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UK - Cannabis could be used to treat obesity-related diseases

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By Richard Gray, Science correspondent
9:00AM BST 08 Jul 2012

With reader comments

Researchers have discovered two compounds from cannabis leaves that can increase the amount of energy the body burns.

Test in animals have already shown the compounds can help treat type two diabetes while also helping to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood stream and fat in key organs like the liver.

They are now conducting clinical trials in 200 patients in the hope of producing a drug that can be used to treat patients suffering from “metabolic syndrome”, where diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity combine to increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Although cannabis is better known for inducing hunger in those who smoke it, known as the munchies. when the scientists examined two compounds, called THCV and cannabidiol, they were found to have an appetite suppressing effect.

This effect only lasts for a short time, however. When the scientists looked closer, they found the compounds also had an impact on the level of fat in the body and its response to insulin, a hormone that controls the sugar levels in the blood.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...e-used-to-treat-obesity-related-diseases.html
 
This is an interesting read.
I wasn't familiar with the effects of THCV - mostly because I believe the weed here in the states (well generally speaking) is probably bred to have very little of it.
Also didn't know that CBD had appetite suppressant effects. Interesting indeed.
 
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