CBD Products (Cannabidiol)

Sliced Bread

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

CBD, short for cannabidiol, is one of the big buzzwords in health and well being products. A naturally occurring molecule of the cannabis plant, it?s popping up in everything - aside from the CBD oil tinctures, you can now eat it, down it in drinks, vape it, lather it on your skin and soak in it. You can even buy sports leggings infused with it. Consumer interest in CBD-based products shows no sign of abating, with enthusiasts claiming a whole host of benefits from relieving anxiety, to easing pain and helping us sleep.

The theory behind how CBD might work seems promising - CBD shares similarities with endocannabinoids, produced naturally in the body, which help to regulate stress, sleep, metabolism, memory, inflammation, and immunity. Given the deluge of different CBD-based products, should we really believe the hype?

Greg Foot talks to beauty columnist Sali Hughes and Saoirse O?Sullivan, an expert in cannabinoid research, to find out if these products really are The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread. Produced by Beth Eastwood.

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0:39.0	Welcome to The Best Things Since Slice Bread, a podcast from BBC Radio 4 that hunts for the science behind the hype.
0:45.8	I'm Greg Foote and I'm on a bit of a personal crusade to see if bold-sounding products truly are as great as their adverts claim.
0:53.7	Today we're investigating a much-requested
0:56.0	craze, CBD or cannibalio, one of the active ingredients in cannabis plants. You can
1:02.6	buy CBD as an oil or in capsules in a drink or a snack and it's also in beauty
1:07.9	products as well. But is it the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS?
1:13.7	Join the conversation on Twitter. I'm at Greg Foote and use hashtag BBC sliced bread.
1:18.3	And I've got two guests to help me run CBD through the evidence mill today. The first is beauty columnist Sally Hughes.
1:25.7	Thanks very much for joining me, Sally. Hello, very happy to be here.
1:28.8	So I saw a survey that suggests that around one in ten adults have tried a CBD product. Where
1:35.6	on earth did this fad come from, Sally? I think essentially we can lay the blame or the honour squarely
1:41.7	on the shoulders of the West Coast of America.
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