March 29-30, 2019, 101 CBD will be attending the NOCO Hemp Expo in Denver, Colorado. We will arrive Friday evening and be joining the Farm Symposium on Saturday the 30th from 10-5pm.

We’d love to see you there! Connect with us through your favorite social media channel if you want to meet up (links at the top left corner of our website). For more information, please visit the NOCO Hemp Expo’s website by clicking here.

What a trip it was traveling from Ventura, CA to San Jose, CA this past week spreading the word about 101 CBD. It was amazing to meet all the people and stores on the CBD rocket taking off for the stars! I am so excited to get more of our products into your customer hands and to hear the stories they share once they’ve experienced the power of 101 CBD raw CBD products.

I started off visiting some old friends at Mary J Mart at their new location in Santa Barbara on State Street.  Nice digs Jess, Autumn and Alex! Everyone be sure to swing by and stock up on 101 CBD there.

Next, we made some new friends in Carpentaria at Pacific Health Foods. FYI, they have a great deli in the back (I had a delightful ham sandwich on wheat) and lots of Raw options for healthy drinks.  Nathan runs the CBD section and we look forward to becoming partners providing Carpentaria with the best Raw, Local, Organic CBD out there.

Then I stopped by Montecito Natural Foods and had a great conversation about how our Full Spectrum CBD oils will make a huge difference for their clients versus the isolate capsules they have on the shelf.  We look forward to hearing how our Full Spectrum and Raw CBD helps their customers when healing their wide variety of issues. 

Next up was New Frontiers, Christine was very knowledgeable and expressed how impressed she was with all the knowledge and research that goes into our products.  We look forward to becoming your number one seller!

California Fresh Market was next.  Rob runs the CBD department there and he used our CBD to help aches and pains from a hard workout the day before.  We look forward to helping everyone in Pismo Beach with aches and pain.

Then I went to a groovy Co-op called SLO Natural Foods.  I talked with a bunch of employees and boy, do they get it.  We had a great conversation about CBD and the fact we are Raw, Local, Organic, Full Spectrum and Sub-Critical CO2 extraction which keeps the Cannabidiol in it’s Raw state. We look forward to many more conversations and trying to keep our product in stock on their shelves once San Luis Obisbo sees the difference with 101 CBD.

Next up was Paso Robles Health Foods. Terri really knows her CBD and now she knows what separates 101 CBD from the rest.  If you have any questions about your specific ailments, Terri has the answers.

Then onto Natural Alternative Nutrition.  Man did we have a fun CBD pow-wow.  We got so energized and fired up we were ready to start a Raw CBD Revolution! We can’t wait to hear all the stories from your customers who use 101 CBD in Paso Robles, CA and how our Raw CBD products improve their lives. 

At Natural Wonders Health Food I showed up and they had just put on a marathon. Talk about people who could use some CBD for aches and pains after 26.2 miles! Can’t wait to hear how our Raw Relief CBD Topical helps heal pain in the Hollister area.

South Bay Natural Foods – What a nice owner, run by Father and Son. They have been getting asked more and more inquiries about CBD and we are excited to hear how our Organic CBD helps in the Gilroy, CA area.

Beehive Health & Nutrition – What nice people work here. They sell raw honey too! We talked in great depth about how much interest there is in CBD and how the folks in the San Jose can go to Westfield mall and get our line of Full Spectrum CBD products.

I mixed in some golf at Sindpiper, Pacific Grove and Pasa Tiempo because if you are traveling up our magnificent coast, golfing on the ocean is unparalleled and we should all be doing what we love. 

If you live anywhere near the 101 Highway be on the lookout for a man in crazy golf attire like colorful bellbottoms, wild-patterned shorts or even a Kilt! We make this trip twice a year from Los Angeles to Seattle. Here’s to seeing you on your Highway to Health!

One concern many people have about CBD is that its uses are just based on anecdotal stories and personal testimonies. This blog includes citations from recent research to show that there is published, scientific evidence for the benefits that users are reporting. There is still much research to be done, but understanding CBD is based on first understanding its foundation of effectiveness, the endocannabinoid system (ECS system).

This foundation of CBD benefits rests on the many and unique actions of the endocannabinoid system (ECS), a total body system present in virtually every cell type in the body.  The main function of the ECS is to provide balance. The ECS is present from earliest embryo development, throughout development, and continues to play an important role in familiar neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and multiple sclerosis. (Battista, N. DiTommaso, M. Ba, M. Maccarrone, M. 2009)

ECS signals between cells are relayed by two receptor types, CB1 that is abundant in the brain and CB2, which affects peripheral nerves in the body. ECS is active in the parts of the central and peripheral nervous system that respond to stress, where it helps reduce pain and lessen neurodegenerative and inflammatory damage. Short term effects involve plastic changes in many areas of the brain affecting pain sensation.  The ECS system also is involved in migraine pain, providing a means to find a solution to this common issue. (Leimuranta, P. Khirou, L. Ceiniatullin, R. 2018)

The ECS system in the brain balances the release of neurotransmitters that excite or inhibit the nerves, and thus is strongly involved in neuropsychiatric disorders, especially affective disorders such as anxiety and depression (Micale, V. DiMarzo, V. Sulcova, A. Wotjak, CT. Drago, F. 2013)

Although in depth research in the US on CBD has been done mainly in the last 10 years, results from diverse research have shown the ECS regulates multiple processes involving consciousness such as pain, learning, memory, emotions, attention, and the sleep-wake cycle. Current researchers are even hypothesizing the ECS may be moderating dream activity with the hope of reducing nightmares related to PTSD (Murillo-Rodriquez, E. Pastrava- Trejo, JC. Salas-Crisotomo, M. de-laCruz, M. 2017). So, unlike the many herbs, essential oils, and pharmaceuticals we have used to treat health concerns in the past, using CBD to activate the endocannabinoid system is demonstrating a whole new level of methods to provide relief from the common conditions we face.