CBD is known for having many different benefits. It is said to have some positive effects on heart related symptoms, so we dug deeper to see if it does really help with heart health.
“Heart failure patients should know that while CBD has been touted as a wonder compound and seems to be in almost everything these days, it has never been shown to have any significant cardiovascular benefits in human studies,” says Scott Lundgren, DO, a transplant cardiologist at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha.
These are a list of some studies that suggests that CBD oil may improve some heart-related symptoms:
A very small study conducted in 2017 in England found that CBD improved resting blood pressure and blood pressure spikes related to stress in people without heart conditions.
Various studies in animals have shown that CBD could improve vasorelaxation, or opening of arteries for better blood flow, as well as reduce inflammation. A small clinical trial from Mexico studying CBD in people with heart failure hasn’t reported any results yet.
A large study of more than 161,000 people hospitalized for heart failure who had used marijuana found that they had, on average, a lower risk of death and shorter hospital stays. But this doesn’t necessarily mean CBD oil would have the same benefit.
In conclusion, if you do have heart problems it’s best to get advice from your doctor as there isn’t enough evidence to support claims of whether CBD can help with heart health.
