The human body contains two kinds of fat: white fat and brown fat. As Dr. Clara Lawson, MD explains, white fat cells store energy while brown fat cells burn calories and generate heat. Overweight people have fewer brown fat cells than healthy-weight individuals.
Exercise converts white fat cells into brown fat cells, so you burn calories and lose weight. According to Dr. Lawson, CBD promotes weight loss through the conversion of white fat cells into brown fat cells. Additionally, CBD interacts with CB1 and CB2 receptors of the endocannabinoid system, which are involved in metabolism and hunger. CBD increases metabolism and reduces cravings for food, thus promoting weight loss. After positively influencing these receptors, CBD boosts metabolism and reduces cravings for food.
In addition to motivating you to exercise, CBD also aids weight loss in a different way, Dr. Lawson says. CBD has been shown to have promising effects on mood, so it will certainly assist you in your weight loss routine as well as the rest of your life.
The fact that CBD helps with sleep and quality sleep will affect hormones that affect hunger. When we are sleep-deprived, we produce more ghrelin and less leptin. Ghrelin signals hunger, while leptin signals fullness. In other words, just by getting a better night’s sleep, your appetite will be better controlled, allowing you to make healthier food choices.
Inflammation and stress, two factors associated with weight, can also be reduced with CBD.
With CBD’s anti-inflammatory qualities, it is also great to help with pain and post-workout recovery, making exercise easier and more enjoyable while helping you burn fat and maintain lean muscle. CBD is also great for managing stress levels so that unnecessary emotional eating, snacking or evening drinking is much less likely.