Author: James Johnson

If you are going to use capsules as a dietary supplement, then you should take one capsule daily. CBD is not intended for use for people under the age of 18. And you shouldn’t take it if you are pregnant or lactating.

The capsules themselves are made mainly from vegetable cellulose, meaning that there are a hundred percent natural. The main difference between CBD capsules and other CBD products is that you get the whole benefits of the plant extract without its taste.

Now taste is probably the biggest hurdle people come across when they start using CBD extracts, which is why capsules are so game-changing because they allow you to take whole plant CBD extract in a totally tasteless form.

So if you don’t like the flavor of the CBD liquid itself with its taste when you vape it or when you put it into the tongue, you should try CBD capsules. Taking CBD in a capsule is just as good as taking it in a tincture or a raw extract form.

CBD capsules come in different sizes, strengths, and variations. Many customers say that they like to buy these capsules just because they know their serving size because it’s simple and straight forward to know your precise dosing.

The most common are three basic variations of capsules:

• Softgel
• Traditional powder capsules
• Hybrid in between the two

Softgel capsules are just the traditional hemp oil extract that’s been encapsulated. They come in a light and amber color. It’s squishy, so if you cut off the end of the capsule, you can squeeze the CBD oil from it.

Traditional powder capsules take more time to make compared to those that filled with oil because CBD extract needs to be processed into powder and then filled into capsules.

The third type of capsules is somewhat a hybrid between the first two types. It looks more like a soft gel, but you wouldn’t be able to stick a knife in the end and squeeze the oil out. There’s more like a paste because it has a little bit thicker paste-like consistency.

Different products get absorbed in different parts of the body, depending on how the form is structured. You can absorb CBD crystals most the time you vaporize, or you put it under the tongue.

It can take a little longer to get to CBD to work just because your body has to dissolve capsules, and the CBD can start to do its thing. But the end result should be the same whether you’re taking it from a tincture or a capsule.

You probably would have noticed most of the oral consumption forms of CBD is left under the tongue for at least 60 seconds the reason for that being is that under the tongue is the most bioavailable part of our body. It means that the CBD has a direct line from inside our bodies to our bloodstream.

With the capsules, it’s not that simple as the absorption doesn’t begin under the tongue. In order to bypass the stomach acids, which is very corrosive and can destroy a lot of the CBD, manufacturers use gel caps. Actually, CBD starts to get absorbed into the lower intestine.

Because of this feature, you should take into account the fact that capsules need time to dissolve in intestines, so CBD begins to act a little later.

There are a few reasons for this. One is that they’re administered via a syringe or dropper, so you’re able to easily and accurately dose yourself in really small increments because you can basically count each drop as you administer.

It also the tinctures come in many non-psychoactive options, and they also carry little to no smell.

The most popular and beneficial way of taking them is sublingually, so the solution is absorbed in the body through the oral mucus.

To do this, you use a dropper, and you place the cannabis solution right underneath your tongue. You hold it there for about a minute before swallowing, and then you will feel the effects typically in about fifteen to thirty minutes, and it lasts for about three to four hours.

In this way of administration, cannabinoids and the terpenes absorbed through the tissue lining into your bloodstream, and this increases the bioavailability of the cannabinoids.

If this is the method that you’re interested in, then here are four tips for you on how you can get the most value from cannabis tinctures.

1. Specific cannabinoid options.

When it comes to tinctures, many people don’t realize that there are many options such as Sativa, Indica, and hybrid options that they’re used to.

Tinctures can be made with specific cannabinoids and some with different ratios of 1:1, 3:1, or 20:1 of a combination of cannabinoids to meet different patient’s needs.

because each cannabinoid is known for helping to treat different symptoms and ailments and can cause different effects

You can find tinctures that are in THC, which is psychoactive, CBD, which is non-psychoactive, THCA, and CBDA, which is the acid form of THC and CBD before it’s exposed to heat.

Both of these are fairly new cannabinoids to be offered and studied. They are non-psychoactive, but there are astounding results that have been discovered with patients who are using these cannabinoids for an assortment of different reasons.

2. Using whole plant tinctures from the flower.

We tend to favor whole plant tinctures from the flower as opposed to trim.

The flowers are just the most cannabinoids and terpenoids richest part of the plant.

The trim doesn’t have as many terpenes, and it mostly has the cannabinoid THC in it.

These types of tinctures will give you the fullest entourage effect from cannabis and provide you with the widest range of terpenes.

The cannabinoids and terpenoids are where all the medicinal value of the plant resides, and with some trim only tinctures, you just lose quite a bit of the therapeutic benefit from this lack of a rich terpene profile.

What happens is that multiple cannabinoids work together to enhance the medicinal value of each of their individual properties.

3. Choosing alcohol extractions.

Lots of manufacturers tend to favor tinctures that are made from an alcohol extraction process.

Since this process is the gentlest on the plant, it keeps the terpenes more intact because some extraction processes they strip the terpenes from the cannabis. Other ones like CO2 break apart the bonds between the cannabis and the terpenes.

The alcohol extraction process keeps the terpenes completely intact with cannabis; that’s when you’ll see the best benefits.

Alison Ettel from TreatWell, which is a leading cannabis tincture company, said that with alcohol extractions, she’s seen that with her clients and patients that they’re not building up a tolerance to cannabis. So they’re able to use less cannabis to achieve the exact results that they need, which is a really big plus.

4. To choose products with testing and proper labels.

When you’re purchasing tinctures, there are a few that you want to make sure to look for and to favor.

You want to make sure that the bottle itself says how many total milligrams of THC and other cannabinoids are also present in it as well as how many milligrams are in each dropper.

Otherwise, you’re not going to be able to accurately and safely dose yourself.

In fact, many studies have shown that when you eat a gummy, less than 10% of CBD is actually absorbed by your body, compared to 75% in the case of chewing gum.

So, chewing a piece of CBD gum increases the bioavailability of CBD. It is a great way to absorb active ingredients. That is why, in the case of tinctures, doctors recommend leaving it in your mouth for a minute before swallowing.

Is CBD chewing gum legal?

It is totally legal because, in December 2018, President Trump signed the farm bill, also known as the agriculture bill, which made standards on what’s legal and what’s not on a federal level in terms of infusing CDB additives. So, this product is legal from a federal standpoint.

How is CBD gum produced?

It is very difficult to manufacture CBD infused gum because it is difficult to get CBD isolate or CBD oil into the gum base.

CBD gum comes in a blister pack containing 8 pieces of CBD infused chewing gum, 80 mg per pack. Each retail box includes 10 blister packs.

How does CBD chewing gum taste like?

There are many flavors of CBD chewing gum, such as mint and strawberry flavors.

This chewing gum does a pretty decent job of making a very light relaxing feel if you are uptight or have high anxiety. This is something that you might choose to do on a regular basis.

The flavor sticks around for about 10 or 15 minutes. After that, it still has a very slight flavor to it, but it’s not nearly as strong as the normal gums that you would buy at the grocery store. That’s a good thing because it’s a hundred percent organic, has zero chemicals, and sugar-free.

What are the ingredients of CBD chewing gum?

If we take a look at the ingredients, they use the xylitol from birch trees, wild peppermint and mint, sunflower lectin from sunflower seeds, and hemp oil.

All ingredients are organic, certified, lab-tested, non-GMO, and gluten-free. If this kind of stuff is important to you, definitely check out this product.

When chewing this gum, it has a very smooth texture, too, a lot more pleasing than most gum is that you get at the store.

What about CBD gum’s reviews?

The product has positive reviews from people with severe psoriatic arthritis, migraines, people with muscle tension, and people with bad needs like knee pain joint pain after surgery.

For example, we have one patient who has the emotive type of cancer who’s on chemo who claims that it really helps with nausea. This woman doesn’t like to can’t really eat anything and doesn’t like smoking, and our gum has helped her a lot with nausea.

They range these products in CBD quantity starting at 30 and then working the way up to 600 or even more. So the increments of CBD are 30 mg, 100 mg, 300 mg, 600 mg, etc. which are benefits in finding the right strength for you.

One of the best ways to determine it is to make a “rat test,” which is a good analogy.

Basically, it means that you should have a little nibble, and you work out what is good for you for your ailment. So a rate, for example, if it finds a portion of food that it’s not had before, it will go and have a tiny little piece of it, and then go off on into a dark corner. If it survives that little new ball, then it’ll go back for more, and then it’ll go back for even more and more until its full.

That’s the same sort principle we’ve taken CBD. So you start off the lowest strength possible, you try it and then if you don’t get any benefits from it, and it’s not actually helping your ailment, then go up a stage and later next week go up a stage again until you find that ideal spot for you and for what you’re suffering from.

So, the fastest way to get CBD in your body is through inhalation, which means vaping it.

Vape e-liquids are formulated like regular e-liquid, except they don’t use artificial flavoring. Instead, they have CBD in addition to natural plant terpenes arranged in a formula to match very popular cannabis strains.

They use a CBD isolate in addition to the carrier oils of a vape language, which are PG or propylene glycol and VG or vegetable glycerin in addition to the natural terpenes.

Mostly when you’re looking at CBD isolate products, you’re looking at them for the anti-anxiety the relief from stress and anxiety benefits.

Here are some of the most popular flavors that present on the market:

• Sour Diesel is very high in the terpene limonene which is great at elevating mood and providing stress relief, and, in general, the Sour Diesel terpene profile is one of stress and anxiety relief which pairs with the CBD extremely well. Sour Diesel is definitely probably the most popular one in terms of selling.
• OG Kush is a very classic strain. It is one of the most popular terpene profiles out there in terms of the cannabis world. OG Kush is very high in the terpene myrcene, which is found in cannabis, mangoes, lemongrass, and hops. It’s known to have anti-inflammatory analgesic or pain relief and sedative properties. OG Kush is very relaxing. Generally, it’s an uplifting strain.
• Blue Dream is extremely popular. It’s a really good anytime flavor because some flavors are good at night some during the day. Blue Dream is one of those flavors that you can enjoy pretty much any time of the day or at night for relaxation. It’s very complex, so it has a lot of different terpenes in it. Really good for focus, mental clarity, relaxation.
• Purple Haze is the terpene profile that is effective against mental alertness and is good for relaxation, focus, creativity. It’s really smooth with a very light flavor.

Most commonly, people use two types two different types of vaping systems. First one comes in a starter kit with a USB charger, and a cartridge with CBD liquid. Usually, it’s very potent, and it lasts quite a long time, but this is disposable. So, you vape until you’ve run out of the liquid, throw it away, and get a new one.

One of the great things about the disposable cartridge is that if today you want the mint flavor and tomorrow – the citrus, all you have to do is switch cartridge for a different flavor. That’s very convenient because you can’t do that with the refillable type of vaping devices.

Another benefit of this vape is that you don’t have to deal with a messy tank that you’ll try to refill and try to make it not to leak.

The second type of vaping system is refillable, and it comes with a higher quality battery. We recommend that you get one from a local shop like down the street because if you have trouble with it, you can take it back and they can fix it or replace it real easily.

But you want to make sure first of all that you get a device that vapes CBD, not nicotine. If you try to put CBD liquid in a nicotine pen, you will likely clog the pen, so you should buy a CBD pen.

With this type of system, you’re going to have a longer-lasting battery and a refillable tank. You can take this tank out. You don’t throw it away like the cartridge in the first system, you keep and refill it. Usually, you have to charge batteries once a week.

Both of these systems use the same THC-free PG-free vape liquid with various flavors. The difference between them is in CBD strength. The CBD concentration in the cartridge is going to be five to seven times stronger than the refillable liquid.

So, if you’re a person who just wants to relax and vape often throughout the day, but you don’t need a high content of CBD, then the refillable type of vape is great.

Lots of people asking us about how to inhale CBD correctly. We recommend to do it this way: after you inhale, you should count to like two or three and then exhale.

You don’t have to inhale it deep into your lungs – you may just hold it in your mouth. You will get a higher absorption rate if you inhale in your lungs, but you don’t have to. It will absorb through the capillaries in your mouth just fine.

You can basically count to two or three and then exhale it right away and repeat it for about three times. The reason you don’t want to do more than three times right in a row is that the coil in a vaping system can get hot, and you don’t want to burn out your coil.

So, make three inhales in a row and then set it down for a couple of minutes to let it cool off. Usually, you will notice the effects you’re looking for in five to ten minutes.

If you don’t get the results you’re looking for, or you didn’t get enough o it (essential for people having panic attacks) you might need to repeat.

However, people are different. For example, some need only one inhale, and that’s all they need.

The effect of CBD vaping is not long-lasting, so if you vape right now, it might last two or three hours, and after that, you might need to do it again.

As you can see, the effect varies from people to people, so you need to do to find out what’s best for you, how much you need and how often.

As we mentioned earlier, the easiest way to determine that is to try to give it three puffs and see how you feel after five minutes.

The average length of time that the cartridge will last is about 250 to 300 puffs or four weeks of use. That’s the average, some people get eight weeks out of it, some people get two weeks, but the average is going to be about four weeks.

They both come in a dropper bottle, so there’s still confusion, for example, can you use the CBD oil tincture drops in your vape pen or can you use the vapor-liquid sublingually.

So we are going to answer those questions and explain how this process works.

If you take a pure hemp oil extract or concentrate and try to vape it, it is not going to work because CBD extracts are really thick.

The right way to make CBD oil tinctures is to take the hemp extract or the most concentrated CBD extract and dilute it so that it can be used in a dropper bottle.

For example, we have the tasty drops with CBD in there, and you can dilute it with a carrier oil such as MCT oil.

The benefit of doing this is you can add some flavoring to it. For instance, you can add natural flavors. Just ensure that they are food-based natural flavors. You have to know what you’re buying because you can end up with droppers that have preservatives artificial flavors that cause allergic reactions. They’re just not healthy.

Now you cannot use the CBD oil drops or any CBD tinctures in a vape pen. The reason is it’s still too thick. Although we added carrier oil, it’s still going to clog, even if you use different types of pens.

They have to be formulated specifically for a vape pen. Vapor e-liquid much thinner than the CBD drops because it has a thinning agent.

Unfortunately, a lot of companies are using propylene glycol (the abbreviation for that PG) or vegetable glycerin, in which the abbreviation is VG. You should what out for those because they’re not really healthy.

So basically, you really want to vape CBD tinctures, you will need a thinning agent to thin it out because it’s not going to clog your vape pen.

What about CBD e-liquids? Now, technically you can use the vape liquid sublingually under your tongue, but you’re not going to get the same benefits because they are not formulated for oral intake.

The first thing that you should keep in mind is that lower amounts of CBD can actually boost your energy, so if you’re using CBD oil for sleep, you obviously don’t want more energy when you go to bed.

Anything less than 10 mg of CBD is probably going to give you more of an uplifting effect than a calming effect that will help you fall asleep. That’s really important, and it’s called a biphasic effect.

You need to experiment and figure out what’s going to work best for you. If you are using CBD for sleep, you should take it for about half an hour before bed.

The second tip which should be noted is that CBD vape and drops tend to have a more uplifting effect for most users, especially vaping, so they tend to be better in the application of calmness and anxiety during daytime use.

Number three is going to be consistency and time. If you want to be consistently taking CBD every day, you should know that CBD is going to build up in your system and have a better effect over time.

Because CBD is not a drug, then the other reason you want to be consistent for sleep because it helps regulate your sleep cycle.

However, to achieve this effect, you should take it for at least two weeks every single day. For some people, it may take four weeks when they’ll begin to notice an improvement in sleep.

The fourth thing is that with insomnia, daytime anxiety or daytime stress can overflow into the evening when you’ll have trouble winding down.

In that situation, if you have a really stressful or highly anxious day, you should use CBD vape or drops or any CBD products you prefer during the day that will help keep you calm so that at night you’re not trying to go from one extreme state to the other. You’re not trying to go from the super high stress and all of a sudden crash down to getting to sleep. It’s really hard to do because the mind is racing, cortisol levels are high, and CBD oil may help to balance that, but it’s going to take time.

So if you can keep yourself calm throughout the day, you’re going to be able to sleep much better.

The last tip for the treatment of sleep deprivation is that you should look for full-spectrum CBD products. The reason for that is there’s more than just one cannabinoid in the hemp extract, so you can get a CBD isolate of just one of the cannabinoids.

But, it is better to use full-spectrum when it comes to certain different health conditions because it is generally going to be getting you better results. Full-spectrum is like eating the whole apple versus just peeling the skin off of it.

When it comes to sleep, other cannabinoids actually may work synergistically to help you get a better night of sleep.

We divided sleep problems into two categories: you having trouble getting to sleep or you having trouble staying asleep. Usually, getting to sleep has been a challenge, so in that case, we recommend using the pure hemp extract concentrate, which is a full-spectrum CBD product. It means that it has nothing added, and it is not diluted.

For example, if you taste your CBD drops, you’ll notice that they’re diluted. That’s why they are a liquid. This product is more of a gel because it’s so concentrated. Concentrates tend to have a stronger effect. For example, if you take 8 mg of CBD concentrate, its effect is similar to 20 milligrams of drops because it’s not diluted. When you put CBD concentrate under your tongue, a lot of it is absorbed directly compared to drops that diluted with the oil the other carrier, and it is harder for the system to absorb.

CBD concentrate starts acting in about 20 minutes. After that time, you can feel like your mind stops racing so much. It lasts anywhere from five to eight hours. The drops don’t last as long – that’s the other downside of using drops for sleep.

Now, if you can’t stay asleep, the better choice for you might be the soft gels or gummy bears. We recommend taking one every night, so they’ll help you make it through the night without awakening.

Soft gels are also not diluted, and they take about 45 minutes to really get in the system. They’re going to have a longer-lasting effect because it does take longer for them to get in the system and digest.

One of the most common questions about CBD products is the difference between these types of THC free CBD oil products. What are the full-spectrum CBD and broad-spectrum isolates? What does that mean?

It is pretty easy to understand. The broad-spectrum CBD product has all of the cannabinoids that you find in full-spectrum, except THC, because it has been filtered out.

Let us use an apple for an example because everybody knows what an apple is. So everyone knows an apple has vitamin C.

What you can do when you have an apple is you could extract the vitamin C. You will still have the apple and everything else that comes in the apple, you just don’t have the vitamin C in it, because you take that vitamin C out.

That would be the broad-spectrum CBD, and when you’re shopping for CBD oil, it should be specified as “broad-spectrum,” so all of those other plant terpenes cannabinoids are in there (there’s over a hundred and CBD is just one of them).

So the full-spectrum CBD is going to have everything, and then the broad spectrum is going to have everything except for the THC.

The other type is going to be CBD isolate. CBD isolate has only the CBD extract without any additional cannabinoids. If we go back to our apple – you take out vitamin C, now you have the vitamin C all by itself. You’ve isolated it, and that’s what they do with the CBD – they isolate only the CBD, so there’s also no THC. It’s just a different way of putting formulating the product.

Then you take that isolate, which is a white powder, and you can either take it by itself, but it may not be very effective because it needs the other cofactors and synergistic nutrients to have the effect.

What you can do is formulate the CBD isolate with plant terpenes that will specifically create that entourage effect. Terpenes are naturally occurring oils in the plant, and they have their own set of potential benefits.

The nice thing about the CBD isolate with plant terpenes is you have a lot of flexibility on what you’re formulating, and also, it has zero THC.

Again just to recap – you got the broad-spectrum CBD product where the THC is filtered out, and everything else left behind, and then you have the CBD isolate which is the extract and has only the CBD, and then you can formulate it with other plant terpenes and other plant parts that will help create the entourage effect.