About CBD
WHAT IS CBD?
Think of CBD as a food supplement, a herbal remedy, a pure plant extract that, unlike other known plant-based remedies, happens to be more effective than anything we’ve experienced from nature.
Even though it seems like cannabidiol (CBD) is something new, it has been used by humans since the dawn of civilisation. Cannabinoids are natural compounds found in hemp, aka Cannabis Sativa L, a plant that has been utilised for centuries for its health benefits.
The Tonic’s CBD perfectly safe and legal. Ours is triple tested, grown organically and is only ever extracted using the most effective and safe method, using high pressure and low temperatures.
All our products, apart from the CBD Patches, are made from Full Spectrum CBD Oil.
There are 3 types of CBD on the market. Full spectrum is the highest quality and most effective – it’s made from the entire plant, tip to root, ensuring it contains as many beneficial compounds as the plant can provide. Not just the full array of cannabinoids, but flavinoids and terpenes too. Terpenes like curcumin, which is also found in tumeric. Broad Spectrum is the next next level down, made from parts of the plant and has certain cannaboids like THC extracted. Then there is CBD Isolate, also referred to as ‘pure’ CBD. The most prevalent cannabinoid, Cannabidiol, has been extracted from the CBD Oil, and is presented as a white powder. This is used in our CBD Patches and most CBD drinks found on the market today.
HOW DOES CBD WORK?
All mammals have what’s called an Endocannabinoid System (ECS).
The ECS regulates and controls many of our most critical bodily functions such as sleep, pain perception, memory, emotional processing, temperature, inflammatory and immune responses and appetite.
When we take CBD, the Phytocannabinoids (plant-based cannabinoids) respond to our Endocannabinoid receptors, that reside throughout our brain and body. CB1 receptors reside in our brain and control neurotransmitters which regulate many of our functions are listed above. CB2 receptors run through our immune tissues and helping control our immune function, regulating intestinal activity, inflammation and pain.
As well as the CB1 and CB2 receptors, the ECS also produces their own Endocannabinoids. These are the humans own version of Phytocannabinoids (CBD). So we have to see ourselves as deficient in CBD. It’s a condition called clinical endocannabinoid deficiency (CECD).
To put a complex system simply, they mediate communication between cells, and when there is a deficiency or problem with our endocannabinoid system, that’s when we notice something in ourselves is not quite right. And that’s when we can turn to plant-based CBD for assistance.
CBD DOSAGE guidance
We’re all unique and just like diluting cordial, what’s too weak for you might be too strong for someone else. We suggest that you start low and see how you go, a single drop, pump or spray, one or two times a day is enough for most people. But if you feel you need to, you can build up to where you feel comfortable by increasing your daily dose gradually and in small increments.
The Food Standards Agency (October 2023) advise 10mg of CBD per day for a healthy adult. Please read Kate’s response to the efficacy guide.
A low daily dose would be around 8 to 12 mg of CBD (for example, 1 spray of the 8% Classic oil is 12mg). Most people, for general well-being, average at 12 to 36mg a day. It does depend how susceptible you are to CBD and what you are taking it for, as to how much you need.
How to understand the bottle labels and concentration:
All of our oral products come in 10ml or 20ml bottles and the CBD content within is measured in mg. A low strength might be 200mg and a high concentration could be as high as 2500mg. In order to keep it simple, The Tonic labels CBD strength as a percentage. Essentially, the higher the percentage, the higher the concentration of cannabinoids. Rule of thumb – the amount of mg of CBD in every 10ml sized bottle = the % of concentration. For example, 4% is the equivalent of 400mg of CBD in a 10ml bottle, 8% is the equivalent of 800mg of CBD in a 10ml bottle and so on.
Our 20ml bottles contain double the mg of CBD than the 10ml, so the percentage remains the same. Look out for this with other brands – some just display the mg and not the %, which makes it easier for them to trick you into thinking you’re getting a higher concentration that you are.
