CBD Gummies Canada Purchasing Guide: All You Need To Know!
Are CBD gummies Canada’s new favorite way to ingest CBD? They’re easily one of the most enjoyable ways to get CBD in your system—especially if smoking or drops under your tongue isn’t your style. CBD gummies have exploded in popularity, with a commensurate bloom in the variety of brands and products available in the market. People buy CBD gummies in Canada because they find them reasonably budget-friendly and deliciously discreet. Eat a CBD gummy in public and people will just think you’re enjoying a regular ol’ candy! There’s a fun variety of shapes and flavours to choose from too.
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With all the options out there, finding a dependable gummy my might be tough. So we’ve put together this article to give you information you can use when choosing your gummies. We’ll discuss the difference between full spectrum CBD vs. isolate, how to shop for safe product, and give tips for dosage as well.
How can CBD Gummies help me?
It’s all about the CBD. CBD has been shown to have a tremendous number of health benefits. The main reasons people use CBD right now are for pain, anxiety, sleep and arthritis.
Heather Jackson, CEO of cannabinoid research nonprofit Realm of Caring, described CBD as “[a] ‘smart’ molecule, an adaptogen, a regulator, and a modulator. CBD acts in a comprehensive and dynamic fashion, depending on the situation and location in the brain or body.”
Generally speaking, CBD acts to promote homeostasis—a state of balance in your body systems that promotes optimal health. CBD can multitask: reducing inflammation, decreasing blood pressure when too high, and “killing” cancer cells through various apoptotic and anti-angiogenic mechanisms. CBD works by acting on the human endocannabinoid system, a body-wide system that regulates a mind-boggling number of factors including stress, sleep, metabolism, memory, inflammation, immunity and more.
According to leading endocannabinoid scientist Bradley E. Alger, (PhD, Harvard) “…Endocannabinoids are literally a bridge between body and mind,” which explains how CBD manages to affect such a broad number of systems in our bodies. The list of therapeutic applications and benefits almost seems to grow by the day.
Though not medically proven, here’s a list of benefits people have reported experiencing when using CBD:
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- Alleviates multiple sclerosis
- Alleviates symptoms of eczema and psoriasis
- Alleviates symptoms of epilepsy
- Can calm childhood epilepsy
- Can help in the treatment of anorexia
- Combats stress
- Decreases incidence of diabetes
- Encourages restful sleep
- Fights multi-drug resistant bacteria
- Helps regulate sebum production
- Helps treat seizures and neurological disorders
- Increases appetite
- Helps in the treatment of panic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
- Possesses anti-tumor properties
- Produces antipsychotic effects
- Promotes cardiovascular health
- Promotes healthy weight
- Reduces acne
- Reduces anxiety
- Reduces oxidative stress
- Improves mood and reduces depression
- Relieves nausea
- Relieves pain and inflammation – including chronic and neuralgic pain
Why do so many people like CBD gummies in Canada?
For the most part, the reasons are:
- They are discreet.
- They are tasty.
- They make it fairly easy to control your dose.
Most brands will offer CBD gummies in a variety potencies. They can be anywhere from a few mg of CBD per candy to 25 or 30, or sometimes a more unwieldy number like 7.25mg. In any case, it’s pretty easy to cut a gummy bear in half to halve your dose, or to take 2 or 3 to increase it.
Beyond that, the discretion afforded by popping what looks like simple candy in your mouth is an appealing feature to many. For others it’s the familiar taste and texture of gummy candies that they like. Another feature some people enjoy is the fact that gummies release CBD a bit more slowly into your system as it has to work its way through your digestive tract.
Things to watch out for:
- Gummy dosage in strange increments (EG 7.25mg) that make it difficult to calculate dose, especially for beginners.
- Quality of ingredients. Are there artificial colors? Are the ingredients natural? Are there preservatives? Are the ingredients organic?
- How are they sweetened? Refined sugar? Fruit juices? Cane sugar? Salvia? Refined sugar is a powerful oxidizer—highly undesirable when looking for a health product. Fruit juices are more natural, but may increase the calorie count.