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Theme: Dr. David Hill- Copaiba vs. CBD
Transcript:
“Hi everyone Dr. Hill. Hey I’m excited to spend a little bit of time with you today and I’m gonna talk with you about one of my new most favorite subjects and of course it’s copaiba essential oil. But today I wanna do a comparison between copaiba and CBD. Now I know and I recognize that there’s a lot of discussion that happens about this all of the time and many of you either have participated or you’ve heard individuals talking about it. So can we take just a few minutes and talk about what we know and maybe help you understand some of the differences. Now there are some things that are resolute in this discussion and I feel like we need to be appreciative of that. We know for example, that th endo cannabinoid system is a resolute system. We know all there is to know about CB1 and CB1, we know where they interact in the body. We know that there’s the greater preponderance of CB2 in the periphery for example and the CB1 receptors are more centralized and that they have very specific functions. The whole endo cannabinoid system for example is very influential all throughout the body because of this wide distribution and the variation that exsists between those different types of receptors. CB2 receptors which is where most the discussion seems to be focused and centralized really deals a lot with the body’s immune capability, how the body’s able to monitor and control inflammatory responses appropriately. Even lots of discussion and information showing and defining how the endo cannabinoid system is very influential in helping to control different levels and forms of discomfort that we might experience. All of this factors together to mean that that system must hold some real value for us. And so of course there’s a lot of enthusiasm that seems to be present. Now some of that is much less defined. Some of it is not as concrete as we just described and primarily that difference lies between what we know about endo cannabinoids and what we know about cannabinoids that exsist outside of our body’s own framework. And we know that the body is self-sustaining in a lot of ways so we probably don’t need to spend a lot of time talking about the cannabinoids that our body produces on its own. But instead, let’s talk about those that we find in an outside source and specifically talking about CBD and talking about copaiba essential oil. Now when we talk about those it really becomes a question of how do we best influence this system within the body? We know that it’s meaningful. We know that it’s powerful. And we know that its influence is needed. So how do we best create that influence? Right now there’s a lot of discussion about CBD and its influence within that system, but I have continually spoken to and will I think forever more be in this camp between the two that I think copaiba is a much better solution. And I’ll tell you some of the reasons why. Influence of a receptor or influence into a system is always a process of how its best influenced or what it is that happens within that system. There’s some distinct differences between CBD and between copaiba essential oil. Now I keep referring to it as CBD and copaiba essential oil because in fact, copaiba is an essential oil where CBD is not an essential oil, it is a botanical. It’s an isolate molecule. It does come from a hemp plant, or it does come from marijuana and all of its different forms. It’s a botanical that’s housed within that plant, but it’s not an essential oil. One of the things that we know in a most basic sense is that essential oils behave very differently in the body. This is no exception. People sometimes refer to it as CBD oil because that molecule as it’s isolated is isolated and then combined with some type of a carrier oil, so mistakenly referred to it as an essential oil. But know that this is isolated chemistry that’s combined with or put in some other type of a product. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing. So we have to look at all of the characteristics that exist with CBD. One of the things that exists with CBD which makes it a little bit different and not exactly like what we would experience with copaiba essential oil is it’s actually an indirect activity. We know that to stimulate the endo cannabinoid system we have to stimulate those individual receptors. And indirect activity means that it doesn’t just go directly to that receptor, instead it goes through a whole process of activity that eventually may stimulate that receptor. Now a receptor is an all or nothing principle, either it’s stimulated or it isn’t, but how readily that stimulation takes place, or that activity takes place within the body, I think is an important consideration. That becomes an issue of several factors including the amount that’s present. And one of the things that’s unique about this as in isolate compound, is that we generally don’t see it in very high amounts. Very minimal amounts in terms of the dosage and that may not be substantial enough to create the benefits that we look for consistently. And so it’s this shortened activation or a cascade of activation that has to take place and then we have some question about dosage. And then the other thing that really occurs with it, there’s a lot of study that’s been done, but it’s not study that’s necessarily focused exclusively on CBD and its interaction with the body and we really don’t know long-term effects and benefits associated with that. The other issue is that at least to some degree, there is some regulatory challenge that exists. While many state have said that you can have this, the federal government to date still has not. And so all of those things combined together, for me personally really begins to cause some question. Now when we compare that to what we see with copaiba essential oil, it really becomes very, very different. One, this is an essential oil. And one of the things we know about essential oils is that we have a complete plant chemist in do TERRA, that’s the whole cycle, that’s the whole process that exists around CPTG and all of the things that we do with that. We have direct receptor activity. So our interaction wit the receptor is not dependent on some other thing that’s happening within the body. It can happen very quickly and we have direct response, direct interaction with that receptor. One of the things that’s really been interesting to me as we look at some of the science is very small amounts of copaiba essential oil can actually be very effective. As little as five milligrams, which is really less than one drop of copaiba essential oil, can have very dramatic effects. And so I like that we have not only consistent interaction but we have small amounts of dosing that’s required to create that interaction. And there are more than a 1,000 published studies that are talking directly about copaiba and its influence within human physiology and some of the activity that way. So it’s not necessarily that CBD oil in and of itself, or all by itself, somehow is just mismatched and we shouldn’t give it any consideration, I don’t think any of us are saying that. I think it’s more a wait and see model let’s see what we find out in the long-term. Let’s see how it is influential but what we know right now is even if CBD didn’t have any of those obstacles, by comparison, copaiba essential oil is different, it is an essential oil. Here we have four species of copaiba, blended together, the chemistry and the construct of that is completely different including that it’s primarily sesquiterpenes and one of the great values of sesquiterpenes and of course you know I’m gonna talk about chemistry, I have to do that. And one of the great things about sesquiterpenes is that we have the potential for many downstream effects and benefits. In other words, secondary metabolites and even tertiary metabolites, longer lasting effects and benefits, and don’t forget we get this direct activity and response with the system itself with very small amounts. So this means that it’s perfect for using with a model of consistency. Now I always when I think about copaiba versus CBD or frankly any other thing that right now kind of fits into that category, there’s four ways that I always think about it. One is purity. Nothing is more important with an essential oil, or frankly any product than is purity. One of the major differences that we see between copaiba essential oil, the way that do TERRA is supplying it, is beyond just the chemistry and beyond the potency, which is the second P it’s the potency and the purity of CBD is in question all of the time. We’re not really sure of the benefits of that and we don’t really know where the dosage levels are and where the efficacy comes from. And purity comes into question because our discovery has led us to believe that because it exists in such small amounts most of the product that we see in the marketplace in order to have enough present to be deemed as a value, is really being derived more synthetically. And we don’t have to have this debate about the difference between something natural in the body and something more synthetic in the body. So purity, potency, the other thing that I think is remarkable is price. Copaiba in of itself is extremely cost effective especially using it the way that we want to use it which is with consistency. If the endo cannabinoid system is as important as we all believe that it is, regardless of what position we take within that process whether we’re a fan of one versus the other, what we’re really looking for is consistency and that means that we have to have some opportunity for a daily use, or some opportunity for consistent exposure. The cost difference between the tow is substantial. And what little we know now currently about dosage with CBD suggests that the cost for that would be in excess of well over $100 per day. That doesn’t make any sense, it’s not sustainable, and so what we really get is inconsistent product delivery with very small amounts and we don’t get the efficacy. So why not choose something that the price makes it equitable and makes it usable on a daily basis so that we have constant support into that system. Then the last thing, and I get excited about this one, is pathway. We’ve been involved in this for awhile now and we’re making this wonderful discovery where for the first time, the first time in history, we have this ability to look at an essential oil and in this copaiba in its full context, all of the chemistry, everything combined. Not an isolated molecule. Everything I context, one with another . And we can see pathway. We know where it’s going to. We know the influence that it’s having within the body. So I look at those four factors, all of which are critical in my mind. Price which gives us the ability for consistency of use. Potenecy and purity which gives us confidence within its use and gives us the assurance that we’re gonna receive the maximum benefit. And then pathway and the understanding that comes from not just having the confidence in the copaiba essential oil, but in knowing exactly what it’s going to do for us. To me it seems like something that we should all gravitate to regardless of what we think otherwise. Copaiba is an essential oil that I believe is at the crux and at the core of what we need to do on a daily basis to help us maintain our health, to support and sustain the body and all of the things that it must do especially in the environments we now live in that are so challenging. So a quick invitation to you. Learn about copaiba essential oil, learn how to use it, learn how to incorporate it, it is one of my very favorite essential oils. Thanks for spending a little bit of time with me. I hope to see you all very soon.
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