Should CBD be part of your preventive medicine strategy?

The above statement was said by Benjamin Franklin in 1736. Franklin said it to remind Philadelphia citizens to remain vigilant about fire awareness and prevention.
However, it can apply to a lot of things. Most importantly, your health. The meaning of Franklin’s statement is that it’s easier to stop something from happening than repair the damage after it has happened.

One of the biggest faults of most healthcare systems in the world is they are focused too much on treatment and not enough on preventive medicine.
The importance of taking preventive action towards your personal healthcare can’t be overstated. It can improve your health long term by catching potential problems before they become problems. It can increase your lifespan especially if part of your preventive medicine strategy is weight management. Plus, it’s a lot less expensive both time and moneywise if you stop something dead in its tracks before it can blossom into a full-blown situation.

Now, while CBD is often used by people for pain relief, sleep support, and stress management, it’s only logical to wonder if CBD (and other cannabinoids) would make sense as an addition to your preventive medicine strategy.
The key is your body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS). The ECS works on multiple systems in your body including the cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, and nervous systems. It sends outs neurotransmitters to all your body parts to check whether everything is running smoothly. If it finds a problem, it sends out instructions on how to fix it. Unfortunately, the endocannabinoid system is easy to throw out of whack. Your diet, how much you exercise, your stress level, and so on can take a toll on it.

There is thought to be a condition called “endocannabinoid deficiency.” This is when your body doesn’t produce enough cannabinoids on its own. The result is an imbalance within the homeostatic processes. It’s not known if endocannabinoid deficiency happens because of illness, mental distress, or whether it’s genetic. Because the ECS plays such a critical role in so many bodily functions (sleep, mood, clarity) not having enough cannabinoids can cause problems and have lingering effects. So, it goes to follow that if you increase the cannabinoids in your body, you’ll be less likely to suffer from an endocannabinoid deficiency.