Lets Talk A Little Bit More About Cannabis Edibles
A few days ago, I shared the fact that eating cannabis (infused into a food) produces a different high than when it’s smoked or vaporized.
This May Not Be A Widely Known Fact For Those Of You Who Don’t Have Any Experience Eating Cannabis Infused Food.
A high that is achieved through eating a medicated food item is ten times stronger than one achieved through smoking.
It feels different and usually you get both a cerebral or head high, coupled with a very intense body stone.
Walking maybe a challenge. Remembering might be another, but not to worry, you’ll simply just forget to care about wanting to walk or remember.
Almost all your senses heighten...at once. (Hearing, taste, touch and smell). Sight can be a different story, for some. (I find it difficult to keep my eyes from squinting and they usually look like 2 narrow slits.)
An edible high also last for longer periods of time.
Often 8 hours (or more ) depending on the strength of the edible and the portion-size consumed.
This makes them a fantastic option for someone who suffers from insomnia because edibles also produce the best sleep like the dead sleep, ever.
The problem is that most edibles (infused with cannabis) that can be bought at a dispensary are commercially prepared candies.
Infused chocolate bars, gummies and lollipops are the most common items to see. I have also seen butter tarts, peanutbutter squares, soda pop and ice cream.
All of these items are made with a tonne of refined sugar, wheat, corn syrup and hydrogenated oils as their main ingredients.
These items offer next to no nutritional density and certainly do nothing to soothe a body riddled with disease or straddled with inflammation.
In fact, these are the exact ingredients that most people living with a serious illness or disease try to avoid.
Usually, At All Costs.
I know that I do and as a direct result, I just make my own.
This way, I have complete control over the ingredients that I choose to use and consume. This also lets me customize the strength of the cannabis per portion.
Over the years, I have worked to refine my techniques so that the whole experience is pleasurable....for everyone...for the entire flight.
I also am always on the look-out for ingredients that promote good gut health and aren’t inflammatory.
Like the two products in the photo (above). One is a sweetener that’s made with erythritol and oligosaccharides. (Both feed beneficial gut bacteria). The other is a flour which is made from green bananas and won’t contribute to the inflammatory process.
If I’ve gone to all the trouble of growing the herb from seed and taken the time to infuse it into a baking ingredient, you can bet that I’m going to take the time to pair it with other ingredients that won’t cause harm to the body.
I respect the power of the plant too much, to waste its full medicinal potential by baking it into crappy food.
Yikes! There’s all that thinking again...I welcome your comments and I invite you to follow me on my journey.
~ Rebecca
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I knew that ingested cannabis lasted longer but I didn't realize it was a stronger high. I'm also impressed that you are careful to use nourishing ingredients in your edibles.
Cool! Thanks for taking a few minutes to read and comment @canadianrenegade!
Hopefully (in the not too distant future) there will be more choice in the edibles arena.
It becomes about respecting the medicine in the plant and pairing it with other ingredients that will work synergistically.
I love your thinking young lady and I am so glad that you do it out loud. I'm gonna make sure I listen (read) everytime you open up your mind. I learn a great deal from you.
Thank you very much for all your kind words @bigblueleadsled. Welcome to my crazy blog. ;)
it will be more successible way to consume by human body of cannabis rather than smoking or vaporizatio. some advance technology may be developed to represents its as a herbal medicine.
Excellent Information!
Especially about how unhealthy most edibles are. :) The other downside is when they're so amazingly tasty... it's too easy to over medicate. lol I personally cannot use banana anything (wrong secretor status of the "A" blood type. Gives me mucus issues. lol), and erythritol gives me headaches and digestive issues. :( Definitely check to make sure you easily digest the ingredients you're using. The easier they digest, the faster and more completely the cannabinoids are absorbed into the body.
Some Neutral for all Blood Types Ingredients:
Brown rice flour works extremely well as a wheat flour substitute. Not great for bread you can slice, but excellent for all smaller baked products. Certified pure olive oil and ghee will absorb more cannabinoids than other oils, while also digesting easily and releasing the cannabinoids for all blood types. :D
Go BE Awesome!
Thanks for your great comment @thecleangame!
For me, it all has to do with the mix of bacteria strains that are calling my gut their home.
I've moved to "low lectin" eating as a result. It starves off candida and noxious fungus which cannot process the oligosaccharides (derived from vegetables and fruit) and flour made from green bananas is a resistant starch which feed the beneficial bacteria strains that we all need to keep our gut microbiomes flourishing and in good working order.
Anything made from brown rice has a high lectin load and generally does the opposite along with damaging the mucosal lining of the gut wall, (which in folks who are sensitive to lectins) will cause "leaky gut" and drive inflammation through the roof.
We choose our lectins by blood type, since each blood type (and parental influence) has an effect on how well you digest a lectin. Lectins aren't 'bad' when they're easily digestible. :)
Interesting that none of my family (3 blood types) have had any issues with brown rice flour or brown rice. Going on 8 years now? Fantastic stuff, especially with pancakes. Your comment is the first I've heard of any warnings about it.
So, rubbing the brown off makes rice ok, eh? The science I've been following says it's healthier with the brown coat on, but then it's info from years ago. It's certainly tastier than white rice. lol:)
Anything that still has the bran attached is exceptionally high in lectins, so yes, brown rice has a higher lectin load than plan old white rice does. 12 grain, whole wheat bread has a higher lectin load than heavily refined white flour does (as another example).
I'm wouldn't eat refined white flour either, but it does have a lower lectin score than whole grain does.
Hrmm, well I'm barely able to handle wheat flour. Though I'm the only blood type the lectins are 'neutral' for, I have pathogens from parents which lean it toward avoid for me. Only tolerable in small amounts before sleepiness and other issues creep in.
BRF? I can eat massive amounts, along with lots and lots of brown rice without any noticeable side effects. Crazy, eh? Anyway, cool information. Thanks!
Yeah. It's crazy alright. I've completely overhauled my eating lifestyle in an attempt to drop inflammation levels in my own body. Been Paleo for 7 years, dancing around ketogenics all that time. I'm A- (no big surprise there) and do better when I drop most animal protein as per my blood type. I wasn't paying any attention to lectin load and now I am. Eating animal protein once a week, mostly green leaf and cruciferous veg while avoiding high lectin vegetables and have cut fruit way back too. I've also started supplementing with various mushroom supplements. We shall see what happens...my life is one big experiment at this point. LOL!
Most, I like that. :) A is the closest to being a 'vegetarian' but we still need some animal proteins in there. lol Glad to see you're approaching it intelligently.
Keep Being Awesome! :D
To follow that train of thought, ripe bananas have a huge "lectin"load and these lectins are what cause the damage to the gut as they affix themselves to the gut wall and eat holes through it. I would like to suggest that it is the lectin content of ripe bananas that cause mucus for you...which is really an inflammatory sensitivity reaction. I have recently being following the work of Dr. Stephen Gundry who has written a great book on the subject of lectins and how they work. It's called The Plant Paradox.
It is indeed the lectins which cause issues for me, I'm the wrong blood type and don't digest them very well. ;) I'll have to look at his book, I've been researching lectins in my food for 10 years now. :)
Thanks! :D
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This was great. I actually shared a recipe for a pretty decent edible earlier (they may not be your cup of tea though). I completely agree with what you wrote here about the difference in the high one gets from edibles. It takes a little getting used to for some people. I have, personally, seen someone get it in their head that they couldn't walk after eating a particularly potent cupcake. She snapped out of it pretty quickly which was good because her friend had fallen asleep in the bathroom (also after eating a way too strong cupcake) and we needed someone to go in and get her. Edibles do the trick but they should be handled with care.
Good post.
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This is wonderful. I've been thinking about researching more about the medicinal qualities. I also appreciate your insight into your other ingredient choices such as banana flour. Thank you for sharing!
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