Nature Going Smart Blog

POT ice bucket challenge for ALS

Has the ICE BUCKET challenge raised consciousness and real funds to research? Is Cannabis beneficial to ALS patients? As the “Ice bucket challenge” became increasingly popular, it’s important to focus on what really this campaign was meant for: finding best cares for improving life quality to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients find...

CBD (Cannabidiolo)

Cannabis in molecole: CBD (Cannabidiolo)

Che cos’è il cannabidiolo (CBD) e a cosa serve? Il cannabidiolo funziona come antagonista indiretto del più celebre THC. Cannabidiolo agisce anche sui recettori 5-HT (1A) (serotonina) come agonista, un’azione per la quale provvede le sue proprietà antidepressive, ansiolitiche e neuroprotettive. CBD agisce inoltre come modulatore dei recettori oppioidi mu...

10 reasons for eating hemp sprouts

Today I have been fortunate enough to attend a plenary seminar at annual ICRS symposium by Giovanni Appendino, PhD. (Baveno, 2014) He is a bright professor in organic chemistry whom investigated biological profiles of cannabinoids with the likes of Vincenzo Di Marzo and Raphael Mechoulam. His talk was incredibly stimulating...

www.petrchutny.cz

Alzheimer’s disease: prevent & slow the progression with your diet

Why low fat is important? Apolipoprotein E is the glycoprotein which binds cholesterol and transports it. This protein in strongly linked to progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD): it binds to both soluble and aggregated forms of amyloid-Beta and influence further production of plagues, which is a pathological hallmark of the disease....

guide on Sativex

A user-friendly guide on Sativex ®

What is Sativex? Sativex® , by the words of the Pharmaceutical company which produces it, (GW Pharmaceuticals) is the “ world’s first prescription cannabis medicine”, containing the two active ingredients Δ-9 THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol) that make up cannabis plant. This medicine has been fully authorized in the UK...