Why World Class Professional Athletes Are Using CBD Coconut Oil for Recovery

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CBD HELPS ATHLETES RECOVER QUICKER

Yair "Pantera" Rodriguez, ranked in the top ten of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) voiced his support of using CBD Coconut Oil to help increase his recovery time in between training sessions. 


Yair currently holds a 10-2-0 professional Mixed Martial Arts record, and was the featherweight winner of TV show The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America. Posting recently to his 260,000+ followers on Instagram, Yair showed his support for CBD's health boosting properties.

A cannabinoid found in the hemp plant, CBD works with the body's endocannabinoid system to help regulate homeostasis, improving a variety of biological processes including appetite, immune responses, mood, and sleep. 


Project CBD explains the science behind CBD's ability to reduce inflammation:

CBD’S ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS ARE IN PART ATTRIBUTABLE TO ITS INHIBITION OF ADENOSINE REUPTAKE. BY DELAYING THE REUPTAKE OF THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER, CBD BOOSTS ADENOSINE LEVELS IN THE BRAIN, WHICH REGULATES ADENOSINE RECEPTOR ACTIVITY.

A1A and A2A adenosine receptors play significant roles in cardiovascular function, regulating myocardial oxygen consumption and coronary blood flow. These receptors have broad anti-inflammatory effects throughout the body."


The CBD binds to the fatty-acids in the coconut oil, which allows for superior absorption of the cannabinoid into the blood stream after being processed by the liver.

Announcing he felt the 100% organic supplement was "amazing for recovery after a tough training session", Yair added that the CBD Coconut Oil had benefited his rest at night. ​

​Cannabidiol (CBN) is now permitted to be used by athletes in all sports since the governing body for anti-doping in sports (WADA) removed it from their banned list as of 1st January 2018. 

With this recent rule change, and the vast amounts of positive and ongoing research into the far-reaching health benefits of CBD, we can expect to see a lot more elite athletes, both professional and Olympic, to begin incorporating this cannabis plant extract into their training regimes.

Athletes and their coaches are recommended to only use CBD products from reputable sources, made with organic hemp and who have their products independently lab tested to ensure accurate CBD and THC content.

​For further reading into studies on the effect of CBD on inflammation:
https://www.projectcbd.org/inflammation