The Secrets of The Endocannabinoid System

One of the most important systems in our bodies is often overlooked until more recently. The Endocannabinoid system is involved in establishing and helping to maintain homeostasis within the human body. Cannabinoids and their receptors can be found in all parts of an animals’ body from the brain, tissues, glands and immunity cells. For example, a life process called autophagy; the process in which cells isolate part of their contents to be recycled, happens with the help of this system. The cannabinoid system also assists in the communications between cells and other bodily systems.

Cannabinoids are substances in our body used to stimulate the Endocannabinoid system. Two molecules are found naturally in the human body, anandamide (the first cannabinoid receptor to be discovered) and 2-arachidonoylgylcerol (2-AG ), found mostly in the nervous system as well as human milk. Similar substances we find in plants, they are known better at delta-9-tetrahydrocannbinol...

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