Digestion

What is Digestion?

Complications with Digestion

1. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): This condition occurs when stomach acid flows back up into the oesophagus, causing heartburn, chest pain, and difficulty swallowing.
2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): This is a chronic condition that affects the large intestine, causing abdominal pain, bloating, gas, and diarrhoea or constipation.
3. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): This includes conditions such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which cause inflammation and damage to the digestive tract, leading to diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and weight loss.
4. Celiac disease: This is an autoimmune disorder in which the body cannot tolerate gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. Eating gluten triggers an immune response that damages the small intestine, leading to digestive symptoms, as well as fatigue, anaemia, and other health problems.
5. Peptic ulcers: These are sores that develop in the lining of the stomach or the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine), causing pain, bloating, nausea, and vomiting.
6. Gallstones: These are hard deposits that form in the gallbladder, blocking the flow of bile and causing abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.

Digestive Health with Cannabis

Digestive Health with Cannabis Food

Why should one use, Cannabis as food?

1. Longer-lasting effects: Consuming cannabis as food can result in slower onset and longer-lasting effects than smoking or vaping, which can provide a more sustained and controlled experience.
2. Discreet consumption: Using cannabis as food can be a more discreet way to consume cannabis, as there is no smoke or vapor involved.
3. Alternative to smoking: For individuals who do not want to smoke or vape cannabis, using it as food can provide an alternative method of consumption.
4. Potential medicinal benefits: Cannabis contains compounds such as THC and CBD that have been shown to have potential medicinal benefits, such as pain relief, anxiety reduction, and anti-inflammatory effects.
5. Culinary experimentation: Cannabis-infused foods can be a fun and creative way to experiment with cooking and baking, and can add unique flavors and textures to dishes.

Why should one use, Cannabis as food for Digestive Health?

• Pain Relief: The pain-relieving properties of CBD(a compound in the Cannabis plant) are well-known. CBD is anti-inflammatory in nature and works to reduce inflammation throughout the body, significantly decreasing pain.
• Reducing Inflammation: CBD acts as an antioxidant and decreases oxidative stress and systematic inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the root cause of most pain. By decreasing inflammation in the body, CBD reduces the intensity of pain. CBD can also reduce neuropathic pain by countering hyperalgesia (an abnormally heightened pain response in the body).
• Regulating Immune Response: Whenever our body experiences an injury, the body’s innate immune response to it with an inflammatory response that activates the pain pathways. CBD can modulate this immune response by decreasing the levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines thus decreasing discomfort.
• Regularizing bowel movements: THC, interact with the body’s endocannabinoid system, which plays a role in regulating the digestive system. THC may help to stimulate the digestive tract, leading to increased contractions and a reduction in the time it takes for food to move through the intestines.

Cannabis foods at ITSHEMP

1. CBD/THC Gummies
2. Hemp Chocolate Bars
3. Hemp Pasta
4. Hemp Hearts
5. Hemp seeds
6. Hemp Protein powders