Marijuana: The Next Diabetes Drug?

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2v76PwzYr3w" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Toking up may help marijuana users to stay slim and lower their risk of developing diabetes, according to the latest study, which suggests that cannabis compounds may help in controlling blood sugar.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="more-86996"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Although marijuana has a well-deserved reputation for increasing appetite via what stoners call “the munchies,” the new <a href="http://www.amjmed.com/webfiles/images/journals/ajm/AJM11994.pdf">research</a>, which was published in the <i>American Journal of Medicine</i>, is not the first to find that the drug has a two-faced relationship to weight. Three prior studies have shown that marijuana users are less likely to be obese, have a lower risk for diabetes and have lower body-mass-index measurements. And these trends occurred despite the fact that they seemed to take in more calories.'</span><br /><div style="background-color: none; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://healthland.time.com/2013/05/21/marijuana-the-next-diabetes-drug/">more...</a></span></div>

Marijuana: The Next Diabetes Drug?

'Toking up may help marijuana users to stay slim and lower their risk of developing diabetes, according to the latest study, which sugg...

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