Jewel Zimmer has a more interesting career journey than most of us, and they’ve all led her down the inevitable path to her company Juna. Her life seems to have revolved around food with a mother and father both in the food industry, and a few of her former careers including that of a fine-dining pastry chef, a sommelier, and a chocolatier, not to mention her foray into the skincare industry. She went to school for chemistry before changing her mind and becoming a licensed esthetician. To say Jewel is intelligent, brave, and has a knack for seeing the future of industries would all be an understatement.
During this interview, thanks to her chemistry background, Pablo and Jewel dive deep into the compounds and chemicals that make cannabis unique from terpenes to cannabinoids to flavonoids to adaptogens. They also discuss some of Jewel’s incredible journey into the cannabis industry via chocolate, they discuss tinctures, CBD, how cannabinoids affect your body, and much more.

You can learn more about Jewel’s company, Juna, and the tinctures she has to offer at her website https://juna-world.com.

You can learn more about Vanguard Scientific at our website: https://vanguardscientific.com/

If you want to learn more about the topics we researched you can check out the links below.

San Fransisco’s Cannabis History:
https://www.7x7.com/from-mark-twain-to-modern-day-san-franciscos-history-as-americas-canna-2276589763.html
Bean to bar:
https://www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/1000-bean-to-bar-chocolate-trivia-everyone-with-a-sweet-tooth-should-know
Mendelian Genetics:
https://knowgenetics.org/mendelian-genetics/

Polyphenol Antioxidants and Anandamide:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319728.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioxidant_effect_of_polyphenols_and_natural_phenols
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/anandamide
https://www.leafly.com/news/science-tech/meet-bliss-molecule-anandamide-cannabinoid
https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/choc_8.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpH9C8-y708
Full Spectrum:
https://www.leafly.com/news/science-tech/full-spectrum-cannabis-extracts-explained
MCT Oil:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320251.php
Terpenes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terpene

Flavanoids:
https://www.livescience.com/52524-flavonoids.html
Cannabinoids
https://adai.uw.edu/marijuana/factsheets/cannabinoids.htm
https://www.analyticalcannabis.com/articles/the-difference-between-cannabinoids-and-terpenes-311502
Entourage Effect:
https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/article/ebbu-entourage-effect-cannabis-guest-op-ed/

Audio Production Assistance and Music Credits:
Jason Huskey