marijuana for weight loss

Marijuana for Weight Loss? Smoke Yourself Thin?

If I were to tell you that individuals who use weed every day are thinner than those who don’t, you’d think I was smoking something strong, right? Well, I’m not—and the statement is actually true.  Marijuana for weight loss?  Yup.

Many people associate weed with drug addicts who walk around all day with the munchies or those individuals who need the drug for medicinal purposes. The latter has a real reason to be using it while the other is a recreational drug that leads to people hitting up fast food restaurants in the middle of the night with bloodshot eyes.

Marijuana For Weight Loss?

While we all know that body mass index (BMI) for many people is total BS, it’s still used today to help give a guideline for an individual’s current weight and overall health. Yet, it doesn’t take into consideration muscle mass which through only using height and weight can have a healthy individual showing up in the obese or morbidly obese category based on their score. But now researchers are showing that those individuals who used marijuana daily showed an average score of 3% lower than those who did not use marijuana. Weird, right?

One researcher said, “There is a popular belief that people who consume marijuana have the munchies, and so [they] are going to eat a lot and gain weight, and we found that it is not necessarily the case.” In a recent study, more than 13,000 people between the age of 18 and 26 were used. The researchers took down the individuals BMI as well as their marijuana use and began compiling the data. After 6 years passed, the researchers again pulled in the same individuals used in the initial testing and once again checked their BMI and current marijuana use.

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Matt Weik

Matt Weik, BS, CPT, CSCS, CSN, is the Owner and Head Keyboard Banger of Weik Fitness. He is a well-respected, prolific writer with a global following and a self-proclaimed fitness and supplement nerd. Matt’s content has been featured on thousands of websites, 100+ magazines, and he has authored over a dozen published books.