Is All CBD The Same?

Do you suffer from stress and anxiety, have trouble sleeping or need some pain relief but not sure if CBD is for you than welcome to the world of CBD wellness. Your host Rick Hansen is an international speaker, cannabis expert and owner of wellness labs, CBD brain IQ and CBD wellness IQ. Each week, Rick and his guests will explore the effects of CBD and other healthful cannabinoids on your mental and physical well being. Discover how you can restore your balance from within with plant based healing and live a happier and healthier life. Now let's make the shift into wellness.

Is CBD all the same? Well, actually, no, it's not. And today we're going to be discussing the differences between a clinical grade CBD versus a grocery store gas station CBD. Let me tell you a story. Let me take you back to 2018 right when hemp CBD was legalized in this country through the farm, farm hemp Bill act. So a lot of companies thought they could get rich quick. And we're launching CBD products right and these CBD products. were mainly from the cannabis plant that had some CBD, had some THC and had a lot of herbicides and pesticides, heavy metals, things that you do not want in your body and certainly don't want in your CBD. So a lot of these companies came out early, there's actually two companies in Colorado that came out that started a knee to CBD company white labeling, making a ton of products where a bunch of companies came and said give me that product and they put my label on there. And they ran out in different parts of the country and said we're a CBD company. Now it's important understand that a lot of the CBD right came from a cannabis plant they're not have high quality purity did not have consistency by any means and did not have the analytical testing and things that are associated with top quality wellness products. So we need today if you're looking for a top quality CBD, you need to look from a hemp source because that hemp based CBD will contain zero THC will be loaded with antioxidants and phyto cannabinoids and other plant vitamins that are essential for you. But also you need to look at a very reputable, credible company that is a long term company that has a portfolio of products that has analytical testing through QR codes, and has varying amounts of potency that you know that is trusted and you can stand by and that's simply taking the time to educate educate yourself and learn this you know the story out there. Yeah, I hear this all the time. Rick, I try CBD a year ago didn't do anything for me. Rick, I bought the CBD gas station. And you know, it made me sick. Well, you know, if you're getting your gas, if you're putting 10 bucks into your gas tank, and you're going to the gas station and you're buying, you know, a stick of gum, and maybe you're buying milk to drink, do you really think you're gonna get your top quality CBD at that same gas station. Gas stations are in the business of volume, buying something as cheap as they possibly can and moving it as quickly as they can. It's a volume game. You never buy your CBD at a gas station, never buy your CBD at you know, a restaurant, you need to look at companies that are in this for the long run. That story is gas station CBD versus clinical grade. It's out there. It's out there everywhere. Educate yourself on where to find clinical grade high quality CBD that is safe, that's consistent, that will give you all the wellness benefits that CBD does provide people with high quality, like anti stress, anti anxiety, even helps with pain helps with inflammation. That's what's out there in the world today. It's up to you to educate yourself. And there's places to do that. But look for labels that have QR codes. Look for companies that can show you analytical testing, and you know, companies that have a track record that really are into health and wellness and can really provide you with the benefits that you and your family and your pets deserve. So let me tell you a personal story. I have a very good friend Dr. Joanne Conway. She lives in upstate New York. She is amazing person. She's volunteered her life for nursing. She was a nurse in the US Navy and she has a A very bad rheumatory arthritis. She was trying CBD products use chain oil. She was trying to topical creams. And I actually she reached out to me said, Ricky, you've been in business for a long time. I trust you. How come this isn't working does any of the CBD work and I actually looked at the actually looked at the labels, I was able to test them myself through a lab and spend they had only 20% of the label claim of CBD on there. And it was a CBD isolate. So you know, we'll talk about CBD isolates and broad spectrums. And full spectrum is another episode. But I gave her a name of some products that were a broad spectrum being had CBD but also had other compounds like CBG CBN CbV, and something that was at least 1000 milligrams that sort of is powerful and effective. And honestly within two days, she called me and said that I have temporary relief of pain that never felt before I put on my feet. I put on my knees I put on my elbows, and that just went you know, this is a person who's highly educated someone I respect very deeply, who's a doctor that simply did not know where to go simply trusted. The general society that CBD is good. And unfortunately and you know, very fortunately I was able to help educate her and on what good quality CBD can do and literally within two days, it changed her life. And she's a dear friend of mine and she calls me about every single week and asked me for advice and vice products. And I just want to share with everyone because you know that is a true story and you probably you probably have similar stories or have talked to friends of yours who have very similar stories to this. So we've discussed you know, all CBD is not the same right gas stations CBD versus a real quality clinical grade CBD. So when you find that high quality, you know, clinical grade CBD that came from Mother Nature, this is what you can expect you're going to feel it whether you take it in a topical cream or if you take it in the oil tincture sublingual or you take it in edible that goes on to your stomach and digest. You're going to feel better and you're going to feel it's going to help with your reducing stress and reducing anxiety and improving your overall mood. And this is proven because we know how CBD works in their endocannabinoid system in our bodies which helps regulate the stress and anxiety and moods in our body. You will also find temporary relief from pain and inflammation with a very good quality CBD product because that's what it is intended to do. That's how it works in our body. And there's a whole other a whole there's probably 100 other health and wellness benefits just taking a good quality hemp CBD helps you with your with your essential omega three fatty acids with the number of antioxidants and environments. But please understand this is why is a must that you try CBD that's a high quality. We are just starting to understand the benefits of the CBD miracle plant. We It's been only five years in this country since it's been legalized. Now we understand CBD CBG CBC CBN. Think about what science and what these universities that can legally study CBD think about what the future is gonna hold. There is ongoing studies for CBD for Parkinson's for dementia, for Alzheimer's for Kate certain types of cancers. We all know the stories about CBD and seizures right is that was when it was first developed in use for seizures for kids and then into adults. So that's what you can expect from a high quality CBD just in general it's going to improve your quality of life in a number of ways. So the challenge of the week is a two part challenge first stop or never do purchase CBD from a gas station or from some store this that a specialty store with CBD second star with a very safe and powerful topical cream CBD right you're not taking an ingestible you're putting a safe and powerful topical hemp based CBD cream onto your skin. And the reason I tell you that is it. A lot of people like to try a topical first between before they do a sublingual oil or before they do an ingestible and this is how you're gonna know if that CBD works for you or not right? You're going to be using a topical cream for soreness, or for pain relief, maybe inflammation relief, you're going to know within with you have a good quality CBD product, you're gonna know within five to 10 minutes if this thing works for you or not right, because it should work. There are products that absolutely do work topically for, you know, aching backs for sore muscles, right for soothing your muscles, for pain and for inflammation. And secondly, for the recovery of that right a lot of athletes, we can warriors, you can reduce that pain, it's gonna be temporary, you can reduce the inflammation which can help you recover quicker as well. So please take this challenge. They're gonna thank me for it.