“Like most other herbal medicines, CBD is understudied, unregulated, and often wrongly vilified.” -Dr Jeff Chen
Dr Jeff Chen is co-founder of Radicle Science and is doing tons of research advancing our understanding of CBD and other herbal remedies.
In this episode, I ask Jeff about the new science of CBD - both its potential health benefits and challenges. We also explore the promising trials into another cannabis compound - CBN.
Stay tuned to find out:
- How effective CBD is for sleep, anxiety, pain and more
- How stigma and regulatory hurdles have hampered scientific progress
- What you should be looking for when buying CBD products
- How Radicle’s crowd-sources clinical trials are shedding light on many herbal remedies
Chapters
(1:54) What is CBD?
(3:27) Why herbal remedies are dismissed
(8:59) Crowd-sorucing data on CBD and CBN
(14:13) Avoiding bias and determining placebo
(19:46) Science of the endocannabinoid system
(25:11) Safety of OTC CBD supplements
(29:30) Optimal delivery route of CBD
(33:21) Best cases for CBD in clinical settings
(36:46) Choosing the right product - an unregulated market
(48:07) Benefits of lion’s mane mushrooms
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