To understand how CBD and other cannabinoids help with sleep, we have to understand the Endocannabinoid system (ECS) The ECS is a complex neurochemical network in the body that regulates ... Read more The post CBD and Sleep appeared first on CBD Bristol ..read more

Epilepsy, one of the most common nervous system disorders affecting people of all ages, is a neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures. Treatment for epilepsy includes anti-seizure medications and diet ... Read more The post CBD & Epilepsy: What we know so far appeared first on CBD Bristol ..read more

Although menopause is a naturally occurring transition, it can often cause numerous unpleasant symptoms in women — primarily due to declining female hormone levels. According to the national Institute of ... Read more The post CBD and the Menopause appeared first on CBD Bristol ..read more

Jonathan, showing off the products at John Lewis in Bristol. Oct 23 Over the past few months, we have been invited to showcase our products and speak about the benefits of CBD on both national radio and with our local newspaper. This is an exciting acceptace and move into the main stream. John Lewis in Bristol. October 2023 In October last year, we had an incredible opportunity to showcase our products with a week-long pop-up in the Bristol John Lewis store. This experience involved a lot of preparation, from making and labelling the products to hiring people to help out in-store and cover p ..read more

CBD Bristol is a brand run by two friends, Ross and me, Jonathan. We met through mutual friends after moving to Bristol in 2007. Ross is an artist who runs his own screen-printing business, and I am a self-employed Holistic Massage Therapist. Ross Jonathan In 2013, I went to work on a Medical Cannabis farm in Northern California whilst travelling around the West coast. Medical Cannabis had been available in California since 1996. To get a Cannabis prescription, you had to have a Medical Marijuana card. This could be attained for Californian residents through their doctor or at a medical ..read more

What we know currently Since CBD and THC are both Cannabinoids, you would think that they would both show up on an employment drug test… Firstly drug tests for cannabis look for THC and not CBD. The most simple, cost effective form of drug testing is immunoassay. Which is usually a urine sample and it looks for chemicals that resemble the active metabolite, or breakdown product of THC. The other type of testing is Confirmatory testing, using mass spectrometry is often used for forensic or workplace drug testing and is considered the ‘gold standard’ for drug testing because it’s the most ..read more

No, you are not dreaming Yes, you read it right. In a world where the price of everything is going up and up, we have lowered the price of our Broad-Spectrum CBD oil and 50/50 CBG CBD oil. How and why may you ask? When the industry began hemp was not grown in large amounts and only in a few countries, so the cost to buy raw CBD Paste was a lot. In 2018 in the USA, the Farm Bill was passed, which did many things including the legalisation of industrial Hemp Farming for the first time since the 1930’s. This was hemp growing on steroids. Due to hemp growing incredibly fast and new methods of ..read more

A few weeks ago, I found myself scrolling through my work email at around 9pm. Not my usual style, I must admit, I try my best to keep a bit of distance between my home life and work life. That evening, I found TV and Music were not keeping my attention. I opened my laptop and after some scrolling found myself on my work email, noticing that there had been a few unopened emails that had been skipped over in the build up to preparing to exhibit at the recent CBD trade show in London. I saw an email titled “Recommendations for good practice by the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society”. (MC ..read more

Cannabinoids are confusing As the owner of a CBD Brand, I speak to a lot of people about the effects CBD Oil. My approach is a holistic one, Asking questions that allow me to understand why they have approached me and what results they would like to achieve from taking the oil. Having done this many times, I feel have a good grasp of giving people the right information and reassuring them. Sometimes through these conversations I feel the person would benefit from our 50/50 CBG/CBD Oil. I often get a response of confusion about CBG. What it is? How it works? Will it get me high? Etc. It se ..read more

As some of you may know, I entered a few of our products into the CBD & Wellness awards run by the The Cannavist Magazine I have always believed our balms our the best in the UK, not just out of hope but sometimes what I see in the ingredients of other companies CBD Balms or creams. Despite being a small business, I like to dream big! Last week as I was preparing for a market and my phone beeped. I glanced over to see an email from the Cannavist Magazine, titled “and the winners are” I assumed that we had not won as I had not been addressed personally but I opened it anyway. As I scro ..read more