Fighting the Good Fight: How CBD Helps You Fight the Impacts of Aging

To live is to love, and to laugh, and even to learn.  Learning is one of the most rewarding experiences we can have, but the rewards of understanding often come with risks as well. We all learn from our mistakes; we suffer injuries, our scars teach us to remember the lessons that pain or trauma dole out.  Accidents, injuries, these are the harshest of teachers – but their training leads us to self improvement, self reflection and ultimately to our own self worth.

Aging is nothing if not the collective process of all these lessons – both physical and emotional.  As our minds begin to drift with age, and our bodies slow their pace of operations, we often find ourselves refocusing our attention to matters of the soul.  But why do people ‘let go’ of their mental or physical fitness? It is obviously a tough commitment to maintain one’s physique, but what about mental sharpness? As they say: “As goes the mind, so follows the body”.  If you keep yourself mentally primed, and constantly push yourself to stay active (both mentally and physically) then your body will be more apt to keep its vigor.

Maintain both your mental acuity AND your physical fitness? A tall task, you might say.  For some, neurological disorders like dementia or physical ailments like arthritis can pin us down when all we want to do is to stay active.  Pain, inflammation, mental fatigue, stress & anxiety, and even sleep disorders can create a difficult up-hill climb for even the most motivated person.  How can we get a leg up on these tough conditions? Like millions of other Americans living with debilitating ailments, the answer is a simple three letter word: C-B-D.

C-B-D… An acronym for something? “Core Benefits of Dieting“? It actually stands for Cannabidiol, an active compound famously found in the infamous cannabis & hemp plants.  Cannabis?! Yes, it is a word that evokes memories of “reefer madness”, “stoners”, and a slew of imagery ranging from hippies at Woodstock to the proliferation of a “high-society” in popular culture today.  Despite the negative stigmas surround this misunderstood plant, it and its cousins Hemp & Hops (yes, from beer) have been a positive part of many peoples’ lives for centuries.

Cannabis and Hemp, particularly, are used throughout the globe as natural remedies for everything from chronic pain, gastrointestinal issues, insomnia and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).  Most of the negative associations with cannabis come from another of its prominent cannabinoids (the active plant compounds): THC.  Otherwise known as Tetrahydrocannabinol, this pesky cannabinoid is largely responsible for the “high” many folks attribute to consuming cannabis.  Unlike THC, CBD has no psychoactive effects, which is why it is quickly becoming the go-to medicine for many people and their many ailments.

Both Cannabidiol and Tetrahydrocannabinol definitely have their share of healing benefits, but the non-psychoactive nature of CBD has made it one of the fastest growing supplements in the world of health & wellness. This is the main reason Hemp is preferable for most people (and indeed, why it was legalized by the Federal government).  Cannabis still has its uses for many Americans, and it has even been legalized at the Federal level by our northern neighbors in Canada.  Nonetheless, whenever we articulate the benefits of CBD in this article, we are referring to the safe, legal and hemp-derived version of this potent, plant-based remedy.

We mentioned CBD’s efficacy for fighting pain, increasing mental focus, and improving the quality of sleep; these all sound like the kind of nagging issues that seniors deal with on a daily basis.  You don’t have to be a certain age to benefit from CBD, but one of the largest markets for hemp Cannabidiol is the elderly.  How can seniors, both hale and infirm, include this wondrous plant compound into their routines? What kinds of products are there? Where can you buy it? These questions, among many others, will be explored in this article.

Millions of people rely on pharmaceutical drugs, chiropractics, or physio therapy in their seemingly never-ending battles with pain or inflammation.  Chronic pain is a severely debilitating part of life, and unfortunately it’s extremely commonplace for many seniors.  Even if you didn’t lead a life of adventure, riskiness or athletic prowess, the simplest habits like sitting in an office chair for 35 years can lead to crippling pain.  If you are the type of person who lives life to the fullest – and there’s no problem with that – you might also have your share of lingering injuries by the time your hairs turn grey.

Nobody should have to limit the fulfillment in their life in order to minimize the chance of pain in their later years.  Whether you’re an introvert or an extroverted individual, you can live the way you want if you just stick to a simple principle: A couple drops, caps or rubs of CBD today, and pain will never ruin your day.

CBD has been used for pain & inflammation for decades.  Its proficiency for blocking pain and reducing swelling are world-renowned, especially considering Cannabidiol products have virtually no side effects, and there’s little-to-no risks associated with long-term use.  That sounds like a stark contrast to relying on pain pills for years, doesn’t it? NSAIDs (Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs) like Ibuprofen (Advil) and popular pain medications like Acetaminophen (Tylenol) are so prevalent in today’s society, and some studies of their long-term use are starting to show alarming negative trends.  Combined with the plethora of blood thinners, anti-depressants, heart medications, and sleep aids that people take and you’ve got yourself a crisis some refer to as “over medication syndrome”.

Some skeptics of CBD ask: “If CBD is so effective… then why don’t our doctors prescribe it to us?!”.