My Favorite CBD
As with anything these days, you need to do your research before purchasing when it comes to ingesting something daily! When I was looking into CBD brands a few years ago, I was looking for a brand that had quality, organic ingredients, as well as transparency throughout their manufacturing process, including third party testing with a Certificate of Analysis. This is what a “clean” CBD should entail! Which is how I found Tonic.
Tonic is a company that was started by a fellow Institute of Integrative Nutrition Alumni, Brittany Carbone. She wanted a more natural way to manage her anxiety that she could incorporate into her daily routine, even while working. She started integrating adaptogens with CBD, which is how Tonic’s OG Blend was born. She and her family started a hemp farm in Upstate NY where they create CBD blends that contain Adaptogens as well as other herbs and plants that not only promote calm, but have many other benefits. Adaptogens and Black Seed Oil combined with CBD help double down on each other’s effects, creating an even more calming, anxiety & stress reducing “tonic” .
Adaptogenic Ashwagandha root helps your body naturally “adapt” to stressors and offers the following benefits:
lowers cortisol
reduces anxiety and stress
helps fight depression
improves mental clarity
boosts brain function
Black seed oil benefits:
fights bacteria
has antioxidant properties
protects against damaging free radicals
improves rheumatoid arthritis and asthma symptoms
provides immune support
delivers anti-inflammatory effects & pain relief
has strong anti-fungal activity against candida, which is a type of yeast that can cause bacterial overgrowth in the body, especially the gut.
reduces high cholesterol & high blood pressure
promotes optimal gut and liver health
The “Chill TONIC” takes the above benefits to the next level by also incorporating lemon balm and passionflower. These herbs calm your nervous system, reduce anxiety and better prepare the body for sleep by relieving restlessness. Lemonbalm has even been shown to help minimize menstrual cramps and ease headache pain. Passionflower aids in the treatment of anxiety and sleep problems and has been shown to provide pain relief, relieve cramps and can reduce symptoms of menopause and ADHD.
Beyond the calm you’d normally receive from CBD alone, these adaptogens and herbs help provide the restorative support your mind and body need after experiencing the day to day stressors of work, family life, and the ever-changing world of Covid-19. It serves as protection against the disease-causing chronic inflammation that can result from chronic stress.
They’ve even made it super easy for customers to see exactly what batch their blend was in and what it contains by providing a scannable tag that shows an authenticating third-party Certificate of Analysis. Curious to try? Use my link to purchase with Discount Code MEREDITH10!
