Summary:
In this first episode of Higher Ground, Marty & Ted discuss CBD, its uses and forms, how it works in our bodies, the terminology and how it is regulated.
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Marty Burman:
Welcome to Burman’s Health Shops podcast, Higher Ground.
Marty Burman:
Hey everyone and welcome to the very first edition of higher ground with your host tonight, Marty Burman, myself and Ted Matthews. We are the owners of Burman’s Health Shop and CBD Kratom store located in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania in the heart of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Let’s get going on higher ground today. We will focus our discussion and attention on CBD and cannabis products. Now available in many forms such as oils, tinctures, capsules, gummies, vapes, buds and flowers. And so much more. I could continue over and over and over again and what products are actually coming out in this market today. We will be looking at questions that were actually sent to us from Facebook and Instagram and from our website and also for our customers that have actually come into the store. And these questions basically are on the effects and uses of CBD, also known as Canab dial.
Marty Burman:
I’m really honored to actually introduce my partner here, Ted Matthews, who has been instrumental in changing the format and the progress that we have made with this business. And Ted brought so much energy and so much passion to this business that I can’t begin to tell you how much he has transformed who we are as a business and what we are going to accomplish in the future. Ted came in about four years ago. And we, we hit it off right from the beginning. I knew that this was somebody that I could trust, somebody that was, wanted to help the customers. First and foremost, it didn’t matter who they were, where they came from and what was in their pocket. Ted looked him straight in the eye and gave him, gave all the customers that came in here the right information, the time that they needed.
Marty Burman:
So I’m so happy to have you, Ted. This is this is going to be great. Yeah, thanks for that very, very kind introduction. You’re welcome. Yeah, no, it’s been great. It’s been a great four years and you know, hopefully many, many more. You know, we can we’ve seen what we’ve been able to do with, you know, changing everything and the focus that we’ve had now in this business and, you know, I think good things are to call them 10. What you know, when you came into the store, you know, customers come into our shop
Ted Matthews:
I wonder whether they can handle the fact that we have over a thousand different nutrients to educate people on and from the beginning from the gecko is almost like you had been in this industry for 10 years. [inaudible] Was before coming here to Burman’s. What, what inspired you to get into natural health and, and, and wellbeing? Just honestly, well, there’s a few things. A as a, as, you know, when I was young, I suffered from anxiety and panic attacks and I’ve had my own, you know, issues that I’ve had to deal with and had to find out, you know, ways to kind of work on myself. So I did a lot of reading. And other than that, the training in the gym and you know, sports supplements. And believe it or not, a lot of those sports supplements kind of carry over into all natural medicine.
Ted Matthews:
Cause once you learn how the human body works and amino acids work, and you know, a lot of this stuff can be used for a multitude of different things. That’s why when you go on, you know, Wikipedia or wherever you’re getting your information and you read about garlic, it’s used for, you know, everything from an antibiotic to, to blood pressure. So all of these supplements don’t have one pathway that they work on. They have multiple. And once I learned the base and started to apply it to my own life and my, you know, my immediate family’s life, I saw what it can do. Yeah, that’s incredible. And you know, we got our start, the Burman’s a family. Well, we got our start in the newspaper business long, long time ago with my grandfather. But my father Harvey opened up a a pharmacy in 1960 and in Chester.
Ted Matthews:
So as a kid I grew up and my brothers grew up in a, in a pharmacy. So my dad was always taking care of customers and always actually promoting vitamins. He was really one of the first pharmacists because 25 years ago, even pharmacists, you know, they were still, most of them just concerned about drugs, you know, giving drug, you know, giving advice on, on medicines over the counter medicines and drugs. You know, my dad, you know, 30, 40 years ago was talking to people and telling them to take vitamin C to take certain nutrients, like a multivitamin every day. So he himself was, was really into this. And I think that’s really what inspired me to to get here. I, I sometimes I pinch myself and I don’t know how I actually got into this industry, but I think it all has to, has to do with those, those moments as a kid, when I, when I saw him taking vitamins and taking care of himself and things of that nature and yeah, absolutely man.
Ted Matthews:
I mean if you think about it, if you don’t get enough magnesium into your body, you’re going to have a multitude of different issues. If you don’t get enough Paxil into your body, nothing happens. So, you know, these natural herbs, these natural medicines and you know, vitamins, they’re there for a reason. Before there was ever, you know, a, a, and, and not knocking the pharmaceutical model. But, you know, I, I think there that both need to coexist and if and if you can avoid taking medicines, why not? Yeah, absolutely. Especially with all these, you know side effects that we see on television and it’s it’s always been, I think, you know you know, years ago they used to say it’s alternative medicine, but now it’s complimentary medicine. Yeah. You know, for sure. But I will give you an example. Things that I learned along the way.
Ted Matthews:
You know, Valium, which is a [inaudible] pharmaceutical. The name V a Valium comes from the herb valerian and valerian is a, is is a F. Yeah. Valerian is actually valerian root is a, is a, is a an ARB that actually helps out with relaxation. So a lot of people don’t know that. The other thing salycilic acid, which is actually the, the main chemical component of aspirin also is a natural naturally occurring in white Willow, Willow bark. So these are things that you know, pharmaceuticals have always come. I think the statistic is like 50 to 60% of pharmaceuticals actually come from some type of plant compound. And it’s just very interesting to make. Yeah. They just figured out a way to make them, you know, a little bit more faster acting. And, you know, we’re Americans and we want instant gratification.
Ted Matthews:
And, you know, a lot of times people they don’t have, they don’t give these vitamins and supplements enough time to really get into their system and work. Yeah. Yeah. I know. And you know, other things that we’re going to be talking about, you know, while on our future, podcasts are the mind, body, and spirit aspect of everything. So I think the combination of mind, body, spirit, taking nutrients, I mean, we, I think we can eliminate a lot of the medications that we can take. Although, I mean, I know medications are, are needed, but you know, we’re never going to say that medications aren’t needed, but you know, you can significantly reduce the amount of medication that you take. Well that’s it. That’s, you know, if I walk out front and I get hit by a car damn straight, I’m going to the emergency room or the hospital. Right. but if I can avoid having to take an antidepressant or a pain medication with lifestyle changes, with supplementation I mean that just to me it just seems like, you know, a better alternative. Yeah, yeah,
Ted Matthews:
It’s eighties. The, you know, the, the pharmaceuticals and like you said, they, you know, they call me out, these drug companies, they rush out medicines and then five years later you see a lawyer on TV and he’s saying, you know, if you or your family members,
Ted Matthews:
Most fellow because you were taking this drug, you know, call us now,
Ted Matthews:
It’s because, you know, they want to, everyone wants to be first to market it and everybody wants to make as much money as they can, as fast as they can, which, you know, I get it from a business standpoint, but at the same time, you know,
Ted Matthews:
You’re putting people’s lives and health at risk. Yeah. And it just comes down to buyer beware. I mean, remember your medical doctor, you know, the medical advice that he can give you is based on what pharmaceutical companies studies can, can, can allow him to, to, to talk about when you’re in his office. But you know, here at our store we offer, we offer a, a, a different way, a different way. And that’s, that’s really what we’re all about. We’re proud of the fact that we, we bring really highly efficacious products, high quality products. So when you’re dealing with our story, you’re dealing with premium products. And today, you know, we’re going to be talking about CBD, we’re going to be talking about cannabis and we’re going to entertain questions that have actually come from our consumers here at the store, online social media platforms.
Ted Matthews:
And we’re going to have experts in the field in future podcasts. But for now, me and Ted are just going to entertain this because CBDA is the biggest thing that has ever happened in the natural product industry alone. And quite possibly could be the biggest discovery in, in the last, in the last hundred years as far as nutrition goes. Absolutely. So our first question right now is from Wendy in media. I think we know who when he is, when he’s a great customer, she’s awesome. Yeah. Yeah. But you know, she has a very general question, Ted, that we can entertain. What is CBD and where does it come from? Do you want to take that first? Yeah. Okay.
Ted Matthews:
Well, everyone keeps hearing, you know, CBD or cannabidiol. It’s basically one of the active constituents in the cannabis plant. THC is the other major psychoactive constituent. That’s why most people smoke it on the streets is to get a psychoactive effect. And you know, for recreational value, CBD is the part of the plant that interacts with our cannabinoid system in the body and helps reduce inflammation. It helps with basically stimulating your endocannabinoid system to create homeostasis within the body. But just like anything else, it’s just a, a constituent in a specific plant. So kinda like vitamin is, is
Ted Matthews:
Found in oranges. CBD is found in the cannabis plant. Yup. And when you mean cannabis plant, there are two types of cannabis plant. And, and can you explain the difference between marijuana and what we use, which is known as the plant is hemp hemp or cannabis sativa? Yeah. So marijuana is the plant when it grows with higher levels of THC and lower levels of CBD and the hemp or the cannabis sativa is with the exact opposite, higher levels of CBD, lower levels of THC. So more medicinal benefits. Less recreation. Okay. Now that’s a great question from Wendy and that kind of gets us started. We’re going to have some other, you know specific questions.
Marty Burman:
Well, this is from Frank, Frank Cherry and Aston. Frank’s a good guy. Appreciate it. We see him a lot. What do people mainly use CBD for? And I’m going to take this right here, Frank. This is for you lesson. Very, very, very simple. The main things that we get entertained with every single day, the question that we keep getting asked every single day, what can I do for my anxiety? Yeah. Oh my God. Everybody. Everybody. Kids, children, adults, parents of adults, grandparents of adults of adults. It’s unbelievable. Every body babies, Erica babies, everybody is anxious. And as we know, anxiety comes from fear. We’re all fearful. And that’s just the way it goes, especially in today’s world. Sure. We know what’s going on and people have a tough, everybody has a tough, it doesn’t matter who you are, what you do, life is life is pretty difficult. So I want to tell you, number one, first off is CBD in whatever form that you take it in really helps out with anxiety and stress. And Ted, you want to, you want to touch on that a little bit and how, how it actually, how it actually works and helps people.
Ted Matthews:
Yeah. like you said, everybody has anxiety now. Everybody has stress. And I think we’re living in a time when things are hectic and chaotic and nobody gets the time to unwind and settle down. And, you know, back in the day, you know, guys wouldn’t, you know, work on the farm
Ted Matthews:
Or go to their job and come home and spend time with their family, eat dinner and unwind when I’m even me. You know, and you know as well as I do when we go home and, you know, you’re checking your emails, you’re checking social media, you’re, you know, worrying about what we’re going to do tomorrow to keep pushing forward. And w, you know, it’s stressful. We never get to unwind. When was the last time you left your house or, or turned off your cell phone? For more than a an hour, you know, or you know, didn’t worry about checking your, your emails or bills or there is no time, you know, and unless you’re literally like, I don’t know, I don’t know anybody that lives like that. If you’re either worried about something that’s happened in the past or are anxious about that, are you worried about the future? Nobody’s living in the moment. Right. And and that’s the nice part about CBD. I think even for myself, when I stay consistent on it I can kind of get a little bit more organized in my head. I don’t feel as overwhelmed or things just seem a little bit more organized so I can actually enjoy you’re living in the moment, right then.
Ted Matthews:
Yeah. CBD has had a profound effect on the way our customers come in and you know, the way they come in and talk about how it’s actually changed their, their life and their family’s lives. We have so many different testimonials that you can actually look up on our website at Burman’s, hell’s shop.com. Just see the great effects that CBD oils and even our CBD sabz have, have help with people. But the two main things, Frank the people use CBD for our anxiety and inflammation and pain, inflammation and pain. Those are the, and anxiety, those are the two most common things that people come in for CBD and other products that we have. Sure.
Ted Matthews:
And I’m sure it’s no coincidence that both of those issues are related. You know, most people that have pain have anxiety and most people that have anxiety, it causes a physical manifestation and creates body pain. So I, I do think that they’re related.
Ted Matthews:
Yeah, it makes perfect sense. It’s something I don’t think about a whole lot, but they, they absolutely do go hand in hand because stress causes all this havoc basically in your body and you know, the release of cortisol and different hormones that, that are released when you’re stressed, it just causes damage to, to your internal organs and to your external ligaments and bones and things of that nature.
Ted Matthews:
If you see, if you can suppress cortisol when you’re stressed out, me and you, you’re going gonna feel a whole lot better. Yup.
Ted Matthews:
Yeah. You’ll have a much more productive life. Absolutely. this question comes from from Brookhaven. Are there any studies that people can reference on CBD? I, I know Ted knows a little bit more about some of the studies that have been done on CBD. And I don’t know if there are studies that are happening right now, but yeah, I use a pub, med.com, so it’s P U B M E d.com. And I mean you can use it for anything from, for any vitamin supplement and it will bring up all the journals of medicine that these articles had been produced in. And you can reference those citations right there on the website. It’s non-biased. You have to, you know, read through some of the the abstract reports, but once you do yeah, there’s a lot of studies and there’s going to be a plenty more.
Ted Matthews:
Yeah. I think that you know, the one thing about CBD right now is it’s really, it’s not a, it’s not a prescription pharmaceutical, so a lot of these companies aren’t going to do major studies on it. As you know, they won’t do major studies on some of these herbs because there’s no patent to be made on it. I guess there is that medication that’s out right now. The the nasal, is that a nasal spray? GW pharmaceuticals has a CBD product. Okay. Epidiolex yes. I’m not sure. I think, I think it’s seizure. I want to say it’s a capsule. I think it’s a capsule. Okay. Seizures. Yeah. It’s only approved for seizures at this point in time, so, yeah. But again, they’ve taken, they’ve taken the, the cannabis, the CBD, and they’ve actually synthesized it. Yeah. The only downside I see with that is, I don’t know if you remember years ago they had a, a pill called Marinol.
Ted Matthews:
Yes. It was a THC isolate the isolated THC from marijuana and it was supposed to be a useful for everything from pain and inducing appetite for cancer patients and people that went through chemo and also helps with glaucoma, but it never worked nearly as good as just smoking. And I think that’s the same thing with CBD. I, I feel that the isolated CBD does not work as good as a full spectrum, which when I say full spectrum, I just mean that has, it has all the other cannabinoids in there that naturally occur in the plant. So I think it’s just a, the way nature intended it. Yeah. It’s you know, we have so many different things to choose from here at the store, but by far the most popular thing that we sell is our oils, which obviously we use the entire plant, which means that it is full spectrum. We’re getting all the nutrients from the buds and the, the flour. And it’s the, it’s when you, when you know, when you’re mentioning quality earlier, that’s one of the things, you know, you can take CBD from these companies, these a lot of these new fly by night companies. They’re extracting CBD from the seeds of, you know, of him rather than waiting for the plant to fully mature
Ted Matthews:
And the buds to, you know, to grow and extracting the, you know, the full compounds and the turpines and all of that stuff out of a fully matured plant. They’re rushing it and they’re extracting very low quality CBD from the seeds of the hemp plant. And people don’t know, you know, they put it in the oil and base of hemp seed or grape seed or you know, MCT oil, whatever they prefer to use. And they can call that CBD oil and they can say it’s dosed at whatever and people think they’re getting, you know, they think, Oh, every CBD product is created equal. And it’s definitely not. Tom from South Jersey. What are some of the most popular forms of Canab dial, Tom? Tom, great question Ted. Just go down the list of things. Everything from capsules, oils, nasal sprays, gummy bears syrups, vapor bubbles, so vape oils.
Ted Matthews:
I believe Oprah just came out with a CBD infused tampon. Breast pads for lollipops. Yup. Taffies shower heads and believe it or not, pop popcorn. Yeah. I had a vendor call me the other day and asked if we wanted to carry CBD infused to shower heads. So it has a little disc that’s replaceable that goes into the shower head. And as the water runs through and your pores are open, CBD gets infused into your body then. I mean, so Ted, what do you think about that? I mean, every day we are getting bombarded with a new thing. Like, I mean, what do I mean that’s taking it a little too far mean if you start to a shower, put your CBD shower head on. Yeah. I mean, I mean I can’t see that being as, as then. That to me seems like a novelty.
Ted Matthews:
Yeah. You know, and there there’s a few preparations that are going to handle everything you need. The oil goes under the tongue that absorbs fast into the system. The molecule small enough that it can cross the blood brain barrier so you can get a inflammation relief. It can also help with anxiety, depression. So the oil is going to handle 90% of everything. Capsules are great for people that don’t want to taste the oil. 12 hour time released for some preparations. The nasal spray does good for migraine headaches, tension headaches, sinus issues, and also crosses the blood brain barrier fairly quick. The flour is a great way to get the full spectrum of all those cannabinoids in your system. And different strains can have different effects. Yes, there’s a million men literally and I’m sure there’s a lot more calming, probably suppository.
Ted Matthews:
Could, could be anything. Yeah. Ear buds see marijuana earbuds, CVG infuse pillow cases. They’re common something sheets. You know, I, I don’t know, I don’t know where the end is, but I do know that this this industry is like the wild, wild West is what I call it. So everybody listening out there just be very careful. The one thing about dealing with, with Ted and I, you know, not to keep promoting our store, but that’s one of the reasons that we’re doing this of course, but you really can trust us. We know what works. We’ve been in the cannabis industry now for five years, so when people come in, we know what has worked. Right? Ted. Yeah. I’m not going to sell you a shower head just because it’s available. Right. I would not sell anything that I didn’t think worked.
Ted Matthews:
And I think most people that come in and talk to me, I think you guys know that. Yeah, Ted’s a, you know, if anybody knows anything about Ted and Marty, we we certainly try to keep it real here as much as possible. But let’s see we have another question. This actually, this question was something I came up with. Endo cure is the most popular brand of cannabidiol in our store. Ted, can you tell us a little bit about what we’ve done with, with endOclear and the brand and what makes it so special?
Ted Matthews:
Besides the fact that it’s a very high quality third-party lab tested, we do, we use a really cool process called decarboxylation that heats up the oil and breaks it down at a very low temperature, but so that it’s more absorbable and has better bioavailability for the human body. No comedies are, and not a lot of companies are doing this. It’s increases the cost and lowers their margins. And at the end of the day, a lot of these companies are just starting out. I mean, you guys say, you know, these, these are companies that have never been in this industry before, you know, and all of a sudden they’re coming out with a a CBD product because they think it’s the next hot thing, but they have no idea what they’re doing. They just think they can grow. You know, they’re talking to any supplier that will answer the phone.
Ted Matthews:
These guys are selling them the the American dream and, and they’re, they’re biting on it. So you know, whether you get it from us or anybody else, just make sure it’s somebody that has, you know, has been around for a little bit. They have some, you know, a time in the game. They know what they’re doing with supplements. They know they have connections, they have a, you know, they weren’t just, you know, I don’t know a tailor that’s just starting a CBD company, you know, just because it’s popular. Yeah. I think the big thing is, is that we’re in an now where
Ted Matthews:
You can actually, and this happened to me when I started this business 25 years ago, that you can actually see and feel who the pioneers are. And we’re dealing with pioneers. We’re dealing with three or four different manufacturers and farms that are small and private and know what they’re doing because they’ve been on the front line ever since CBD has, has been discovered. Right? Yeah. I mean, I literally, every single day I get something in the mail from a, another new startup, another new company. And not saying that they’re all bad by any means, but I mean, there’s a lot of you know, there’s a lot of stuff out there you gotta look for, you know, and, and not a lot of companies want to be transparent. So, you know, luckily you’ve, you know, even for me, for my sake, you’ve been in this industry for, you know, 25 years and you have a lot of industry connections and you know, you know who to talk to and who not to.
Ted Matthews:
So, you know, we tried to do the best we can by doing our footwork and making sure we get lab reports and see, Oh, COA is right. Certificates of analysis. And you know, even though these companies that we may know, they might, we may have known them for a while, I still don’t trust them either, cause I don’t know who they’re getting some from. So I need to see these lab reports every time. Yeah. You know, we, I think really what it comes down to is we, we take a look at who we’re dealing with and not, not that we distrust them. No. Yeah. But probably shouldn’t have said, yeah, I don’t trust, yeah, I think the word is, you know, we, we do our due diligence to make sure, because we’re giving this to our customers. Yeah. We’re giving this store customers, we’re giving this to families in our community.
Ted Matthews:
We gotta make sure that it meets the standards of the last stop. You know, no matter how many people had to go through to get to us, we’re the last stop before the consumer in, and we have to hear, hear the wrath if something goes wrong. So yeah, we got to make sure where everything is and you know, everything is lined up correctly. And, you know, we’re, we’re not taking any chances. We never want anybody to get sick or never want anyone to pay. They’re harder and mourning for something that’s low quality. I know. I don’t want, so so yeah, so we have, we have the endOclear line of products. The CBD oil is we use a farm in conifer, Colorado. They do a great job. They do all the analysis and CEO’s that we need. We, we deal with a particular company that does our isolates.
Ted Matthews:
We have a five, 10 and 20 milligram a CBD isolate, which is an extended release extended release of formula Southern released tot time released. So that, that’s also excellent. And then we have a, a bunch of formulas, a restore, and the other one is a focus fuel. I’m sorry. So we have focus. Yes, yes, yes. For focus. Got God when you obviously need to be taken. Yes, I do. It’s late. It’s late. So like, you know, we, the fuel product and the restore and obviously the fuel takes care of focus and more energy and the restore helps out with more relaxation and recovery. Yeah. Yeah. So that anxiety and there are CBD based and also have herbals in there. Yeah. They have 20 milligrams of a, of CBD full spectrum CBD per capsule with other nootropics and you know nutraceuticals in there.
Ted Matthews:
And that kind of helps support those specific tastes that we, you know, we want the, the fuel to really help fire people up and re, yeah. Hey God, if you yeah, that’s awesome. I don’t know if you guys, you guys can’t hear Erica, but she was saying that she, she took a few today. Yeah. We have to get her a Mike. Yeah. So, yeah, so we got a lot of things on one of the big emerging things that we’re getting into and what is happening are these buds, these hemp flowers and different strains like Hawaiian Hayes and super haze and cascade and lifter. Can you tell us a little bit about these different strains that a very, yeah, very confused about this. They, you know I’m confused now too, but not, yeah. But I swear to God, I didn’t smoke anything before I came in and I promise I’m just naturally out of my mind.
Ted Matthews:
No edibles, no edible. Cerner got it very hard to get ahold of those. I actually got to know the right person. Yeah. So so really what are these, what are these strains? I, they drive me in and like, it’s amazing and there’s like six, seven, eight different popular strains and of these buds, these flowers that you can roll them in this smoke ’em and you, you put them in the vapes and you burn them and you stick them in you. Yeah, that’s more of the the more, the traditional way of getting cannabis into the system. You know, you can roll it in a, in a joint or in a blunt and smoke it or put it in a bong and or a bowl, whatever. Really just the strings are, are different flavor profiles. They’ve different cannabinoid content. Some are more sativa dominant, some are more indicat dominant. So, you know, some give you more, a little bit more of a calming effects, some give you a little bit more energy and focus, but ultimately
Ted Matthews:
Everybody system’s different and you have to just kind of experiment and find which works best for you. But this kind of cool back in the day when marijuana just grew out of the ground, it probably grew in a much more balanced ratio of CBD to THC. Now these farmer or maybe, I don’t know, 20 years ago, the farmers really started to tweak those strains and increase the levels of THC. That’s why marijuana got much more potent out on the streets. Now they do it the exact opposite way. Instead of increasing the THC levels, they want to increase the CBD levels. So they take genetically modified strains and that grow with naturally occurring low THC and high CBD content. And it’s, it can be pretty powerful stuff. Yeah. I mean it’s amazing what what truly is able, we are able to, to produce now legally under the under the 2018 farm bill which was just passed as law basic.
Ted Matthews:
Basically we have to keep everything under 0.3%. Is that correct? At 0.3%. Yeah. It’s, I think it’s like 0.03%, but yeah, it’s a F it’s a third 0.03. It’s the way I look at it. It’s a third of a percent correct. Correct. Third of a percent. Okay. So as long as we’re under under that that number, it’s completely legal and considered industrialized hemp. And that’s on a dry weight basis so they can actually do, you know, some concentrates and extracts, which, you know, from the plant that they take it from. Yes, it falls under those legal limits, but you know, everything can be modified now. Sure. Got a couple of other questions that we want to carry before we, before we take off here. We’ve really touched on a lot of cool things. What is the, what is the proper dosing?
Ted Matthews:
Is there a proper dosage or what can, what can you tell us about that day? So they say the the dosing is pretty much a moving target depending on outside variables, stress levels, you know, your, what you’re dealing with as far as pain levels or depending on why you’re using it. You know, your, your levels may adjust over time or your dosages may adjust over time. Usually we have a baseline starting dosage of around 12 milligrams of full spectrum per day starting out increase as needed or decrease. And usually most people I talk to once they kind of get their, their cannabinoid system thriving and rolling, usually they can stay on a main maintenance dose. So they can usually lower the dosage and maintain the same effects. So start seeing, you know, it’s always better to start small and add to it rather than starting real large and you know, maybe spending more money than you need to or it’s always, always better I think to err on the side of caution, you want to find the minimum effective dose for anything.
Ted Matthews:
Once you, once you can find that, once you start to feel relief, then you know, you know, w what kind of, what you’re looking at. Most people, I would say 20 mil at 15 to 20 milligrams. Yeah, I agree with that. And like you said, it’s, it’s really all over the board as what is, is truly a fact. Cause when people go on and on the internet, they’re also looking and you know, they’re looking at other other people saying they’re taking a hundred or 200 milligrams. You gotta, you gotta make sure that, you know, what, what they’re referencing. Are they referencing isolate or full spectrum? You can go a lot higher on the dose, on the foot or on a, on the isolate compared to the full spectrum. I think somebody taking 20 milligrams of full spectrum oils might be to get an a, an equivalent dose may need 80 or a hundred milligrams of isolate
Marty Burman:
Because you’re getting other, other than CBD, you’re getting C, they’re the other constituents. I can’t even remember CNG and B, two, six, five, BBC, BBC. It’s a fan favorite. Yeah, absolutely. You know, we, we both, but there are a lot of, can stay as CBDA CBG, CBC, CBN
Ted Matthews:
Those cannabinoids and there’s like 113 of them, I believe.
Marty Burman:
And they’re all beneficial to the human body. And this is, this is what I tell people when people people always ask me, well, how does this stuff work? You’re only taken a couple of drops. How does a couple of drops of a natural substance work? Here’s what I explained to people. Rather than getting into the chemical equations in the biology of how it works, we all have an endo Canab an endocannabinoid system, but now, and your endocannabinoid system is really starving for this stuff and when you put it into your system, the proof is in the pudding that, that, that you’re deprived of it. We can’t get into natural sources of our food. So getting it in this source from hemp has changed people’s lives.
Ted Matthews:
Yeah. It’s almost like you want to stimulate your cannabinoid system the same way you want to stimulate an immune system. Vitamin C doesn’t fight off a cold. Vitamin C stimulates the immune system, which fights off the cold. I’m taking CBD stimulates the cannabinoid system that balances out the body
Marty Burman:
And the, and the endocannabinoid system. I think it was just discovered maybe 20, 30 years ago, but it’s not studied in medical school.
Ted Matthews:
No, 1996, it was discovered by a doctor in Israel then, and it’s, you know, they’re still looking into it and I don’t even think they’ve cracked the tip of the iceberg with it. I don’t think they’ve they have any idea of what this is capable of.
Ted Matthews:
Yeah, we talked to Carl Germano in July who’s a clinical nutritionist in our industry and he said this is the biggest discovery in the last time. Your ears. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. So we’re, we’re really proud to have a really highly high quality professional atmosphere here plus a premium product that people can enjoy. One or two more questions. Ted, a lot of our customers come in and they ask us you know, for example, Jill from Paoli has a question. Does CBD have any interactions with other medications? We do get that a lot. W what’s your, what’s your play on that? Yeah, so that one, most of the time CBD is going to be pretty safe most of the time. There are interactions, especially with antidepressants. Basically what you gotta watch for, and this is what I tell everybody, if you’re on any medication that says, stay away from grapefruit, also stay away from CBD.
Ted Matthews:
CBD inhibits an enzyme in the body called cytochrome P four five zero, which breaks down drugs in the body. So the two times are a fast cytochrome P four, five zero. Very good. Man. Yeah, so it, it works the same way as great for, that’s why you can’t take grapefruit with certain medications that inhibiting that enzyme that breaks it down. You can get built up of a lot of those drugs. So specially antidepressants, you can get something called serotonin syndrome where you have just excessive levels of serotonin. So just look at your medication. If it says stay away from grapefruit, stay away from CBD. Okay. I mean, that’s fair enough. And I guess the last question we’re going to talk about, I think we’ve touched on a lot of things and also if you need more information on CBD, go to Burman’s Health Shop.com.
Ted Matthews:
Go to our Facebook page, Instagram all of our social media platforms, you can instant message us. We’re happy to spend as much time as we can educating you on the new modalities and, and the existing things that we that we have here at the store. But we are a great source for you. And we plan on bringing CBD experts onto our podcast, but we thought we would touch on it first since it is the biggest thing that’s going on right now. Last question I have is from Mark from Springfield essentially. Where do you see the future of CBD products? That’s what, that’s what Mark is. Mark is asking it Ted I’m interested in what you think, you know, two, three, four years down the road. Is this something that’s going to be legal?
Ted Matthews:
Do you think the FDA is going to crack down on a kid’s lesson all week. We do know that the FDA is not our friend, right? I mean these guys let so many different foods on the market that have so many different chemicals and dyes and in murder oil that’s like mixed into the, into the, into the product to keep it shelf stable. It’s Shilluk. Yeah, it’s, it’s just the FDA is not your friend, ladies and gentlemen. The FDA is not your friend. No, absolutely. Look at, you know, anything that works that they can’t control. They’re, they’re gonna, you know, try to regulate it some way. Same thing with Kratom. They’re, they’re looking to regulate that as well. They want to destroy this industry. The CBD industry, they want to destroy it. Yeah. So, so, so what do I think? Where’s the, yeah, what’s the, what’s going to happen?
Ted Matthews:
The legislation? Are they gonna are they gonna say? I think the more people that get behind it, so the, I believe there’s been a few studies that say you pretty much said if most people that go on CBD eliminate most of their medications, if that trend continues, I do think they’re gonna eventually Stegman this stuff’s helping people. And you know, if the, if a lot of people can get off medications that that poses a threat to the largest industry in the United States the pharmaceutical industry. So I don’t know what’s going to happen. Yeah. I hope that’s not the case. I, my, I’m being optimistic about it. Yeah. And I think that, I think there will be some legislation that you may inhibit, may inhibit. Some of the craziness that’s going on outta here. The water faucet thing and the appeal should have to be held to a standard of quality at least.
Ted Matthews:
You know, I think, I think only the strong companies are going to survive the ones that, the ones that have the analysis, the ones that have the machinery, the good manufacturing processes, they’re the ones that are going to survive and, and, and maybe the FDA comes in and gives them a new guideline for over the counter CBD. I know new York’s getting a, having a, a tough time right now with with any CBD that’s added to food. And I think that trend is gonna continue also, you know, across the United States, they’re saying that it’s not a food and that’s the FDA being able to control that. They’re saying it’s, you know, CBD or is not a dietary food basically. So, yeah. And that would under just Shea, the dietary supplement health and environment act that wouldn’t cover CBD music. You know what, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for listening tonight.
Ted Matthews:
I w you know, Ted and I can’t be more appreciative that we have this platform and we absolutely want to, to, to get better at our podcast bringing on really viable speakers and you know, just getting back to CBD in the future. We, we, we, we really hope that the FDA and the government you know, keeps their hands off of what is really truly changing people’s lives. You know, maybe more quality control but hands-off hands-off. Amen. But we really appreciate you tuning in. If there are any questions that you may have for future podcasts, please contact us at Marty at Burman’s health shop.com or Ted at Burman’s hell, shop.com via email or you can go on instant message and and leave us leave us a message and we’ll, we usually get back to you within an hour or two.
Ted Matthews:
Anything else that you want to say, Ted, before we sign off on our first podcast? I loved it. It’s a no, it’s fun. Hopefully, you know, like you said, we can expand on it and more and more topics and I just, I don’t want everyone to think that this is going to be, you know, CBD every week. It’s, you know, this is just the hottest thing right now and what we get the most questions about. So any other questions that you’re wondering about the keto diet, weight management? You know, summer’s around the corner. Shoot them over to us. Yeah, we’re going to be talking about, like I said, mind body, spirit. We’re, so we have some Reiki people coming in. We’ve got some yoga people coming in. We have some mindfulness, mindfulness and kindness speakers. We’re putting together a a schedule Erica and my wife and are actually working on putting a complete schedule on, we plan on having at least two podcasts per month, maybe one, one in August or one in July, but, but definitely two per month.
Ted Matthews:
And we’re, we’re all in this journey together. We just want to have some fun and, and talk about some very interesting things. And we also plan on bringing some of our customers on board. We have some very interesting customers, some great customers that have great stories to tell about everything that we do here. So, yeah, there’s been a lot of you know, a lot of people that have, you know, their lives have changed with this stuff. And yeah, I think it, I think it’ll be fun. Sports and nutrition, we’re going to talk about you know, I don’t know if you guys have seen Ted lately, but he’s he swollen, he has actually redefined the word swollen return. You’re working your ass off brother. I mean, you look at a guy going to go to really good. Yeah. We’re going to go tonight. I know we gotta get outta here, but, but Ted, Ted’s looking good and you know, you want to learn more about proteins and amino acids and how to stay, how to get stronger and how to
Marty Burman:
How to take care of your body as a temple. You know, tech tech can help you out with that too. I think it’s sports nutrition. Yup. Yeah. But thank you everybody. We really appreciate it and have a great night. The content on higher ground is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical, mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical, mental health condition.