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Dr Robert Melamede PhD on the Endocannabinoid System
Hi, I'm Dr. Robert Melamede PhD.
I'm a professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
I was the former chairman of the biology department there.
And currently, in addition to my role as professor.
I'm also CEO and president of cannabis science.
A public traded company on the NASDAQ bulletin boards CBIS.
I was studying free radicals.
And I was studying radiation chemistry and DNA repair.
So that gave me a foundation.
To understand free radicals as very important modulators.
Essentially of aging and age-related illnesses.
Which is really what cannabis does.
So by combining my understanding of life from the thermodynamic point of view.
From an equilibrium thermodynamic point of view.
In co- junction with my expertise in radiation chemistry and free radicals.
And being a lifelong cannabis user.
I've been in a very unique position to assemble those 3 entities.
Into a cohesive perspective as to what life is.
And the fundamental role that the endocannabinoid system plays in life.
And how it modulates an imbalance that we all suffer.
People in general are aware that the omega -3's are good for you.
They inhibit various cardiovascular problems.
What most people are not aware of.
Is that they're participating directly in the endocannabinoid system.
That they make a variety of our endocannabinoids.
And they're part of the bigger picture of lipid metabolism.
Of which endocannabinoid system is kind of a central focal point.
So there are numerous benefits from these essential fatty acids.
That we can help modulate.
We can change our biochemistry by our nutritional intake.
But going beyond that there's only certain limitations.
As to how much you can vary our endocanabinoid activity.
From that nutritional point of view.
So that for many, many, many people.
With the whole huge spectrum of illnesses.
Ranging from cardiovascular disease...
Skeletal diseases like osteoporosis...
Cognitive dysfunction from the neurological deterioration associated with aging.
And literally all the autoimmune diseases and many cancers .
They all have free radicals as a part of their etiology.
Cannabinoids, being the ones we make or the ones we can take in.
Benefits those.
So it's not my position.
That in order for us to reset our endocannabinoid activity thermostat.
To lower the damage caused by essentially...
A degree of unnecessary inflammatory responses.
We have to essentially consume cannabis.
With cannabis being now, from my perspective an essential nutrient.
By virtue of how it will turn down inflammatory responses.
And inhibit the aging process.
And the negative consequences of age-related illnesses.
Nobody dies from being old.
They die from age related illnesses.
Very safe and effective medicine.
That is able to uniquely tap into our endocannabinoid system.
Which interestingly and ironically regulates everything in our body.