Smoke Pot. Lose weight? It sounds unbelievable. In fact the researchers who did the study found it unbelievable too.
Marijuana smokers are less likely to be obese than nonsmokers, according to a recent study.
The study found that roughly a third of those who smoke at least three times a week are less likely to be obese than those who do not smoke at all, according to a Sept. 8 Time magazine article.
Researchers analyzed two national studies consisting of 52,000 people and found that 22 percent of those who did not smoke marijuana were obese, compared to 14 percent of marijuana smokers who were obese.
Even when adjustments were made for sex and age, the numbers still showed that obesity is lower in those who smoke weed than in those who do not, according to the article.
Yann Le Strat, a co-author of the study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, said in an email that the study’s results were unexpected.
Before the study, it was believed smoking weed increased appetites and may be linked to weight gain, Le Strat said.
“Cannabis is known to give ‘munchies,’ and we hypothesized that cannabis use would be associated with an increased weight, an increased rate of obesity. We were surprised because what we found is that cannabis use is actually associated with a decreased weight, a decreased rate of obesity,” he said.
People who use cannabis at least three times a week are spending less time overeating or drinking alcohol, according to the article.
So should you take up pot smoking to reduce your weight? Of course not. For one thing the stuff is illegal. And for another it doesn’t seem to work for everyone. OTOH if you live in a med pot state and can get over the usual hurdles it might be worth a try for you if nothing else works. And you may actually find yourself laughing at Cheech and Chong movies.
Just another condition pot may help with. That Marijuana is some medicine.
H/T Drug Policy Forum of Texas
Cross Posted at Power and Control
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5 responses to “The Smoke Pot Diet”
no wonder I’m so damned skinny, I live in Socal where it’s legal! (yes I have a pot card, who doesn’t?) No joke,
Bob
Off topic but totally unrelated.
Scholarly research from the 1930’s, in Poland as I recall, determined that ancient Hebrews were down with the weed. That research was later confirmed by scholars at Hebrew University in Jerusalem the 1980’s.
It turns out that the Hebrew word “kaneh bos” translates to “cannibis”. Kaneh bosm (plural) was used to concoct the holy annointing oil used by the priesthood and was burned in the lamps in the tabernacle as well.
It seems the Greeks mistranslated the word some 2300 or so years ago, simply translating it to “cane” or “sweet cane”.
Evidently, kaneh bos had been chucked by the Jews for several generations by the time the Greeks were doing their translations, leading to their mistranslation. It stuck until the 1930’s.
From what I can gather, there are few modern day adherents of Judeo-Christian religious traditions that are even aware of these findings. The subject was never broached in any church I’ve attended in my lifetime, which isn’t surprising as no one I’ve ever explained this to had ever heard about this before. I didn’t know any of this myself until about 8 years ago and I didn’t learn it in church.
Like I said, off topic but totally unrelated.
Randy,
I have heard that too but my information is not current. Got links?
Here is a link:
http://freeanointing.org/cannabis_in_the_holy_oil.htm
Any others?
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