Mangoes + Pot = amazing? (article)

panic_the_digital

panic_the_digital

Bluelighter
Joined
Feb 28, 2006
Messages
1,174
Why growing numbers of pot smokers eat mango before lighting up
Not only is the fruit high in vitamin C, it could be the secret to unlocking marijuana's true potential
CLARISSA A. LEÓN, ALTERNET
Share 1K 160 33

TOPICS: ALTERNET, MARIJUANA, MANGO, FRUIT, THC, LIFE NEWS

Why growing numbers of pot smokers eat mango before lighting up
This article originally appeared on AlterNet.
AlterNet It’s not a proven scientific fact, but many pot smokers are consuming mangoes an hour before lighting up to boost their highs. According to Marijuana.com, there’s a good chance that the myrcene molecules found in mango can possibly “increase, strengthen and even lengthen” the euphoric feeling from smoking marijuana.

Marijuana already contains more than 100 terpene molecules that are responsible for affecting THC in the brain and giving highs their ebbs and flows. But marijuana contains the myrcene terpene more than any other kind. So, if you eat a mango rich in myrcenes, you can potentially improve the high for low-quality buds or give a high-quality bud a little extra. As for how myrcene and terpene work, the research is still in its infancy.

“I don’t know the answer and the reason we don’t know the answer is because our government in its infinite wisdom didn’t permit any research in this area for many years,” said Christopher Hudalla, chief scientific officer at ProVerde Labs. “In many cases we are just starting to do this research.”

Myrcene is responsible for the aromas of apricots, walnuts and Valencia oranges and is widely used in the perfume industry. It gets its name from the plant mercia and is also found in lemon grass, verbena, hops and the West Indian bay tree used to make bay rum. Its aroma is much like cannabis as it can be woodsy, citrusy and fruity.

But one of its lesser-known qualities is that the myrcene allows THC to pass through the blood brain barrier much faster. On average, it takes THC seven seconds to reach the brain after inhaling. But if you eat a mango — or a mango smoothie — 90 minutes before smoking, you could potentially halve that time.

The “Big Book of Buds” notes that the Cavalo, Rosa, Espada and Paulista variety of mangoes are excellent sources of myrcene.

ADVERTISEMENT

Before you pop a giant mango in your mouth, you’ll still want to adjust the timing because a slower metabolism can take longer to digest the mango, affecting how long it’ll take to feel any improvements to your high.

If you want to get the full effect of marijuana’s terpenes, you’ll also want to take a few deep breaths and inhale the aromas of your bud before you smoke. You can do this by breaking or chopping up the buds (purists may say otherwise to chopping up the bud) and then inhaling deeply through your nose.

Eating the mango will naturally boost the levels of terpenes and boost the high, but there’s another benefit to mangoes. Not only are they high in myrcene terpene, they also are high in vitamins C, A and dietary fiber which is a great way to counter the junk-food munchies.

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/11/why...smokers_eat_mango_before_lighting_up_partner/
 
I like all kind of mangoes! Different kinds, at different levels of ripeness, in different preparations, although I much prefer the raw preps to those cooked. Like lime, salt and chili and lime on a stick is classic on a hot LA day! Whereas some chopped up mango flesh in ice water while walking around somewhere in Chiang Mai on a nice humid afternoon (I'd say when you're were linen or shorts, or the best imo - linen shorts! - but when is that not the case around there, other than perhaps outside of visiting a temple)?

I'd normally get the munchies and eat them whole with the skin removed like a beaver eating wood after smoking. One day, when I get the chance to enjoy that particular delicacy again, I'll have to see what the deal is with this. Big fan of "potentiators" and some things that can act like them (not so much stuff like cns depressents and opioids though, more like some cimetidine and buprenorphine once in a while).

EDIT and so that was a rhetorical question, right, like "magoes + pot = amazing?"???!! Cause I don't need science to tell me this! Not that it hurts tho either
 
So what do myrcenes do exactly? Dilate the pores in the capillaries that form the blood brain barrier?

I wonder if this'll work with myrcene plus other psychoactive molecules that don't readily cross the BBB.
 
Just what we need, people getting even higher off already high potency buds. I think i'd rather eat the mango after I get stoned ;p

I love mangoes tho.

I recall hearing something when I was alot younger that I gather is not true, that if you put mango skins in the soil around where you are growing your weed it will give it a mango smell? lol..
 
I wish I had as many cannabis plants growing in my neighbourhood as mango trees. No one ever complains when buds fall on their car
 
I thought it was a post from some stoned person who was like wow mangos are fckn awesome!

It is interesting about the terpene thing but I don't know how much potentiation is possible. I do love mangos tho, by far one of my favorite fruits. I actually bought one of those little blender things just to make mango smoothies. Some frozen mango, vanilla yogurt and milk...yeaaa rather have that after smoking lol.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top