Welcome to Hi-Fi for Hemp. I am Martin Lindeskog, and today I have a guest here. Hello, Hanna.
Hello, Martin. Thank you for inviting me.
Yes, you're welcome, and thanks for joining here. How did we meet, Hanna?
Well, you and I met at an alternative fair in Gothenburg, didn't we?
Yeah, a health fair.
Over hemp, of course.
And I have news about you and your book, first in Swedish and then translated in English.
Because I know the owner of a company, of his publishing book company called Whip Media, Anders and his partner.
so I met him at the book fair
and then he said that he will publish this book
and I said wow
then I started this podcast
so I thought it was interesting to read a book
and then I was thinking
maybe someday I will meet the author
and now here we are
so could you start out
tell a little bit about yourself
and why did you write this book
and in Swedish it's called
is it Hampa
och CBD, vad är vad
so it's like
hemp or industrial hemp
and CBD and we will explain
what CBD is standing for
we have talked about that in previous
episodes of this podcast
and what is what
it's actually
hemp and CBD, a beginner's guide
and since I have a
controversial last name
H-E-W-L
I actually published it
under HILL
H-I-L-L
so not to offend anybody
yeah that's great
and we are not here to
offend or so on
but maybe to make the listener
to think a little bit about this topic
absolutely and it's not
to replace any medical advice
I'm not a doctor
or a researcher of any kind
I'm just a hemp enthusiast
for the record
Yeah. And that's maybe building up or coming to you why you wrote this book or started to write about this book, doing research and so on. So could you tell a little bit why did you write this book?
Well, one evening in 2018, in January, I think, I got a call from a friend who is also an alternative therapist, just like me.
And she said, I've got something really interesting going on.
It's CBD. Have you heard about it?
And I said, no.
And she began telling me all the things that CBD could actually do for you and your body.
And I'm curious and open-minded.
i'd like to think so i was really thrilled so i said to my husband i think i'm going to start
selling cbd and he was like you know calm down step back think about it you cannot get on to
everything so i did for seven days and then when he wasn't at home i i ordered the cbd oil and
i didn't really know much about it so i listened to some some pods some information and then i began
googling and that's when i realized that there wasn't much info on cbd in swedish there were
some of course but but not in abundance so i began studying in english and i read up and the more i
read the more fascinated i became so i have three kids i'm tired sometimes and i have sometimes i
struggle with you know memorizing everything so i wrote it down so i saved everything into a document
And then my friend who called me about CBD initially said, let me read that.
And I said, it's not in a state where you can get anything out of it.
I have to edit a little bit.
So I began to edit it.
And I did.
And chapters evolved.
And all of a sudden, there was like a manuscript.
And by then, she didn't want to read it anymore.
so it it i left it in my computer for like a year and then just before christmas i think it was 2020
my sister said come on send it to a couple of publishing houses so i did and then i actually
got it accepted at one publishing house but when the person called me doesn't matter what sex the
person had it said that you know this is not going to be a huge book it's never going to appear in
the windows of these major like barnes and noble in sweden never that's never gonna happen do you
hear me it's never going to happen and i'm thinking why do you want to publish this book if you don't
believe in it so i actually turned to to whip media because i've been looking at that publishing house
because I liked Anders and I liked the way he works, and told him,
the book is accepted by a competition.
Are you interested at all?
And he said, send over the manuscript.
And then he said okay I publish it So he did He took it on and published it So that the story It wasn meant to be a book So it my first book actually
Yeah.
It came about because I really wanted to know what to look for.
What is hemp?
What is CBD?
Is it a drug?
Because that's what everybody told me.
And is it legal?
It's kind of a guide for shopping CBD, basically.
Great.
and we will do here
do some new episodes
in the future about certain
aspects of a book and segments of a
book and chapters and so on
and also develop and what's
happened after publishing the book
and so on so we could take
the title that you had
in Swedish very short
because we have talked about that in other
episodes but it could be a good introduction
so what is
the acronym CBD
standing for?
cannabidiol and it's a cannabinoid that comes or originates from the hemp plant and there are
many cannabinoids some say over 100 some say over 120 and i read a paper issued by the european
union and they say over 140 cannabinoids cbd is only one of them but it's the one of the most
famous. The other one is the THC, which is
in Sweden, where we live, you and me, it's equivalent of being
narcotics, illegal drugs. CBD, however,
is not psychoactive in the aspect that it gets
you high because it doesn't. THC gets you high, CBD doesn't.
Yeah, and that's the thing that we probably will talk in
a future episode about the situation in Sweden compared to other countries in the European
Union and so on. So the natural
thing with THC
you will not get high
if I understand it right.
But it's classified
as this. That's why it's getting so complicated
in Sweden.
Industrial hemp is not the same thing as
marijuana.
Industrial hemp, to be called industrial
hemp, it can only contain
about 0.2%
THC
and that amount doesn't get
you high.
if if i wrote that in the book if if industrial hemp they would get you high you'd have to eat
like 600 kilos within 15 minutes and that would probably you know kill you off before you got the
so so industrial hemp has a really low amount of thc and as the name says industrial it is used in
in the car industry, you can do batteries.
You can do a lot of things with industrial
hemp.
The illegal plant,
the Mariana,
it doesn't do any of those things.
I think the sole reason for using that
is when people want to get high.
And we're talking, not that,
we're talking industrial hemp here.
Because in Sweden, the laws
and the legislation is really
tough. So no THC
whatsoever, because
every ounce of THC
every particle is
classified as narcotics
and we'll probably come
talk about that at the end here
how you came about
a product there without THC
so we haven't talked about
industrial hemp, the name of that
and we've talked about
on this podcast about
applications like in building
in fashion and the long history
so I really like to
reread your book and see
how much you have done it.
You say it's a very basic book, but
to compile this together in
a nice format is great.
So I really applaud
you for this. And then you
had a little bit
that we will touch on, and that will probably be
a separate episode also.
This word that also
acronym, E-C
system. Could you
please say that
slowly?
The system, the balance system.
The endocannabinoid system?
Yeah.
Yeah, that's the explanation for the brilliance of the hemp plant.
Yeah.
When I went to school, and I'm guessing when you went to school,
the ECS, the endocannabinoid system within our bodies,
I mean, endo means within the body, was just about discovered, I think.
I never studied it at school.
I've talked to doctors in Sweden who didn't even know about it.
And considering that the endocannabinoid system is the highest self-regulatory system, it's like the boss of all the other systems, the hormonal system, the digestive system, the nervous system.
If the boss is out of balance, the organization can be somewhat unbalanced too, imbalanced.
And we will probably talk more about that, as I said.
Who did come about this idea?
It was pretty recent, right?
Yeah, it was in the...
Oh, you catch me unprepared.
It was in...
If it was at the end of the 80s or the beginning of the 90s...
Yeah.
I mean, CBD has been...
CBD was discovered really, really early.
And THC in the 60s, I think it was 64.
And then they stumbled upon the endocannabinoid system and when they tried to find out how THC was how that gave you a high Yeah If it was the father of the cannabis research
it's an Israeli guy called Rafael Meshula.
Yeah.
I'm not sure how you pronounce that.
I think it was him.
Yeah.
And that, for me, is fascinating.
And how you could use a podcast for that.
You could really dig into it.
and you could have it in text, you could do it in so many different ways.
It struck me when I heard about it.
Wow, what fascinating.
Thanks, Hanna, for bringing this up.
Of course, you could Google, you could look at Wikipedia,
you could stumble on things,
but as you have done to create it and compile it into a book.
And again, glad that the publishing house, like Wip Media, said,
yes, we will publish it.
And be realistic to say that this maybe will not be the biggest bestseller, what not.
But this could have an influence and to be informative, to start a guide and introduction to what is hemp, industrial hemp, and what's CBD.
And as you said again, please repeat the title in English.
It's called Hemp and CBD, a beginner's guide by Anna Hill.
Yeah, that's great. And also when you did this writing and you bought CBD online, stumbled on something, could you say what that had led to you now during the years here when you have tested products and different applications together in your work and so on?
what have happened during the years here
because that's how we met at this fair
because you presented your book
and you had this
what's that in English? Is it called
ice chocolate or was it called?
Yeah, I don't know if it exists
in English but I make a Swedish
classical ice chocolate and I
add some hemp, broad spectrum
hemp oil flavored
with orange. So I usually
give those out when I'm at
fairs because one I like
chocolates and two I like CBD.
And it's a good icebreaker too.
Yeah, I really think that's a good idea.
Well, I do promote a CBD oil or a broad spectrum hemp oil actually.
And I find it really great when it comes to being anti-inflammatory and good for sleep,
to mention two things.
Many people struggle with sleep and with pain.
often caused by inflammation so so it's the oil is really potent absolutely
i myself i tried it because i was curious i i didn't experience any issues for example with
my sleep i could always i can fall asleep anywhere i could sleep 10 hours a day still a little bit
tired but but after trying the the broad spectrum hemp oil i found that i only need seven to eight
hours and i wake up refreshed in february in sweden i mean the sun doesn't even show during
february most of the times and i still feel energized so that's a win for me yeah and again
now i've got lots of ideas what we could talk about in future so we will do this this is like
an introduction and thanks again for the time but that's for my you could say journey also i it was
after the pandemic and something with the balance system i was curious i searched i i've heard it
before i got introduced to it when i was in in college in america and so on in university
and and then found out about it and tested it and i've tested different brands different type
of application products and then we met and then it was a common denominator a person that i know
from in the past and would probably have on the show also here in the future and that it really
clicked and said wow now i found this product that i probably say it's best that i could use and find
on the market and this is as i said i am for friendly competition and then you did the search
on what's in it in in the product how how will you use it it's lots of lingo out there so i think
that's we will talk more about that and you know how you could use it and this as you said about
sleep for example and then you have a presentation about this you have different ways
that you could use it for.
And again, it's to test it.
So we'll probably have an episode of that also,
the application and how you could test it and use it
in different ways.
So could you, yeah, continue?
Most people don't know, or I'm not saying all people,
but many people don't know that all mammals
have the endocannabinoid system.
And one way of balancing that so that you feel balanced,
that you feel great and that all your systems can work in harmony,
is by actually there are some ways but one really efficient way is the hemp oil So I for balance So that one of the great things with this misunderstood plant
Absolutely.
Great.
Yeah, and it will sense that in a way.
And this is when it's getting very fascinating about this EC system.
And you could repeat the name and we'll include that in the show notes also.
It's a long word.
the endocannabinoid system.
Yeah.
So anything else you want to ask
this introduction of your
your water career
you could say and your book
both in Swedish and English
and your journey here about
finding hemp
oil products
that you want to say
as an end and how you
come about what you
are using nowadays.
days well i'm i am an alternative therapist as it's called in sweden and there are many people
who struggle with their health and i for one i mean you have doctors helping you but you can
always do something extra you can you can also support your own health besides going to the
doctor and getting help there and i think that that balancing your endocannabinoid system is one
really terrific way of uh of of you know giving your body the the conditions needed to function
properly but with that said uh be careful with the the products that you are using because
in the us i mean the fda has done tests and some of the cbd oils they don't even contain cbd and
one thing to know is that cbd oh sorry the hemp plant is actually like a bio accumulator if you
plant it somewhere it absorbs what is around it in the soil they use the hemp plant in chernobyl
where there was a nuclear disaster in 1986 and they use hemp there because it absorbs the cesium
137 from the ground so you don't want to eat that i don't think that's possible because they
take care of it but but hemp the hemp plant is really potent when it comes to absorbing things
So you need to go, you look for a bioproduct with a certificate of analysis so you know that it's a clean product that you use, basically.
Yeah, and that's what you found during your studies and writing the book and then published the book and then translated it.
When I wrote it, yeah, I wouldn't say I've conducted studies, but it's got the researchers.
But I've read a lot of studies and absolutely it's great.
to use the hemp plant, but also it's not to replace any medical advice,
but the plant in itself is fabulous.
But be careful so that it's a clean product.
You don't want to get bacteria or heavy metals or cesium-137 into your body.
That's for sure.
So yeah, we will continue talking about this topic, Hanna.
Thanks again for being here.
so please tell more about
where we could find
the book and I will also
include the product
that I've talked about in the past
also here in the show notes
if you want to support the show and you
want to test a great product
and see for yourself what it
could bring and
what kind of positive effects you
could have
absolutely do that try the oil
I recommend it
The book in Swedish is called Hemp och CBD, Våder Våd, and that's available in bookstores in Sweden, online or physical bookstores.
The Hemp and CBD, A Beginner's Guide by Hannah Hill, is available on Amazon around the world.
Great.
And it's an easy-to-read book.
I've tried to make it accessible.
Yeah, it's very easy to read.
And again, it's great work to do this and combine this and put it together.
So thanks again, Hannah, for doing this.
And we will...
Let me be on the show.
Yeah.
So we'll talk soon again and more about this topic.
Absolutely.
Thanks again, Hannah.
And if you have any other thoughts or ideas or comments, whatever.
And that could maybe be for the listener out there.
if you have any questions for
Hannah or myself or something
that you have been thinking about you are more than welcome
to stay in touch
and contact us and so on
so we will include that in the show notes
also how you could reach out
to us and
so yeah and
we will talk more and I will also talk
with my co-host here Adam
Tinkoff if you have any
thoughts in input and what we
can do in the future so this is
a new way of
doing this podcast
and this show and see what
it could develop me
into and we will continue
the conversation. I like the expression
adding your two cents to the conversation
so we can continue that.
Great.
Yeah. Thanks Anna
and talk to you
soon again. Yes.
Bye bye. Bye for now.
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