People working in the public service, professional drivers, high-level athletes, children and young teenagers or sensitive people ... for all these people, the presence of THC in the body is not recommended. And this, even if the maximum presence of THC authorized in France in CBD cannabis is 0.3% since November 2021 and even if CBD products containing THC have no proven psychoactive effect.
Whether it's because of their profession (police officer, firefighter, train driver, airplane pilot), regulations (such as anti-doping tests for athletes), their stage of development (such as children and young teenagers) or even fear of the effects of THC, it is more suitable for these people to use THC-free CBD products.
This is why, at Naturalpes, we have developed a range of dedicated products: the Wellness range.
How do these THC-free CBD products work? How do you get THC-free CBD products? Explanations.
The potential of cannabidiol (CBD) on the body
More than 100. That's the number of phytocannabinoids that the cannabis plant contains. Among them are Cannabidiol (CBD), Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and about 100 others, such as CBN, CBC and CBG.
In the medical study Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Cannabidiolpublished in December 2019, the researchers explain that CBD is "one of the most active phytocannabinoids from Cannabis sativa". It has, according to its authors, "no psychoactive effects but has multiple positive effects, including anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties."
To understand the potential of cannabidiol on the body, we must first keep in mind that every individual has an endocannabinoid system. This one regulates, among other things :
- memory,
- desire, motivation,
- cardiac functions,
- pain,
- and the immune system.
It is with this endocannabinoid system that phytocannabinoids interact. This 2019 study went back in depth on these exchanges and their effects. Its authors conclude that "for many diseases, CBD has therapeutic potential, especially for diseases associated with oxidative stress."
In CBD products without THC, the whole issue is to remove the THC while keeping the other phytocannabinoids because they will work together to create synergies. This is called the entourage effect.
Extraction: a key moment for quality products without THC
The extraction process plays a fundamental role because it is this stage that allows to obtain a product of quality, containing the maximum of components. How to achieve quality and THC elimination?
1) First, the cannabinoids must be extracted from the plants using one of these three extraction techniques:
- with ethanol (the simplest, the one which allows to treat large quantities, but which requires a good extraction of the solvents which is seldom made in the rules of art),
- in macerate, it limits the levels of cbd in the finished products)
- or by using CO2 (the plants are passed through CO2 gas for ten hours, this is the most expensive and complex method, but the one which allows to obtain the purest CBDoil ).
2) Then, after the first extraction of the plant, it is heated and purified.
3) Finally, a fractional distillation is performed to concentrate the cannabinoids and allow the last step: the THC removal process.
4) This THC removal process is done by flash chromatography. Based on the interaction between the components that we want to separate, this technique allows to isolate components and to obtain a pure sample. Once this process is carried out, the distillate obtained contains all the cannabinoids, except THC.
Focus on sports
As we have seen, the endocannabinoid system regulates concentration, physical capacity, motivation... in a word, many essential parameters in the practice of sport. How is the use of phytocannabinoids, which can impact these parameters, regulated in sport?
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which is involved in scientific research, education, anti-doping development and monitoring compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code, is clear on this. The classification of prohibited products includes THC and all synthetic cannabinoids.
CBD is authorized. Its use will not be punished and athletes can potentially see their daily life improve by using these CBD products without THC.
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