MAN CBD Guide- Summer 2021

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE LATEST IN CBD

2021

CBD

ASK THE SCIENTIST

2022

CBD AS A FUTURE POTENTIAL LIFESTYLE AID

SPIRITED EUPHORIA

WHICH

AN EXCITING NEW CBDINFUSED ALCOHOLFREE SPIRIT

e: Focus Drops - Lime

CBD Patches (4 x 10mg),

Pure CBD Vegan Gummies

l), £24.99, Active CBD

£9.99, Cannacares

(20mg), £21.99, Iconic CBD

is a range of oils that have

Cannacares patches look like a

Iconic CBD gummies come in a

plaster but are infused with CBD.

variety of fruit flavours including

d vitamins and extracts to

d performance, focus, recovery

elaxation as part of your fitness

e. The lime flavour also contains

Apply the patch to a venous part of

orange, strawberry and pineapple.

the body like the top of your arm,

These vegan sweets provide a

inside of wrist or ankle. The patch

consistent dose of CBD. They are

in A which could help with iron

works by reacting to your body

perfect for anyone who dislikes the

bolism management. Other

heat, releasing a small amount

‘hempy’ taste that you often get

of CBD through the skin and into

with oils and tinctures.

rs in the range include

ins D3 and B12 which are

the bloodstream. Patches provide

ht to reduce tiredness and aid

a continuous release of CBD

e recovery.

throughout the day and are perfect

MEDICAL CANNABIS CARD IS RIGHT FOR ME? MAJORITY OF BRITONS The Men inSUPPORT

Mental Health LEGALISATION Public health and user-driven social media campaigns have encouraged

more of us to open up about our mental health in recent years. We talk to one man who conf ronted his mental health issues with CBD. Words by Gordon Stribling.

for the office.

ACTIVE OVER LOCK-DOWN The Centre for Mental Health estimates that around 10 million of us will experience long term mental health problems as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Many of those will likely be men who, true to the stereotype, avoid confronting the issue and suffer in silence.

Running was the absolute key to keeping myself on a good path.

CANNA BOOSTER

The Pure Sport CBD virtual Run Club has helped more than 800 people stay active

Some of our favourites to boost your mood With little experience of training others, Will brought running

coach Lloyd Kempson on board. Lloyd was inspired by his own experiences in a commercial

run club environment. He found

Confronting mental health issues with CBD

Despite the barriers to discussing

the club-based system could

this taboo subject being slowly

foster a sense of elitism while the

eroded, suicide remains the

commercial world was a lot more accepting. All you need to do is get

biggest killer of men aged under

there, leave your ego at the door

45. There’s still a long way to go.

and have a good time, however

Matthew Whittaker, 29, is a project

hard you go or fast you are.

manager and founder of the

“When anyone is welcome, you gain benef its in physical, mental

MENTAL HEALTH

Aryeetey uses it, triathletes like

go to the next level while keeping

and social areas, it unlocks doors

the Brownlee Brothers, too. So, the

that spirit of inclusivity and giving

to so many parts of your life

diversity it has is insane. And to be

new runners the social experience

that you may never have come

able to sleep and recover well is

that Lloyd has found so valuable.

across before. So social health

good for anyone.”

“A lot of them may never have had

CBD_UK subreddit from Leeds. He

in a world of my own,” he says. “Then all of a sudden a wave of anxiety just hit me like a tonne of

The Run Club is bringing out

this social side of the sport before

people who haven’t run in a long

and I know how amazing it is,” he

met before. Mentally, you may

time. There are various reasons for

says. “To have that opportunity

f ind so much more conf idence in

this, Lloyd says. Some were bored

to bring it to their doorsteps is

your ability to apply yourself to an

of running, others got injured

the door.

bricks out of nowhere.” He describes the experience as

a condition. To him, it was just an

a ‘chainsaw’ of overwhelming

brain deals with thoughts as they

understandable and short-lived

negative and aggressive thoughts

come in. But eventually, that door

reaction to a stressful event. Until a

and dark subject matter. A

is going to burst open.”

few years ago.

therapist would later use an

Matthew’s natural inclination to

Produced in association with

improvement, you may meet f riends that you would have never

in the right place. You’re just shoving stuff in them and shutting

admits that, for much of life he ‘didn’t really understand’ anxiety as

“I was working like mad, juggling an app start-up, doing all this

a really exciting thing for me. I

volunteer stuff... basically just

activity that you never thought

or pushed themselves too hard

genuinely think just f rom seeing

ploughing away, doing too much

you could before. And then

and some didn’t train properly.

how quickly this has grown online

analogy to describe how he dealt with his problems. “You’re not folding things up neatly and putting them in the cupboard

“I don’t think we consciously know we’re doing it. It’s just how our

rationalise himself back to mental clarity only made things worse. Trying to think about how not to worry only perpetuated a cycle that


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