Fat has become a pretty bad word. Anyone who is called fat instantly can feel a spike go through them, and when you see too much of it on your steak it becomes a disappointment. We see how much fat is in something and we think, “No way am I putting that into my body.” But fat doesn’t have to be a bad word. Fat doesn’t have to be scary. It’s the kind of fat that matters.

Should You Stop Eating Fat?

There are different types of fat in food. Some of them are good for you, some of them are okay in moderation, and some can lead to heart disease. The four fats that we find in food are:

• Trans fat
• Saturated fat
• Monounsaturated fat
• Polyunsaturated fat

Trans Fat

Trans fat is the worst fat. Stay away from trans fat if you can. Trans fats have no known health benefits, and there is no safe level of consumption. Trans fat can wreck your cholesterol levels and can create inflammation. Trans fat contributes to insulin resistance which increases the risk of developing diabetes. Research shows that every 2% of calories from trans fat you consume on a daily basis, the risk of heart disease is raised by 23%.

Saturated Fat

Saturated fat is a little less overbearing on your health than trans fat, but that doesn’t mean you need to start filling your cabinets and fridge with it. Common foods that have saturated fat are red meat, whole milk, cheese, and coconut oil. Too much saturated fat can raise your risk of heart disease; nutritionists suggest that eating under 10% calories of unsaturated fat a day is the limit.

Monounsaturated Fat

Foods like olive oil, peanut oil, avocados, and most nuts are good sources of monosaturated fat. This type of fat improves your cholesterol levels and can help with cell maintenance helping to keep you healthy for longer. For optimal health, it is suggested to keep your intake to around 25%-30% of calories containing monosaturated fat. 

Polyunsaturated Fat

Polyunsaturated fat can also help improve your cholesterol levels like monounsaturated fat. It is a good source of omega-3 fatty and omega-6 acids which can help prevent or even treat heart disease in stroke. Polyunsaturated fat can also help with high blood pressure, arthritis, and dementia. Foods you can eat with polyunsaturated fat are:

• Salmon
• Mackerel
• Flaxseed
• Walnuts
• Corn oil
• Sunflower oil
• Canola oil

Good Fat or Bad Fat?

So when you are meandering through the grocery aisles and you are skimming through the nutritional label on all of the food, look to see what kind of fat is used in the food. Not all fat is bad, but there is some fat that can cause you some serious health issues down the road. Be smart about your fat!

Cigarette Addiction

When it comes to cigarette addiction, it can be more than the craving for nicotine that drives you to puff. The hand to mouth motion is also incredibly addictive, and many people develop an oral fixation. This means that you feel more complete with something in your mouth, like a cigarette.

When you start to feel the urge or the craving, CBD may help regulate your reward system to trick your brain into not needing cigarettes anymore. You can go a step further using CBD candy to satisfy that oral fixation and keep your mouth busy when you get bored.

Social Anxiety

When you have social anxiety, you’re usually around other people. You might not feel comfortable vaping or taking a tincture in front of the people who are giving you anxiety. By carrying around some CBD Candy, you can discretely dose your CBD to start feeling normal in a room full of people.

Panic Attacks

Panic attacks come in all shapes and sizes. Some people throw and break things; others may hyperventilate and pass out. When you are going through a panic attack that makes you tremble, it can be frustrating trying to use your CBD tinctures with the worry of being accidentally wasteful. Having CBD candy on hand gives you a quick and easy way to calm your panic attacks down.

Poor Mood

If everything goes wrong on your way to work, it might start building up inside of you. The world isn’t a perfect place, and over time it can wear you down. Whenever you feel like you can’t get through the day, that you might just snap, CBD candy can help bring you back down to earth. CBD candies may help elevate your mood by manipulating the endocannabinoids in your brain. It also can help you calm down by focusing on sucking or eating your candy instead of the world that’s trying to pull you down.

Low Energy

Instead of going for that energy drink or a cup of coffee, eating CBD candy can help boost your energy without the fallbacks. Caffeine doesn’t actually give you energy; it just blocks receptors in your brain that alert you when it’s time to sleep. This is why a lot of people get the jitters when they drink coffee because neurotransmitters are left to play with no one to watch them.

CBD candies may boost your energy by enhancing the functionality and abundance of mitochondria, making your body utilize the energy it already has. By elevating the anandamide in your brain, CBD also gives you a sensation similar to the runner’s high.

CBD candies are some of the most delicious ways to medicate, and it’s effortless. If you’re ready to start changing your life and start using CBD, visit our shop today! We have delicious CBD honey sticks, Lollipops, and chocolate perfect for you!

One of the greatest things about medical marijuana is how much you can do with it. You can smoke it, vape it, eat it, drink it, and put it in a pill to pop it. When it comes to edibles, you can use the health benefits of other food to compliment and boost the healing power of CBD oil.

One food that far surpasses any other sweet treat on the menu is honey. It is delicious while being beneficial to your health, what a combo! For centuries, people all around the world have used honey as a natural medicinal alternative. So, it only makes sense that we infuse it with CBD oil.

What Is CBD?

Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical we find in the cannabis plant. It has just as many medicinal benefits as the famous chemical THC without giving you that euphoric high. THC has psychoactive effects because it binds directly to cannabinoid receptors, and CBD lacks that impact because it interacts more indirectly.

The system that marijuana regulates is the Endocannabinoid System (ECS). This system is in charge of keeping your body functioning correctly, a process called homeostasis. The ECS is in control of your immune system reacting to pathogens, your ability to calm down after getting angry, and how you feel pain.

Key Components Of The Endocannabinoid System

Cannabinoid Receptors

Cannabinoid receptors are located on the outside of cells and bind to endocannabinoids that the brain synthesizes. There are two primary cannabinoid receptors that we know of today, though researchers do think there may be a third we don’t know of yet.

CB1 receptors are located mostly in the brain and are in charge of the neurological system. Binding to these receptors can help control your mood and your sensitivity to pain. CB2 receptors are more thoroughly spread out in the body and interact with your body’s immune system. By interacting with this receptor, your body can control how many immune cells are sent out to take care of organisms that are attacking your body.

Endocannabinoids

The brain synthesizes chemicals that are similar to the cannabinoids found in the marijuana plant. These similarities are the reason that marijuana is so effective with the ECS. Endocannabinoids work by traveling backward through a process called retrograde signaling.

Typically, a neuron will send a message to the receiving cell which is the reaction that creates your thoughts, senses, and movements. Endocannabinoids start at the receiving cell and travel backward toward the sending cell. When these endocannabinoids bind to the cannabinoid receptors, they send a message from the receiving cell letting the sending cell know what is needed. Retrograde signaling is how endocannabinoids calm down overactive neurons, sending them the message to stop sending over so many signals.

Metabolic Enzymes

Metabolic enzymes are where endocannabinoids are synthesized. They also make sure that there isn’t any debris floating around in your brain by degrading chemicals that are no longer needed. Metabolic enzymes also help with your cell’s life cycle by repairing damaged cells and promoting growth.

Why Mix CBD With Honey?

CBD oil is already known for its amazing properties. When mixing cannabis with honey, you get a double dose of health. Honey has been used for centuries just like marijuana for healing; it was about time these two super healers came together.

Soothe A Sore Throat

How CBD Helps

When you get an infection or a virus, your body sends out immune cells to attack the organism that is causing you harm. A large number of immune cells in one area causes inflammation, which is painful enough to make you cough when it is in your lungs or throat. CBD oil interacts with your body’s immune system through the CB2 receptor. By elevating endocannabinoids, it sends the message for the inflammation to become reduced. Your body is still fighting the virus. However, it isn’t causing you harm.

How Honey Helps

A study published 2007 had 105 children ages 2-18 with issues about nighttime coughing. The children under investigation were given honey, honey-flavored cough medicine, or no treatment to help cope with their symptoms. The parents of the children reported that the honey was more efficient with their children than the cough medicine or the lack of treatment.

Clean Small Wounds

How CBD Helps

When you get a cut, your immune system sends cells to the affected area to fight off any organisms entering that could harm you. The immune cells cause inflammation which makes the wound puffy, red, and itchy. CBD oil reduces this inflammation while still letting the immune system do its job. Cannabis oil also helps by reducing your pain. Because your endocannabinoids can tell your neurons what information to send, they can control how sensitive you are to pain. CBD oil has also shown to have antibacterial properties which can be doubled up when infused with honey.

How Honey Helps

Honey is bee vomit, which sounds gross but it’s still so good. Bee enzyme and glucose oxidase are introduced to the honey during nectar harvesting. These two chemicals combined causes glucose oxidation which produces hydrogen peroxide. Honey helps the healing process along making it a faster process and has even been known to help with wounds that don’t respond to antibiotics.

Physical Activity

How CBD Helps

A problem many have when it comes to working out is finding the energy to do so. CBD gives you a clean, healthy boost of energy by elevating the endocannabinoid anandamide. When anandamide is higher in your system, your sensitivity to pain is lowered, and your mood is uplifted. Taking CBD pre-workout can also help you stay focused and in the zone.

How Honey Helps

When you work out, you diminish muscle glycogen. Glycogen is what your muscles use for energy. One of the best ways to optimize glycogen stores is by eating carbohydrates.  Honey is packed with natural carbohydrates, making it the perfect snack for a pre-workout. Studies have shown that aerobic athletes perform better when taking honey supplements before physical activity.

Antioxidant

How CBD Helps

Free radicals are most commonly associated with aging skin, but they also can occur in your brain from the activity. Your body is equipped to help fight off these molecules, however, if there are too many free radicals and not enough antioxidants your body can get overwhelmed. Cannabinoids in the marijuana plant like CBD act as “free radical scavengers,” being more potent than Vitamin C and E.

How Honey Helps

Honey also acts as an antioxidant because it has phytochemicals in it, including polyphenols. Polyphenols help with the defense against UV-radiation and pathogens that may try to corrupt your body. It is also suggested that having polyphenols in your diet for an extended period can help protect against developing cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and neurodegenerative disease.

Lower Blood Pressure

How CBD Helps

CBD interacts with the endocannabinoid system by elevating the endocannabinoids. The endocannabinoid anandamide plays a vital role in cardiovascular health. High blood pressure can be a result of stiff blood vessels that become narrow. Anandamide relaxes the blood vessels, resulting in lower blood pressure quickly.

How Honey Helps

A study published 2015 had 50 healthy males testing their blood pressure after eating honey. They found that after 15, 30, and 60-minute increments, their systolic blood pressure was lower. There has also been significant evidence showing that honey is more effective in lowering blood pressure for women than it is for men.

Don’t Give Honey To Your Baby

Though CBD has been known to be well tolerated for most ages, honey should not be consumed by any children under 12 months of age. Honey can contain Clostridium botulinum, which are spores of bacteria. Your adult digestive system can handle the spores no problem. Babies, however, don’t have the same strength in their underdeveloped digestive system. Eating honey can cause infant botulism, which can be fatal.

Symptoms of Infant Botulism

• Constipation
• Muscle Weakness
• Slack Jaw
• Trouble Sucking
• Excessive Crying
• Lethargy

If your baby is showing these signs, you need to see a doctor immediately.

CBD honey can be put in your tea, on your biscuits, or on your face! Both CBD and honey are great for your insides and outsides, making them a perfect pair. In our shop, you will find CBD honey as well as honey sticks! Our CBD honey sticks are made by former beekeepers who know a thing or two about honey. Using all natural ingredients, these tasty treats have the added benefit of full-spectrum hemp extracts. Be sure to stop by the shop today to get yours!

One great think about CBD is that you can put it into delicious food. They are a great way to have a calm and uplifted mood while fighting hard to reach pain. If you are hanging out and having beers, these appetizers can help reduce the damage that the alcohol will have on your body. If you are recreationally using marijuana, this type of appetizer can help people who have gotten too high or need to go home. For whatever reason you use these recipes, do not ever feed someone CBD without their consent.

Canna Butter

For these recipes, you need cannabutter. You might not want to use the actual herb, but instead, use pure CBD so you don’t get high from the appetizers. To make your CBD cannabutter, the best product to buy is the CBD isolate.

Measure how many milligrams you need with a scale that can weigh .000, adding even more zeroes is okay to gain more accuracy but not necessary. To know how much is going to be in each bite, you have to use a little math.

Since these are appetizers, you can measure out how much butter goes into each appetizer item. Let’s say you have 25 appetizers and two ounces of butter with 500 milligrams of CBD. You would divide 500 by 2, which would give you 250. Divide that 250 into 25, you have 10. This makes 10 milligrams of CBD in each appetizer.

Canna-Stuffed Loaded Baked Potatoes

Laurie Wolf at the Cannabist has a delicious loaded baked potato recipe. She loves it because of how cheap and easy it is to do. Her preferred topping is delicious crispy bacon, but you can top it with any protein of your choice!

Infused Queso Dip

David Michaels has cannabis-infused seasoned queso dip. This recipe calls for a special cannabis milk, which can be made easily with CBD. Here is a recipe for cannabis milk where you can substitute the marijuana buds for CBD isolate. This queso is rich and delicious, perfect for any shindigs in the future.

CBD Popsicles

Original Weed Recipes has an easy to do popsicle recipe that is perfect for a hot day, or for people who have difficulty eating or taking medication. This recipe calls for cannabis coconut oil, which can be made the same way you make CBD butter.

Artichoke Dip

This cannabis-infused artichoke dip by Corinne Tobias is delicious and healthy! She loves it because it is also a vegan recipe as well as cannabis friendly. For the cannabis oil, you can infuse vegetable oil with CBD just the way you would with butter.

Canna Hummus

Leafly has a vegan appetizer that everyone can enjoy, cannabis-infused hummus! It’s another recipe that’s easy to do, and they even have dipping options that go with it perfect. This appetizer is jam-packed with protein, a great snack to get you started if you are considering going vegan or vegetarian.

One of the best ways to take CBD oil is by putting it into your food! This is an excellent method for people who can’t take pills or have pain somewhere along their digestive system. The CBD is absorbed through the stomach and dispersed through the bloodstream, giving you relief throughout most of the day. Here are some recipes you can use for the holidays to have a more festive method of taking medication.

3 Layer Red Velvet Cake

The Cannabist has a delicious red velvet cake for bakers who know their way around the kitchen. Create this delightful moist delicacy with the use of CBD oil or making your own with CBD tinctures.

Hot Chocolate

Hot chocolate is the perfect drink for cold nights and warm families. And now you can make your own that is better than everyone else’s, and even add CBD! Check out MGBfood’s recipe for hot chocolate that will impress your friends and relatives.

Strawberry Dressing

Cannabinoid Creations has a sweet and savory strawberry dressing to top your strawberry shortcakes or angel food cake or anything you want to smother in delicious strawberry.

Balsamic Dipping Oil

Having a classy gettogether with minimalistic themes? If you don’t want to have a flashy desert, this balsamic and oil dipping sauce is perfect for the occasion. Herb has a recipe for this dipping oil that could give Italian restaurants a run for their money.

Mashed Potatoes

You can’t have an American holiday meal without mashed potatoes. Potatoes are the greatest thing to come from the ground since marijuana. Mass Roots has this fantastic recipe that will help you create the best dish on the table.

If you have friends and family over for a meal, do not feed them CBD edibles without their consent. Really, don't do anything to someone without their permission when it comes to making decisions for someone like choosing to take CBD or not. If they are taking medication, it could have an unfortunate interaction with CBD. There are also side effects that impact a small percentage, but you never want to risk someone else’s health. If your guests are well informed and are completely okay with eating food with CBD in it, that is your time to shine. Make sure to have some non-CBD foods around for those who do not wish to participate.

Most of these recipes can be made with our CBD tinctures, however, some of them call for a lot of oil or butter. The most cost-effective way to make a large batch is by buying CBD isolate instead. Check out our shop and don’t forget to sign up for our rewards program so your loyalty can save you some money!

This year you might want to consider adding a little flair to your dish. This new secret ingredient may not make the meal taste different, but it will have you feeling different. By using cooking oil or butter, you can add CBD to your favorite foods and get the healing benefits while feasting with the ones you love.  

CBD Boosts Metabolism

CBD boosts the metabolism through a process called “fat browning.” The body makes at least two types of fat, white fat and brown fat. The white cells store fat in one big oil droplet, while the brown cells have a bunch of smaller oil droplets and a mitochondrion (which is the powerhouse of the cell). At one point in time, we actually thought that when you reached adulthood, you no longer made brown fat cells. However, we discovered that adults have it, too! By adding hemp oil to your meal, you can encourage those brown fat cells that don’t like to stick around, instead of gaining the white fat cells who don’t pay rent.

CBD Gives Energy

Like mentioned before, CBD promotes fat browning which turns your fat into energy. This process doesn’t just help you maintain a healthy weight; it also gives you energy. After eating with CBD, you might find yourself with more energy than you would after turkey and mashed potatoes. It also helps give an energy boost through elevating your mood.

CBD Promotes A Happy Mood

Though it might not be hard to get you into the holiday spirit, CBD can help if you’re feeling down. After eating a meal with hemp oil in it, you might find yourself feeling like you just went for a run. Not in the way that you are sweaty and your heart is racing, but that clean runner’s high you get after the endorphins have been pumping through your system. Medical cannabis elevates the levels of anandamide, which gives you that clean and organic uplifted mood.

Don’t Share

Cannabidiol is medication. This is something you need to keep in mind. Though it is considered holistic or an alternative because it is organic and a lot safer than the majority of the things we consume every day, it still isn’t something you put in food and don’t tell someone. Do not put this in your meal and share it with the whole family without telling them what is in it, and without knowing if anyone is going to have an adverse reaction. If you have a CBD family, great! Have a CBD holiday! Otherwise, make this a single serving and just tell people about the fantastic things CBD is doing for you so they can decide if they want to take that step as well.

If you want to make some CBD cooking oil or butter, our shop has an exceptional isolate that you can infuse with your food. You can also get already made edibles like peanut butter or honey and just add it to your meal. The options are almost endless; it’s only up to you how you do it!

This time of year can be the worst time for diets. The holiday season rolls around, and eventually, after it’s over, you could be rolling around, too. It’s hard saying no to your aunt’s delicious homemade mashed potatoes or that new recipe your uncle put in the turkey this year. Some people are strong, and with the armor of self-control, they block every piece of chocolate pie thrown in their direction. But not everyone has the spine to turn down stuffing, so what if hemp oil could help the situation?

Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical found in the hemp or cannabis plant that works with our body as a regulator. One of the things it regulates is the body’s appetite. And this is interesting because it can solve two problems at the dinner table.

Not everyone can eat whenever hungry. Some people feel their stomach begging for food, but everything looks like cardboard. That is because they have no appetite. Though their body needs food, there is a miscommunication to get that information across. CBD can help make that communication more clear, raising the person’s appetite so they can finally eat.

On the other side of the chocolate gold coin, some people overeat or don’t stop once their body is full. This habit can be because they have an overactive appetite. If you think you might have a problem with eating everything on the Thanksgiving table, then CBD can help calm that hunger down. Hemp oil will not keep you from eating; it will just make your brain aware when you are full and when it is time to stop eating.

CBD also helps with the food after you’ve eaten it through a process called fat browning. This process is when the white fat that the body stores for energy is turned into brown fat that is burned. So even if you end up eating a little too much, just having a healthy CBD regimen can help you burn off that extra weight just in time to have a reasonable New Year’s resolution.

If you're thinking about taking CBD to manage your weight, come check out the shop! It's just a click away, and there are so many different methods that you're sure to find the best one for you.

Ever consider cooking or altering any old-style family recipes to include CBD?  Not everyone wants to smoke or vape their CBD / medicinal cannabis.  The smoke can be harsh on your lungs, doing you more harm than good.  And a lot of people still don’t feel comfortable using an E-liquid vape pen. This is one reason why many people choose edibles to take their hemp oil medication.

The average edible usually comes in a sweet treat form like brownies and cookies. But, what if you don’t want to eat snacks with your CBD? Many people are on strict diets that keep them from tasty sweets and need a little more nutrient and a little less sugar. Here are 5 of some of the most delicious healthy recipes that you can make with CBD oil for your home-cooked meals. 

CBD Spaghetti Sauce

Spaghetti is one of the best dinners to cook on a tight budget and limited time. With this recipe, you can create an amazing sauce that can be stored away and used for a quick dinner decision that will benefit the whole family.

Home Made CBD Pizza

This can be a fun date night or fun for the family at home. The best part about making your own pizza, is you get to decide the ingredients! Top it with greens and veggies to add some healthy nutrients and pizzazz to your pizza. Create your very own masterpiece with this CBD pizza recipe.

CBD Caesar Dressing 

CBD on every salad? Yes, please!

Learn how to make a delicious and rich Caesar dressing that has the added punch of CBD. This recipe only takes ten minutes to make and makes a serving of 2 cups of dressing.

CBD Brussel Sprouts

Brussel sprouts are a delicious and diverse food that can be used as an entrée or a side. If you know anything about cooking Brussel sprouts, you generally cook them at a high temperature.

This recipe shows you how to conserve the potency of your cannabis and still have delicious Brussel sprouts.

Asparagus With CBD Walnut Butter

Asparagus is another delicious side that can make a simple meal into a healthy beneficial one.

This is food that also often cooked at high temperatures, so it is always good to remember the boiling point of CBD is 356°.

Creating your own meals with CBD is half the fun of choosing it over leading medications. You can cook CBD in almost anything as long as there is a fat that it can attach itself to like oil or butter. Do you have any delicious recipes that you use when cooking with CBD? We would love to hear about them and share them with others!