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Why am I so tired?

If you’re a parent, a student, someone who travels a lot, or just lives an active life, you’ve probably had this thought a million times.

Perhaps you’re behind on a project you’re working on, or you still haven’t gotten back to the person you want to reconnect with, or you’re so focused on a task you lose track of time, and it throws off your schedule.

We all have natural energy cycles, but because of busy lives, demanding careers, and increasing family needs, fewer of us are working at our optimal energy throughout the day.

Consider some of these concerning facts:

• 67% of us reported feeling burned out at work at least sometimes, according to a recent Gallup poll of 7,500 full-time employees.
• 43% of us admit we’re too tired to perform tasks at work according to The National Safety Council
• Fatigue can impair cognitive function as much as drinking and drugs according to the Sleep Foundation.

Sleep, exercise, and good nutrition all help the body function better, but even if we’re doing all those things, (and let’s be real, it’s hard) our bodies still operate at their own pace and energy levels which sometimes aren’t convenient to our daily demands. Sometimes we’re tired when we need to be alert and sometimes we feel alert when we need to get rest.

Hacking Your Body’s Energy Cycles

If you ever had trouble adjusting to Daylight Saving Time or experienced jet lag then you’re familiar with the circadian rhythm, the body’s natural cycles through states of being awake and asleep. However, your body’s internal clock does more than tell you when to wake up. It also runs other cycles such as appetite, heart function, mood, stress, and even energy.

For ideal mental alertness and productivity, it’s important to pay attention to your body’s energy levels—are you normally more focused in the morning or in the evening?  Pinpointing the times when you have the most energy and when you can produce the best work may allow you to adjust your schedule.

Unfortunately, you might need to make compromises. Perhaps you work best at 2 p.m., but you need to be in the office by 7 a.m. Maybe you had to take a red-eye to be at an important breakfast meeting.  Or, you’d like to take a nap after work, but you need to get dinner started. In addition to your normal wellness routine, there might be another way to supplement efforts to hack your energy cycle.

Imagine if you could get the energy you needed when you needed it, and then wind down when you needed that, too.

That’s the idea behind Create | Build | Dream (CBD), a water-soluble powder form of CBD and terpene (plant-based oils) profiles formulated to optimize mental and physical energy cycles. Think of terpenes as a tag-team partner; CBD is even more effective with them. The philosophy behind C | B | D is ideal energy levels are conveniently attainable for everyone, any time.

CBD + Energy

Why CBD? It interacts with a body system called the endocannabinoid system (ECS). The ECS needs cannabinoids (like CBD) to do its job as a master controller to the rest of our body’s systems. The ECS affects sleep, appetite, pain, inflammation, memory, and mood. Supplementing the body with natural cannabinoids, like CBD, from plants helps the ECS restore the body to homeostasis and helps the rest of your body’s systems, including that circadian rhythm.

But doesn’t CBD get you high? Hemp extracted CBD—a phytonutrient cannabinoid—does not get you high.  

The powder supplements in C | B | D sachets help people hack energy levels by including full-spectrum CBD and terpenes (those plant-based oils) blends formulated to match your ideal energy levels. If your energy cycle doesn’t match up to the times when you need to get moving or when you need to relax, having C | B | D supplement can help you get on track:

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• Morning (“Create”): the uplifting berry flavor is perfect for your breakfast smoothie and blended to increase alertness and well-being to get the day started with 10mg of full-spectrum hemp CBD.
• Midday (“Build”): Added to your afternoon water or tea, the bright midday citrus flavor helps manage mid-energy slumps and increase focus and sense of control with its 10mg of full-spectrum CBD.
• Evening (“Dream”): Prepare for a great night’s sleep with a serving of cocoa-flavored full-spectrum CBD/terpene profile optimized to help you relax.

C | B | D helps us maintain our energy throughout the day.

Having a 7 a.m. breakfast meeting after an overnight flight isn’t so daunting. Focus is now obtainable at the post-lunch meeting, and a great night’s sleep to prepare you for the next day is within your grasp. The best part is that these sachets don’t take too much space either—throw them into a carry-on, a purse, or lunch bag and you’re already one step closer to conquering the day.

Self-help books and media has driven the wellness message so deeply into the mainstream we all know the basics of taking care of ourselves: getting enough sleep; eating healthy food; staying active; and finding time to unwind.

Yet when the ECS is replenished, it’s an extra boost toward returning the body to an optimum energy cycle that can keep up with the demands of modern life.

Does Any CBD Product Work?

There are plenty of CBD products that have popped up over the past four years but not every CBD product is equal. Some CBD extracted using harsh solvents—especially many CBD products blended into food and beverage products—don’t contain the full phytonutrient power of full-spectrum CBD.  

C | B | D means you can get all the nutrient full spectrum power of CBD in your own beverage. The CBD/terpene profiles together optimize each serving for your ideal energy level based on time of day.

Better Energy in 3, 2, 1…

Having a holistic approach to energy and sleep along with mindfulness about our body’s systems can go a long way for productivity. Even when we’re already taking perfect care of  ourselves, replenish our body’s ECS with CBD can still make a noticeable difference.

And with C | B | D supplements, it’s as easy as adding it to your water the way you would with a powdered vitamin or a flavor enhancer–just three servings is all weekday warriors need to  naturally supplement their overall wellness routine and make the most of the day.

Fatigue may be on the rise in the U.S., but this is one small but powerful way we can get our energy levels up again—naturally.

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