Easy Recipe for CBD Raspberry Delight
Sometimes Raspberry Delight is just what you need to cheer up wet and grey days. This is the real deal! It is beautifully fragranced with a mix of raspberries, honey & CBD!
Ingredients:
- 100-125 gms of fresh raspberries
- 2-3 tablespoons of honey
- 150 ml of boiled water
- Few drops of Nordic Oil CBD oil
Directions
- Open the raspberries to check the inside of the fruit for freshness. Continue reading to know why?
- Spread all the opened raspberries in a bowl and pour 150 ml of boiling water on it
- Allow it to sit for 1 minute
- Quickly strain the water and spread the softened raspberries on a separate plate
- Now add 2-3 tablespoons of honey on top by ensuring that it coats evenly on all berries.
- Allow settling for 2 minutes
- You will see that the berries have left out some water and the honey has been absorbed, as the hot water made it soften
- Add a few drops of CBD oil
- Give this a good mix.
CBD Raspberry Delight: A bowl full of a simple, instant rich source of antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, and minerals is ready! You can eat this as it is, or generously spread on a slice of brown bread or on a tortilla.
If you tried this, share your comments. We’re eager to know your experience!
Did you know Cannabis and honey have a lot in common?
Benefits and purpose of opening the raspberries and soaking in boiled water:
Just observe the fruit from the picture below. The Vibrant red that contrasts the fresh green leaves. Doesn’t this unbeatable beauty of nature instantly win our hearts?! Feels like plucking and popping them into your mouth!
Wait a minute. Did we forget our insect friends, we share food with them too, right?! Yes, we do.
Sawfly, fruit worm, sap beetles or picnic bugs, white worms, bugs, moths larvae of somebutterflies feed on ripe fruits and leaves of raspberry plants. Fungi could even infect the soft fruit.
If you open the fruit using the tip of your fingers you can find that some of the berries have a web-like fungal formation inside. This is definitely what we need to avoid. These fungi or bugs might cause infections when consumed unknowingly.
The best-recommended practice for this is to soak the opened raspberries in boiled water for just 2 minutes and then use them for consumption. Also note, the soaking might vary for larger quantities of the fruit.
CBD
‘Cannabidiol’ in short is widely referred to as CBD. Cannabis is one of the species among the 170 species of the Cannabaceae plant family. There are two subspecies of cannabis, Cannabis sativa, and cannabis Indica. Hemp is a variety of Cannabis Sativa, which is a popular and incredibly useful source of Industrial fiber used in textiles, cosmetics, ropes, insulation, clothing, food, plastics, building materials, biofuels, etc. Beer is the first thing that one would pronounce when you hear about Hemp.
Cannabis breeders breed various varieties of cannabis for therapeutic actions, medicinal potentials as well as recreational experiences. At this point, it is important to understand the main ingredients in cannabis. THC ( Tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD ( Cannabidiol) The fluctuating levels of these constituents in each variety determines its psychotropic nature. The proportion of THC and CBD determines the purpose for which it is put to use. THC is psychotropic in nature and CBD is not. Hence, CBD does not make you high.
CBD and Endocannabinoid system
The endocannabinoid system is essential and the most significant physiologic system in the human body used that supports enhancing health. Endocannabinoids and receptors are present in various body parts. Organs, immune cells, glands, connective tissues, and the brain all have endocannabinoids and receptors.
It initiates physiological processes that help in controlling various body processes like mood, stress, immune system, and the neurological system and is focussed on attaining homeostasis. Therefore, a stable endocannabinoid system is essential for maintaining good health.
There is a growing body of studies that are engaged in proving the response of external cannabinoids or CBD on the endocannabinoids in the human body. Along with the positive outcomes of CBD on CB1 and CB2 receptors.
Raspberry
Raspberry belongs to the diverse flowering plant, rose family. It is Eurasian in origin and can be found in distinct color varieties that include red, black, blue, and yellow. But these colors are special and specific to their origin. They are commercial fruit crops cultivated in temperate regions of the world.
Nutrient Value of Raspberries:
Vitamin A, C, B6 Manganese, Dietary fiber, zinc, thiamine, carbohydrates, less sugar content, no starch, and abundant phytochemicals.
Top Amazing health facts about Raspberry:
According to an Independent research paper on the health benefits of raspberry published for Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia.
- Among all fruits, they have the highest concentrations of antioxidants and these are cancer-fighting.
- It’s Phytonutrients help to reduce oxidative stress, inflammation, and curbs reproduction of cancer cells.
- Minerals help to maintain cardiovascular health
- Vitamin C and Minerals improve fertility in both men and women
- Anti-inflammatory properties help improve the immune system
Food for thought
While we come to understand that the raspberry fruit has such amazing health benefits, raspberry leaves might also have been used for medicinal remedies. But there is no conclusive scientific research that proves it.
Are we missing the potential therapeutic benefits of lifestyle mediated health and succumbing to drug-based cure to disease and not a state of well being? This is a typical case with most botanical plants that possess amazing health benefits but scientific research has not been able to prove it.
Whom should we blame? The approach of pharmacology? Vested interest by governments of countries or powerful businessmen or corporate companies? Stringent laws and bureaucracies that make it inaccessible to test or experiment? Who do you think should change the approach?!
Do you remember the Hippocratic philosophy?
The central idea: Principle of wholeness, “The certain knowledge of nature is solely possible from medicine and only when it is correctly approached as a whole”.