What Does The Endocannabinoid System Do?
Interestingly, the endocannabinoid system is not unique to the human species. Research has shown that this system is common to all humans and vertebrate animals – and even some invertebrate animals – suggesting its significance in the process of evolution. Experts believe that natural selection has conserved the endocannabinoid system in living organisms for 500 million years.
Although the endocannabinoid system affects a wide variety of biological processes (such as appetite and sleep), experts believe that its overall function is to regulate homeostasis.
Homeostasis is a key element in the biology of all living things and is best described as the ability to maintain stable internal conditions that are necessary for survival. Disease is simply a result of some aspect of failure in achieving homeostasis, making the endocannabinoid system a unique target for medical applications.
This is correct. The cannabinoids are effectively the keys which fit the locks. The locks are the protein receptors we have in our brains and in our major organs. Put the right key into the right lock and your brain can tell your body can do all kinds of amazing things such as turn off and kill cancerous cells. This system has played a pivitol role in our evolution and to take our cannabis away from us and deprive us of these cannabinoids after millions of years of evolution is a crime against nature. Those responsible need to pay for their actions, but until the masses are well enough educated on this matter it will be hard to have any actions taken against them as we need to act in large numbers to get things changed.
ReplyDeleteIt's an ongoing war, but we will win, I have no doubt about that.
Education is key to our victory!
Keep up the good work Gina, it's people such as ourselves sharing this knowledge that are turning this war in our favour.
Much love ;)