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How Marijuana Can Help You Live a Healthier Lifestyle

February 27, 2018 07:06 pm ET Estimated Read Time: 2 Minutes

How Marijuana Can Help You Live a Healthier Lifestyle

Are you looking to fit cannabis in with your healthy habits? Whether you are a yogi, cyclist, or just appreciate sports and a healthy lifestyle in general, here are some ways cannabis can take your lifestyle to the next level.

Smoking Marijuana Is NOT the Only Option

First of all, if you are trying to improve your lifestyle by cutting out everything that may do you any harm, you probably will want to eliminate smoking from your life. Whether you use cannabis medically or recreationally, smoking is not the best option if you are looking for healthier habits. But not to worry—you still have many other options like edibles, capsules, tinctures, and drinks.

Even though smoking is the most common way to consume cannabis, it is also the most unhealthy way to do it. If you cringe at the idea of giving up your joints or bowls, try vaping. Vaping cannabis—both flower and concentrate—has been found to be less harmful to one’s mouth and lungs.

Combining Exercise and Marijuana

How can you combine exercises and marijuana for a better practice? Everybody knows that marijuana enhances the appetite and helps those who are looking for muscular gain or even maintaining weight. But be careful not to eat your whole fridge after using cannabis, as this is obviously counterproductive.

Cannabis’ Benefits for the Mind

Cannabis is also very good for your mind, giving you more emotional awareness and a widened perspective. This can do wonders for helping to alleviate anxiety and stress. The cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) specifically has calming properties, which can be optimal for fighting anxiety and inducing sleep.

Cannabis can help you improve many areas of your life. Whether you’re using cannabis to improve your workouts, tone down your stress, or get to sleep, the physical and mental benefits of the plant are endless. There are a wide variety of cannabis products for an abundance of problems, and you can certainly find which strain or product suits you best with a little practice.

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Anthony is the Marketing Director of Veriheal with a keen sense for sustainable branding techniques and creative marketing solutions meant for the cannabis space. He is inspired by art and human culture and occasionally gives us a sneak peek into what is happening behind the scenes at Veriheal.

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January 21, 2023 at 5:17 pm
Marijuana helps me regain touch with parts of my self that were no longer part of my consciousness, like feelings in my face, feelings of knowing from my youth that I had managed to keep alive into my adulthood that had eventually left. Our culture discourages feeling so knowing, so high minded, and marijuana provides some of us that chance. I propose birthday is a major clue to how one benefits. With 50 years study of birthday, trying to rescue it from astrology’s archaic premises, I propose it’s about the role of the seasons in early neural development. I’m March 10
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Joe Friendly says:

January 21, 2023 at 9:20 pm
Marijuana helps me regain touch with parts of my self that were no longer part of my consciousness, like feelings in my face, feelings of knowing from my youth that I had managed to keep alive into my adulthood that had eventually left. Our culture discourages feeling so knowing, so high minded, and marijuana provides some of us that chance.
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