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QUICK HIT: CBD WITH OR WITHOUT FOOD?

Some recent highlights and curiosities from the amazing world of cannabis science and therapeutics. BY ADRIAN DEVITT-LEE ON JULY 23, 2019 Cannabinoids are bemoaned for their low bioavailability. When someone eats THC or CBD, less than 10% gets into their blood stream. A recent study from pharmacologists at the University of Minnesota examined how eating a meal affects the absorption of CBD. Normally researchers have people fast and take CBD in the morning before eating — this reduces variability, but it also changes how well your body can absorb the CBD. On a full stomach, CBD will stay in the gut for longer and have more time to be uptaken. If...