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CBD: A BLESSING FOR DIABETIC INDIVIDUALS

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CBD is a non-psychoactive chemical component that is found in cannabis. It has been widely discussed that the CBD contents in hemp products have medical uses and help in treating illnesses including and not limited to diabetes. Therefore, this article outlines the reasons why CBD is considered a blessing for diabetic people.

CBD has therapeutic effects that have no hallucinations. It helps reduce obesity, controls blood sugar, reduces nerve pain, is useful in stress management and anxiety management, reduces insomnia, reduces the effect of chronic pains, and helps control blood pressure. Here is an in-depth discussion:

Therapeutic Effect Without Hallucination

Many diabetic patients need therapy sessions to help them to combat the effect of diabetes on their health. CBD, due to its non-psych activeness, makes it useful for therapeutic activities. It is, therefore, ideal to use CBD for therapy with the patients affected with diabetes.

Obesity and Insulin Resistance

Type 2 diabetes, which is commonly associated with being overweight or obese, is the popular type of diabetes affecting many people. CBD has proven to have some positive impact in fighting weight gain and resistance to insulin which can increase the risk for diabetes. CBD has the potential to develop insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome). These include the potential to reduce inflammation and alter glucose metabolism. Many diabetic patients are advised to lose weight to help treat the effects of diabetes. CBD products will be a better way to go as advised by the doctor or medical practitioner

It Helps in Blood Sugar Control

How does it help in blood sugar? When CBD is combined with THC, the chief intoxicant in cannabis, it helps control the blood sugar level for diabetes, especially type 2. CBD is said to reduce the production of a hormone called resistin. This hormone can contribute to insulin resistance. Insulin is responsible for converting glucose to glycogen hence affecting the blood sugar level in the body. Increased glucose dependant insulinotropic peptide: this hormone acts in a way that prompts the release of insulin. This indicates that CBD could help with some of the hormonal imbalances that diabetic patients may have, which contribute to the riskiness of diabetes disease.

It Helps to Reduce the Nerve Pains of Patients with Diabetes

Have you ever heard of diabetic neuropathy? This is the nerve damage that has been caused in the long run by having diabetes. It is a common complication from this disease. It can have various symptoms like pain in the abdomen and burning sensations, especially in the hands and feet of the victim. For this kind of disadvantage, a study conducted in the previous years has shown that CBD components can increase the development of nervous tissue, possibly removing the nerve pains that the patient can have.

It Helps to Reduce Anxiety and Brings About Stress Management

For many diabetic patients, managing the disease can be a bit overwhelming and may lead to the upbringing of stress and anxiety in the patient. In return, the increase of stress and anxiety will lead to diabetes worsening to the extent that it will lead to critical conditions. In no way would we like the patient of this disease to reach this level, so necessary precautions to reduce stress and anxiety should be used and in an appropriate way. CBD has proven to reduce the stress levels of individuals; the same thing applies to the anxiety of people. If diabetic people use CBD, then in return, their stress levels will go down, and these will ease the conditions that they have. When the stress hormones; cortisol and adrenaline are released, they prompt the body to release glucagon, which can cause your blood sugar levels to rise. Managing anxiety and stress can have a positive impact on the physical symptoms of diabetes. Research shows that CBD can help relieve the symptoms of anxiety. People who struggle to control their blood sugar levels due to the hormonal effects of stress and anxiety might be helped by CBD.

It Helps Reduce Insomnia

Insomnia is a condition where the victim lacks sleep or has trouble when going to sleep. Many diabetes patients have this type of condition, which can be reversed using CBD products. It has been seen that CBD has been demonstrated to be treating the lack of sleep, which is experienced by mostly diabetes patients of type 2. Improving your sleep length and sleep hours can help control the amount of sugar blood levels in the body; hence it will reduce the risk for complications from diabetes.

Helps in Chronic Pain Management

CBD has in the past years been used to treat many chronic illnesses like cancer by reducing the pains. For this reason, it is also believed to help reduce the effects of diabetes. Being that diabetes brings about chronic pains, CBD will help reduce. It has been seen thatit reduces pain and inflammations caused by diabetes, which can reduce the quality of life for people with this chronic disease and accompanying conditions.

CBD Helps to Reduce Blood Pressure

CBD has also helped reduce the blood pressure of patients with diabetes. It helps regulate insulin production, which is the major regulator of blood sugar conversions in our bodies. If it can reduce the blood pressure of the victims, then, in turn, it will mean that it will reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, which people with diabetes are at a high risk of getting. Hence, CBD is a blessing for diabetic individuals.

The Verdict

Managing diabetes can be more stressful, especially when seeking any natural way to make your life comfortable. While several medical therapies can ease the conditions and make them manageable, experts have given potential promises on how CBD products can help prevent diabetes. However, there are still limited studies to prove these claims. Therefore, as a new individual in this field, you should seek a doctor’s advice who will help you weigh the benefits and risks of CBD before using them.

Marie Salbuvik

Dietician
MS, Lund University, Sweden

Nutrition plays an important role in human life. Eating habits are one of the factors that affect our health. There is often a misconception among people that nutritionists force a very restrictive diet, but that is not true. In fact, I don't ban any products, but I point out dietary mistakes and help change them by giving tips and new recipes that I've tried myself. I advise my patients not to resist change and to be purposeful. Only with willpower and determination can a good result be achieved in any area of life, including changing eating habits. When I don't work, I love to go climbing. On a Friday evening, you are most likely to find me on my couch, cuddling with my dog and watching some Netflix.

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