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an answer to why people get the munchies

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so today i read that smoking weed speeds up your metablism and thats why you can eat so much when your high aka getting the munchies. that answer makes sense to me as ive never really heard an explanation to why you get so hungry. thats also why people say smoking weed makes them lose wheight, answer to both questions. i cant find the article i read it in now so i dont know if there is any proof behind that but does nebody else heard of this?
 
its because when we were little stoner monkeys on the evolutionary ladder those damn monkeys were considered the first Iron Chefs and they could make a four course meal from secret ingredients like fire flys.%)
 
my impression is that something about pot basically inhibits the stomach's ability to tell your brain that it's full.
 
I thought you got munchies because weed makes the lining of your stomach tender, making you think you're hungry, but you actually aren't it's just brain trickery. I remember being told because everytime we got the munchies after we felt kind of sick, there's just something about the word 'tender' =S
 
I thought it had something to do with weed blocking chemical signals of satiety (fullness) to the brain...so you just keep eating
 
GingaNinja420 said:
I always figured it was something along those lines. Honestly I find myself to have little/no appetite unless I've smoked that day.
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So true man. I'm the same way. It's the only time I can eat without getting really sick, and eat a decent amount to sustain me. I wish it was legalized for medicinal use here in MA.

So now I'm stuck with all these random pills for my stomach, which are ridiculously worse for me than a bit of weed. They are addictive, and not to mention the side effects from some of them are worse than what I've ever experienced smoking weed. I have crazy ulcers and acid reflux. I have to go for tests at the hospital all the time so they can check up on them. I have to say the upper GI is probably the worst.

All because the government won't fucking legalize a plant. So until then my money will continue to go to the legal drug dealing companies and the doctors I have that profit off it all. And I have to worry about being caught with weed, because I didn't feel like throwing up all day and I actually wanted to eat.
 
Well, cannabinoids are remarkably similar is structure to certain internally produced ones, endocannabinoids, which act as neurotransmitters, and which are responsible for the hunger mechanism. This could conceivably produce these effects.

Though yes, metabolism is increased while high on THC, and it could possibly lead to weight loss if one resists the urge to eat, but people are usually in that situation because they have a hard time doing that very thing, so throwing psychedelics with marked appetite enhancement properties may just set them up for failure. Heh, it just struck me as amusing, though I've heard this before.
 
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