that causes a person to feel unpleasant sensations in the legs that may seem tingly, crawly, or creepy. These uncomfortable feelings are accom...

How to Use OTC Lidocaine Creams & Pain Products

How to Use OTC Lidocaine Most of us have heard of lidocaine before and are aware that it is used for physical pain. However, this is where most of our knowledge of the topic ends. In this article, ...