The rising popularity for CBD and cannabis consumption across the world has led to all kinds of different products entering the spotlight. One of the most popular items that has become a mainstay in dispensaries and smoke shops is CBD chocolate.
Part of what made CBD chocolate so popular is that they provide minimal psychoactive effects and generally utilize Dark Chocolate to cover up any of the classic “weed taste” people complain about.
To understand how CBD, aka cannabidiol, works we have to talk about some very important factors, more helpful hints, as well as its origin: the cannabis plant.
The cannabis plant is well known for containing a compound known as THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol. This is the compound that produces the “high” associated with cannabis.
Cannabidiol, aka CBD, is also one of the main compounds of the cannabis plant. Studies have shown that this compound is able to be consumed in numerous ways where someone can receive similar health-improving benefits as THC, just without the high.
Since the legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis, new discoveries are being fulfilled every year, and cannabidiol is one of the most powerful contributors to exciting studies and products.
Items infused with CBD Isolate almost always come from hemp, the cousin of cannabis that doesn’t get you high. These items are mostly comprised of a type of hemp extract featuring the isolated cannabidiol compound. This is generally a white crystal powder that gets infused into the various ingredients before the final product.
Hemp typically contains very little levels of THC, and to be legal, it must not show test results surpassing the 0.3% THC mark for its chemical structure.
Thus, all CBD-based products need to abide by this rule as well. This very little amount of THC is highly unlikely to have a noticeable effect on our bodies and is one of the driving factors why people believe CBD is the safest form of “cannabis”.
People want the benefits of cannabinoids, cannabidiol, and terpenes, but they don’t always want to get high in the process.
What this all means for CBD chocolate is that you’ll likely be eating oil-soluble CBD extract. Oil-soluble cannabinoids take about an hour and a half to two hours to activate in the body because they have to be processed by the digestive system before becoming usable by the body. Meanwhile, water-soluble compounds can enter the bloodstream more directly and quicker.
Ok So What Are the Benefits of CBD Chocolate?
When you browse the internet for the positives and negatives of chocolate, dark chocolate itself is found to be beneficial to health. When you do the same thing for CBD, there is much to say about studies and testimonials showing consistent results where CBD could potentially treat a surprisingly large number of conditions.
Ample information surrounding CBD has been around since the 1960s but new research published as recently as September has found that CBD can also effectively mitigate the effects of psychosis.
Think about that for a second. As recently as 2020 and in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, research has shown that the cousin of cannabis can effectively mitigate the effects of a serious health condition. WOW.
Other conditions that CBD has been found to help with include anxiety, arthritis, insomnia, inflammation, chronic pain, muscle tension, spasms, and skin conditions. These are not all of them either. Just look up your health condition along with the word CBD to find out what people have to say.
If you’re considering a CBD product, or if you’re about to be a first-time CBD user, we highly recommend CBD chocolate as a great introductory item. Find a dark chocolate or milk chocolate option that you like, break off between 5 and 30MG, eat it and then see what happens.
If you typically use cannabis every day, think you have a higher tolerance, and believe that CBD doesn’t necessarily do anything for you, eat the entire bar and please leave an honest review about the flavor and experience.
We can’t guarantee you’ll feel better or become some kind of superhero, but give it a shot and pay attention to how you feel during the hours after you eat. The more you notice and take note of, the better off you’ll be the next time you come back for CBD.
