Cannabis compound linked to weight loss is not THC

463 points by Cristiano1 7 hours ago on reddit | 22 comments

AlwaysUpvotesScience | 6 hours ago

The actual compound is not listed in the article or even known by the scientist yet. More research is required to figure out the exact cannabinoid or other compound.

saltiesailor | 5 hours ago

Probably THC-V

Boomfaced | 4 hours ago

It certainly has been known as the appetite suppressant compound.

OneGrouchyStoner | 3 hours ago

Came here to say this. I work in a dispo and I've heard customers refer to it as "diet weed" or "weederall".

Believe me, it works! Most readily available in edibles too.

ms-_morgendorffer | 5 hours ago

Speaking for myself only:

It makes me lose weight because I know if I munch out the stone will wear off faster.

I just want to be stoned more than I want to eat.

djprofitt | 5 hours ago

My daily challenge. I already fast so my morning high is pretty amazing so fighting the urge to snack is for sure strong.

ms-_morgendorffer | 5 hours ago

I think the problem with non stoners researching marijuana is that they've just got no fucking idea about the common sense day-to-day part of the equation.

They're looking for a chemical reaction when it's just behaviour based.

The lab rat could probably tell them why we don't want to eat when we're already stoned. They wouldn't listen though they'd put it down to the rat is delirious or something. Next paper would be.... "Marijuana causes rats to talk shit" ... I don't know man.

djprofitt | 5 hours ago

Since we seem to think alike, tell me what you think about this exchange when I was with my sister.

We were out buying groceries for dinner and I saw some cereal and said ‘you need high snacks at your house’ (yes I was high) and she said, well, tell me what you want me to keep at the house and I will’ and I said ‘that’s the problem, I don’t know what I want until I’m actually high, so I can’t say this or that cause I want something different’.

Like I don’t have a go to snack, could be salty, sweet, spicy, anything I want in that moment really

ms-_morgendorffer | 4 hours ago

I like a spoon full of hot sauce when I'm high. Or apple sauce from a jar.

I think the key takeaway is that I'm lazy and will just take a spoon to the fridge rather than assemble foods.

That's another confound.

If people are cognitively impaired and their co-ordination is suffering then not only are they less able to follow a recipe but they are more likely to burn or give up on said recipe causing a loss of ingredients and resulting in no food.

djprofitt | 3 hours ago

I like making peanut butter crackers by dipping a knife into the peanut butter and spreading it on a ritz and topping it off with another cracker.

Also Fuego Takis.

ms-_morgendorffer | 3 hours ago

You can do that with tinned top and fill caramel and milk arrowroots.

ms-_morgendorffer | 5 hours ago

They would also be a bit of a confound with the the fact that when you are quitting you replace it with another source of easy happy feels like food.

So when people are smoking they are thinner than when they are not because their behaviour changes not because what in the pot.

It could also be a chemical compound in the pot but you would have to correct for the confounding factors of fighting the the munchies to stay stoned and using the munchies to avoid getting stoned before you could propose anything.

AlarmedSnek | 4 hours ago

Haha I don’t really get the munchies with sativas and CBD-g. Indicas tho….

ms-_morgendorffer | 4 hours ago

Sneks don't eat much anyway tho

idk78875 | 2 hours ago

Well im probably going to lose 20 pounds and learning that. Much appreciated.

Imwhatswrongwithyou | an hour ago

Once upon a time when I wasn’t a little lightweight like I am now, I smoked like snoop and I ate everything. I also drank a boatload of water and got great sleep. I shed weight like I was on diet pills. I have never been as skinny as I was when I was gobbling donuts and ramen to my hearts content because of weed.

The best part of that was that I started smoking for medical reasons. The medical issue I had made it impossible for me to lose weight and I was trying everything. When I started smoking I thought… fuck it. If this is what my body is now I’m just gonna live my life and then bam it all just melted away. 🤷‍♀️

011010- | 6 hours ago

I coulda told you that for free

ExerciseSlight9388 | 4 hours ago

THC-V known for a long time now

Aybara_Perin | 5 hours ago

Obviously

FenrirHere | 12 minutes ago

The calories lost from not drinking alcohol will do it.

costafilh0 | 4 hours ago

Sad. But ok. I'll take it.