CBD Against Diabetes!

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Today’s 30-Second Summary

If you don’t have time to read the whole email today, here are some key takeaways:

• CBD is popular for its many benefits, but the science of it is still very young and growing

  • Today’s main feature examines the evidence for CBD use in the context of diabetes (and yes, there is evidence for its use being potentially beneficial in a number of ways)

  • The short version is that there’s more data (and quite promising data, at that) than the American Diabetic Association acknowledges, but there’s also a lot more studying to be done, as most research so far has been in rodents or in vitro (we highlight and quote from some of the more exciting ones)

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Q&A Thursday

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Have a question or a request? We love to hear from you!

In cases where we’ve already covered something, we might link to what we wrote before, but will always be happy to revisit any of our topics again in the future too—there’s always more to say!

As ever: if the question/request can be answered briefly, we’ll do it here in our Q&A Thursday edition. If not, we’ll make a main feature of it shortly afterwards!

So, no question/request too big or small 😎

❝CBD for diabetes! I’ve taken CBD for body pain. Did no good. Didn’t pay attention as to diabetes. I’m type 1 for 62 years. Any ideas?❞

Thanks for asking! First up, for reference, here’s our previous main feature on the topic of CBD:

CBD Oil: What Does The Science Say?

There, we touched on CBD’s effects re diabetes:

in mice / in vitro / in humans

In summary, according to the above studies, it…

• lowered incidence of diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice. By this they mean that pancreatic function improved (reduced insulitis and reduced inflammatory Th1-associated cytokine production). Obviously this has strong implications for Type 1 Diabetes in humans—but so far, just that, implications (because you are not a mouse).

• attenuated high glucose-induced endothelial cell inflammatory response and barrier disruption. Again, this is promising, but it was an in vitro study in very controlled lab conditions, and sometimes “what happens in the Petri dish, stays in the Petri dish”—in order words, these results may or may not translate to actual living humans.

• Improved insulin response ← is the main take-away that we got from reading through their numerical results, since there was no convenient conclusion given. Superficially, this may be of more interest to those with type 2 diabetes, but then again, if you have T1D and then acquire insulin resistance on top of that, you stand a good chance of dying on account of your exogenous insulin no longer working. In the case of T2D, “the pancreas will provide” (more or less), T1D, not so much.

So, what else is there out there?

The American Diabetes Association does not give a glowing review:

Source: ADA | CBD & Diabetes

Of course, that’s type 2, but most research out there is for type 2, or else have been in vitro or rodent studies (and not many of those, at that).

Here’s a relatively more recent study that echoes the results of the previous mouse study we mentioned; it found:

Read more: Experimental cannabidiol treatment reduces early pancreatic inflammation in type 1 diabetes

…and here’s a 2020 study (so, more recent again) that was this time rats, and/but still more promising, insofar as it was with rats that had full-blown T1D already:

Read in full: Two-weeks treatment with cannabidiol improves biophysical and behavioral deficits associated with experimental type-1 diabetes

Finally, a paper in July 2023 (so, since our previous article about CBD), looked at the benefits of CBD against diabetes-related complications (so, applicable to most people with any kind of diabetes), and concluded:

…before continuing:

Now, the first part of that is standard ass-covering, and the second part of that is standard “please fund more studies please”. Nevertheless, we must also not fail to take heed—little is guaranteed, especially when it comes to an area of research where the science is still very young.

In summary…

It seems well worth a try, and with ostensibly nothing to lose except the financial cost of the CBD.

If you do, you might want to keep careful track of a) your usual diabetes metrics (blood sugar levels before and after meals, insulin taken), and b) when you took CBD, what dose, etc, so you can do some citizen science here.

Lastly: please remember our standard disclaimer; we are not doctors, let alone your doctors, so please do check with your endocrinologist before undertaking any such changes!

Want to read more?

You might like our previous main feature:

How To Prevent And Reverse Type 2 Diabetes ← obviously this will not prevent or reverse Type 1 Diabetes, but avoiding insulin resistance is good in any case!

If you’re not diabetic and you’ve perhaps been confused throughout this article, then firstly thank you for your patience, and secondly you might like this quick primer:

The Sweet Truth About Diabetes: Debunking Diabetes Myths! ← this gives a simplified but fair overview of types 1 & 2

(for space, we didn’t cover the much less common types 3 & 4; perhaps another time we will)

Meanwhile, take care!

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