The Widespread Wonders of the Endocannabinoid System
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) has proven itself to be a vital player in many central nervous system functions, potentially serving as a new therapeutic mecha...
Month: November 2020
Endocannabinoids and Reduced Inflammation
If I asked you to name an organ system in the human body, which one would you pick? The cardiovascular or nervous system, due to the well known and fasci...
Understanding Autism, Neurochemically and Beyond
Rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are rising in the U.S., and as a result, scientists are scrambling to figure out what is behind this increase and what w...
Medical Marijuana Decreases Drug Abuse
The endocannabinoid system is a naturally occurring system within the brain. Researchers have been looking at CBD and THC, which can both be extracted from cann...
Using the Gut to Treat Depression through Endocannabinoids
Your brain controls everything in your body right? Well, somewhat. In the case of some reflexes, the signal to pull your hand back from something hot may not ha...
The Endocannabinoid System’s Role in Therapeutics
When the endocannabinoid system is mentioned, most people generally infer that it has something to do with cannabis, more commonly known as marijuana. What most...
Endocannabinoids and Alzheimer’s Disease
If you’ve done any research on the neurochemistry of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), you’ve probably run into a few of the same molecular players like β-amyloid plaqu...
The Universal Therapeutic Target’s New Competition: Huntington’s Disease
Let us take a quick look at what the endocannabinoid system actually is. There are two major endocannabinoids in the body, specifically the brain: Anandamide (A...
Is Fat Bad? Exploring the Ketogenic Diet and Obesity
One thing’s for certain in the world of nutrition and food lifestyle, it’s complicated. There are myriad, wildly different diets, many claiming fantastic result...
Your Weight Is Completely Under Your Control: The Sneaky Myth Linking Obesity and Moral Failure
Susan Greenhalgh’s 2015 book Fat Talk Nation: The Human Costs of America’s War on Fat, identifies the idea that “Weight is under individual control; virtually e...