The munchies it's that sense of uncontrollable appetite that every cannabis smoker knows well. But what triggers this irrepressible impulse and how we can manage it at its best?
According to one study conducted byYale University and subsequently published in the magazine Nature, marijuana tricks the brain cells responsible for sense of satiety.
American scientists, after administering cannabis to some laboratory animals, observed the consequent repercussions on the appetite center.
The study revealed how, i neurons naturally responsible for the suppression of hunger are activated suddenly after the release of THC, unleashing an unprecedented voracity. “As if – concludes the research – the brakes of a car were tampered with and, by pressing them, it accelerated instead of stopping the race”.
Cannabis and munchies: remedies to cushion it
Despite the munchies and for many of the more "tasty" effects of smoking weed, these sudden hunger pangs can generate a lot of frustration.
Let's find for example those who follow a diet or even those who, in the grip of greed, dive headlong into junk food feeling remorse and guilt the following morning. Let's find out some remedies who will help us manage it.
1. Hydrate
Very often, even when we do not take cannabis, the sense of hunger we perceive is actually our body asking us to drink water. When we smoke this sensation grows dramatically and the dry mouthIn fact, it is among the most common "side effects" of marijuana consumption.
In these cases, hydration is essential. Rather than drinking rivers of water after smoking, the ideal advice is sip constantly of water during the session and don't wait until our jaws turn into a desert.
2. Eat healthy food
More than eating, the problem is what to eat. In the throes of the munchies we are ready to gobble up anything that comes our way. The aromas amplify and the stomach becomes a bottomless pit. To cushion the damage choose healthy snacks it's the right choice to make.
Satiating and full of water fruit it is the healthy snack par excellence. Of all shapes, flavors and colors, everyone's favorite fruit stoners it's mango. From mystical powers legend has it that the myrcene, a terpene both found in mango and cannabis, can amplify the effects of the herb.
3. THC and CBD: the perfect mix
Not all cannabis strains are the same and not all generate the same effects. The reason is simple: different genetics contain different concentrations of cannabinoids.
If on the one hand we have THC, which as we explained previously has the power to stimulate the munchies, on the other there is the CBD known for its ability to mitigate the effects of the first.
Although cannabidiol does not have psychoactive effects, we can use it without giving up the high. As? By choosing to mix of light cannabis rich in CBD with some weed with THC. By doing so we will enjoy both the effects of one and the other and also avoid the tobacco and the resulting damage. Try it to believe it.
