You’ve Heard That CBD Can Help You Chill — Well, This Is Supercharged*

A main difference between hemp-derived CBD isolate products and full-spectrum hemp products lies in their cannabinoid count. Cannabi-what? Cannabinoids are the plant compounds (i.e., phytocannabinoids) that give these products their chill factor.* A CBD isolate product is very singular in that it contains only one type of phytocannabinoid: CBD. All the other natural plant compounds have been filtered out.

A full-spectrum hemp oil, on the other hand, will contain, well, the full spectrum of the plant’s native phytocannabinoids (including CBD), as well as other beneficial compounds like terpenes, flavonoids, and fatty acids.

Research suggests that the closer the hemp oil extract is to the whole plant profile or entourage, the more pronounced its effects.* “When you mix all those phytocannabinoids together, and not just the phytocannabinoids—but their supportive compounds and antioxidants that are in the [hemp plant]—it’s a whole mix. There’s this whole system at work,” integrative physician Robert Rountree, M.D., previously told mbg.*