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and limited clinical trials.
Unlike with other supplements, neither the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) or the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) have created a Recommended Daily
Intake (RDI) for CBD, which means CBD does not have an official
serving size.
As such, consumers are estimating their CBD dosages based
upon the recommendations of manufacturers, the companies that
they buy their CBD from. Or even worse… Facebook groups or CBD
online forum users who are uncertified and claim to be ‘experts’
simply because they use CBD.
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How to Choose Your CBD Dosage
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Understanding the label
First, make sure you understand what is in the product. When
purchasing a CBD product, these will often come labelled as five
percent, ten percent, or 5000mg and so on, but what do these
values mean?
Check whether the percentage or quantity of CBD stated on the
bottle refers to the quantity of actual CBD in the product and not
the quantity of CBD hemp concentrate or oil used to make the
product.
It can be confusing as some customers will be misled into
believing their ten percent CBD oil contains ten percent actual
CBD but in some cases, this can refer to the content of hemp oil
concentrate added during formulation.
As these CBD pastes and concentrates contain variable
concentrations of CBD depending on the level of refinement, your
ten percent tincture could contain as little as 100-150mg of actual
CBD, which in reality is 1.0-1.5 percent CBD.
I have noticed some manufacturers doing this, it can be
misleading, purposefully or not.
One example of a well-put label is the full spectrum CBD tincture
from Pura Vida. On the front label, they state both the quantity
of hemp paste concentrate added and the actual CBD content of
the product.
Percentage vs milligrams
As there is no actual standardised method of labelling CBD
products, you will often see products labelled as a percentage or
with a quantity stated in milligrams.
The mass stated refers to the quantity of CBD in the entire
product, and not per millilitre. For example, a 1000mg CBD
e-liquid that is 10ml in volume would contain 100mg CBD per
millilitre, and 33.33mg per millilitre if in a 30ml bottle.
If the CBD content is stated as a percentage however, a
five percent 10ml bottle will contain 500mg of CBD or CBD
concentrate, or 50mg per millilitre. A five percent 50ml bottle
will contain 2500mg CBD, and still, 50mg CBD per millilitre, the
overall CBD content is different depending on container volume.
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