Cannabidiol oil promises pain relief, faster recovery, and more—and your diet may play a role in boosting those benefits.
for). For the first part of the study, half the volunteers took their CBD first thing in the morning before eating and had breakfast four hours later, while the other half ate a high-fat breakfast burrito, containing about 850 calories and 52 percent fat, within 30 minutes of taking their CBD oil. After two weeks, they switched groups.
Blood draws taken throughout the study showed food had a remarkable impact on CBD absorption. Those eating the breakfast burrito saw their maximum levels of CBD increase a whopping 14 times, on average, over taking the supplement with no food. The total amount of CBD their bodies absorbed quadrupled with the high fat morning meal.
The researchers concluded that CBD should be taken with food to maximize absorption, and that a low-fat meal may not have the same absorption boosting effect as one that is higher in fat. “The type of food can make a large difference in the amount of CBD that gets absorbed into the body. Although fatty foods can increase the absorption of CBD, it can also increase the variability as not all meals contain the same amount of fat,” said Angela Birnbaum, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Pharmacy and study co-author, in
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