CBD products sound lovely, but will you actually use them? Here, we’ll be laying out the best ways to integrate CBD into your daily routine, from CBD supplements to after-workout CBD muscle care.
I don’t know about you, but I know I’m guilty of buying things for myself without planning how I’ll use them—like the brand new pair of running shoes still sitting in the back of my wardrobe.
CBD products promise a lot, but it can be difficult to know when and how to use them—and when you don’t have a plan for how you’ll integrate them into your routine, you may never get around to actually trying them.
So, let’s get into 5 of the best ways you can integrate CBD products into your everyday life and reap all the benefits CBD has to offer.
CBD Supplements: Morning
When you first wake up in the morning and you’re getting ready to start your day, why not pop a quick CBD supplement? If you’re an anxious or stressed person, if you usually exercise in the morning or afternoon, or if you find yourself dreading the long days ahead, taking a CBD supplement in the morning could significantly help shake up your day-to-day mood and cognitive activity.
Taking CBD products in the morning can help ease you into what promises to be a stressful day—and if you’re a coffee drinker, some CBD advocates suggest that taking CBD products alongside your morning coffee can help counteract the negative effects of caffeine, such as heightened anxiety and accelerated heart rate, while also boosting caffeine’s positive effects, like concentration and alertness.
CBD supplements can take about an hour or so to kick in, and they last in your body for several hours afterward, so they’re ideal to take first thing in the morning—they’ll kick in just in time for you to start your day, and the effect should last past lunchtime.
CBD Muscle Care: Pre- or Post-Workout
Before or after your workout routine (or both, if you’d like), you can easily integrate a CBD Muscle Care product, like a CBD Muscle Relief Gel, CBD Roll-On, or CBD Massage Oil into your workout regimen to aid in proper muscle and joint function.
Applying topical CBD products before your workout will help to warm up your muscles and joints, increase flexibility, and may help prevent injury. Applying them after your workout can help to soothe tired, achy muscles and joints and can relieve inflammation and muscle stiffness.
All in all, you can’t go wrong with topical CBD products when it comes to working out, as massaging muscles beforehand—just like stretching—can help prepare your body to be pushed beyond its limits safely.
CBD E-Liquids: Out & About
When your workday is in full swing, it can be hard to find even a single moment for self-care. And considering the fact that people feel the most stressed at work, this can be a critical factor in your day-to-day mental health. Just as other employees might excuse themselves for smoking breaks, you could also excuse yourself for a nice CBD Vape break and refresh yourself in the process.
CBD Vapes come in many forms, from pre-filled CBD Cartridges, which can be attached to a wide range of vape batteries, to CBD E-Liquids, which can be vaped in low-powered vape kits with ceramic coils. There are even CBD Boosters available, which can be added directly into your favourite non-CBD E-Liquid to give it a dose of CBD. Whatever your method, you can easily find ways to vape CBD in your day-to-day life to relieve some of that pervasive stress.
CBD Edibles: After-Dinner Pick-Me-Up
Sometimes, the stress of the day follows you into the evening. And by this point, your CBD supplement from the morning has likely worn off. But fear not: there are CBD edibles available in the form of tasty little gummy sweets which can help you wind down after a long and stressful day.
CBD gummies often include secondary ingredients to help relieve stress, anxiety, or pain, such as chamomile, lemon balm, and turmeric. These ingredients provide extra relief from symptoms when working alongside CBD.
If you find that you’re still feeling tightly-wound at the end of a long day, popping a CBD edible could help you unwind and de-stress, and it can also help you achieve better sleep when bedtime rolls around.
CBD Oral Drops: Bedtime
I personally suffer from a sleep disorder, and a few years ago, my mother turned me onto taking CBD Oral Drops before bed to help me get a better night’s sleep—and my bedtime routine hasn’t been the same since.
CBD Oral Drops—also known as a CBD Oil or Tincture—go under your tongue. You hold them there for about 30 seconds, then swallow whatever remains, and you’ll begin to feel the initial effects within about 20 minutes.
The interesting part about tinctures is that the initial effects you feel are only from the tincture permeating under your tongue; when you swallow the rest of what’s left in your mouth, the CBD makes its way through your system and into your liver, which deposits the rest of the CBD dose into your bloodstream. A couple of hours after the tincture is swallowed, its full effects are reached.
This means that if you take it before bed, you should feel enough of an effect to help you fall asleep—and in the middle of the night, when many people are prone to waking up and being unable to fall back asleep, your CBD dose should be in full swing, helping you to stay asleep.
CBD Oral Drops before bed help many people achieve restful sleep, and in today’s stressful climate, we can all use a little something to help us rest easier.
Conclusion: CBD Products Every Day!
Just like our morning coffee helps to keep us awake and alert, CBD can be integrated into your daily routine to improve mood, focus, alertness, and stress levels. Learning how and when to use CBD products for best results can be difficult, but there’s truly no “wrong time” to use CBD.
Still, harnessing the power of CBD with the right products at the right time can make all the difference. CBD Green is here to help.