Monday, December 23, 2013

Cannabis and Diabetes

One simple fact about Cannabis that is it balances your body’s own growth and healing rhythms. Cannabis has the ability to dial down the body’s immune system’s inflammatory response to infection and swelling. Since Cannabis is a natural antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory substance, the immune system has less to deal with, making recover time from injury shorter. In essence, skipping a step to the healing process. Cannabidiol (CBD) is the Cannabinoid that is responsible for the anti-inflammatory response and is also anti-psychoactive where Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is psychoactive. These two substances have a slightly opposite effect on each other keeping your brain chemistry in balance. Think about it like this: it’s a fail-safe system, which is the reason why you can never OD smoking or eating Cannabis. You can only get so high from smoking Cannabis, your brain will not allow serotonin and dopamine  levels to become toxic. This natural control mechanism is what I personality believe is the key to how Cannabis can treat any illness. 

Most folks that smoke or have eaten Cannabis on a daily basis have noticed a decrease in appetite, as though Cannabis is somehow giving the body all that it needs for nutrition. This natural effect of Cannabis is more prevalent with someone who is overweight. Even if you are over weight and consuming more calories than needed you tend to lose weight. Cannabis works in the opposite fashion by increasing one’s appetite if underweight, hence why we prescribe Cannabis to AIDS and cancer patients. This natural response of Cannabis to restore one’s natural body harmony is key to understand why Cannabis can do so many wonderful things. It’s no surprise to read that Cannabis can be used to treat diabetes, and other illnesses like migraine headaches.

A published article in The American Journal of Medicine, shows this “two faced” relationship Cannabis has on weight and diabetes. In short, the article accurately describes how Cannabis controls insulin levels for diabetes subjects that fasted for 9 hours. The study concluded that: Cannabis users are less likely to become obese. Cannabis smokers tend to have a better metabolic rate for digestion and sugar control IE: Cannabis controls the energy intake and distribution though out your body. Endocannabinoids are the Cannabis like Cannabinoids that your body already produces. The study also suggests that Cannabinoid receptors deep in the brain are responsible for the way Cannabis plays a role in controlling one’s weight and insulin levels. This finding is very important because, this means that Cannabis can be used to treat Hypoglycemia as well.

The key to how Cannabis can control blood sugar levels and weight is the CB1 receptor. In the 1980s researchers identified the CB1 Cannabinoid receptor. Cannabinoid receptors come in two varieties, called CB1 and CB2.  Most of your CB1 receptors are in your brain, and are responsible for the ”high” you get from smoking Cannabis. CB2 receptors, often associated with the immune system, and are found all over the body. Repeated use of Cannabis makes the CB1 receptors less sensitive, meaning the weaken CB1 receptors are dialing down the appetite response. Daniele Piomelli, a professor of pharmacology at the University of California, Irvine, says “This has been shown to happen in people who smoke marijuana. This weakening of CB1 receptor translates into a lower risk for obesity and diabetes because the inactive receptor would be unable to respond to our own cannabis-like molecules, which we know are important in keeping us chubby.” Cannabis might spike our appetite initially, over time it gets dialed down naturally. Wow what a cool side effect for a drug. 

There you have it folks...another use for the oldest medicine on earth !!!!!!
Now maybe you will discover like millions of others have already done. Cannabis is really a cure all medicine that happens to be the best preventative medicine as well.

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