TL;DR
Live resin retains terpenes, enhancing flavor and potency compared to distillates. It may contribute to the entourage effect, potentially offering better effects and pain relief. Delta 8 Resellers provides high-quality, lab-tested live resin and distillate products from top brands. Explore our selection today!
Cannabinoids like Delta 8, HHC, and many others are the major active ingredients in products like vapes and edibles. However, they’re not the only part of the hemp plant that can influence the user experience.
Terpenes, chemicals found in a variety of plants, are also likely to contribute to the experience of cannabinoids. They’re a key part of the entourage effect, the theory that various chemicals in hemp and cannabis plants work together to produce different and better effects than cannabinoids by themselves.
Live resin contains these terpenes. That’s a major difference from distillates, which don’t include terpenes and other chemicals from hemp plants.
So, what are the benefits of live resin, and what does live resin do to you? Let’s take a closer look.
What is Live Resin? What are Terpenes?
What are Terpenes?
Terpenes are a key part of what makes live resin different from other types of concentrates, like distillates. So, it’s crucial to understand what terpenes are before learning more about live resin and its benefits.
Terpenes are often talked about in relation to cannabinoids, and for good reason. However, terpenes aren’t only found in cannabis and hemp plants. In fact, terpenes are found in a wide variety of plants, as Medical News Today explains. Some forms of terpenes are also found in animals and humans.
Terpenes have both intended functions and certain qualities that make them interesting – and perhaps beneficial – to humans. For plants themselves, terpenes play a protective role.
These naturally occurring compounds can help to prevent infection by germs and discourage animals from eating plants. Terpenes also appear to help manage biological interactions and support various activities of plants, such as cell growth and collecting sunlight for nourishment.
For people, terpenes are most easily recognized by their flavorful and aromatic qualities. Essential oils – oils containing the unique scent of a given plant – mainly include terpenes. Scents ranging from orange peel to clove are in large part created by terpenes.
Terpenes also have proven medical benefits. For example, the triterpene squalene is a key component in steroids. As you’ll see in the next section of this blog, terpenes may have many other practical and potential medical benefits.
What is Live Resin?
Live resin is a concentrate – a thick liquid that contains cannabinoids and other chemicals taken from cannabis and hemp plants. Live resin stands out from the other major form of concentrate, distillate, because of how it’s made and what’s included in the final product.
Distillates are made from dried and cured plants. Additionally, they’re processed so that the vast majority of active ingredients are cannabinoids themselves. They contain almost no or absolutely no terpenes and other chemicals.
Live resin, on the other hand, is made from flash-frozen plants. These plants are also processed to convert hemp or cannabis into a concentrated, thick liquid. However, live resin also contains terpenes and other chemicals. The benefit of live resin cartridges and other products containing live resin is that they contain more of the whole plant.
Why is that a benefit? Let’s take a closer look.
Live Resin Benefits: The Key Info
On a functional level, the answer to the question “What is live resin good for?” is often the entourage effect. That term refers to a theory that cannabinoids are only part of what causes the pleasant experience associated with them.
There’s no doubt that cannabinoids play a major role in feelings like enhanced mood and increased sense of creativity that are so often reported by users. The entourage effect postulates that terpenes and certain other chemicals found in cannabis and hemp plants work together with cannabinoids to deliver a unique experience.
In other words, cannabinoids by themselves deliver many of the effects that users want. But, by adding terpenes and other chemicals found in these plants to the mix, the experience is different – and, in the eyes of many users, better.
Terpenes also contribute to the flavor profile of cannabinoid products. Consuming high-quality live resin can deliver a different, more pronounced, and often enjoyable flavor as compared to distillate.
So, in the big picture for recreational use, live resin offers potentially more potent and enjoyable experiences. Of course, some users prefer distillate, and that’s fine too. There’s no right or wrong choice when it comes to different concentrates – what truly matters is finding the option that you enjoy the most.
When it comes to live resin health benefits, it’s important to note that scientific research has not yet conclusively proven many of these advantages. Instead, the potential benefits are mentioned in user reports and noted in preliminary research.
With that context, we can accurately take a closer look at possible live resin benefits in terms of health.
Dr. John Streicher, a researcher at Arizona State University, is focused on the role terpenes appear to play in pain relief. His team’s work has found that terpenes appear to cause pain-relieving effects in humans through our natural endocannabinoid systems.
Cannabinoids themselves also appear to have pain-relieving properties. So, combining cannabinoids and terpenes may lead to better delivery of pain relief. And, crucially for users looking for a health benefit as opposed to a recreational one, terpenes by themselves may be able to deliver pain relief without the psychoactive effects caused by cannabinoids.
The Very Best in Live Resin and Distillate from Delta 8 Resellers
Delta 8 Resellers is proud to offer a wide range of high-quality products containing both full-spectrum live resin and more refined distillate. By providing options, we make sure every customer can find a product that they truly enjoy.
You can count on Delta 8 Resellers to bring you the very best in federally legal cannabinoids from the top industry brands. Don’t just take our word for it – check out the results of independent lab testing that we share whenever available for our products on their individual pages.
