CBD Can Help Regulate Appetite
People commonly link cannabis to stimulating the appetite, as when people smoke marijuana, they often get the “munchies.” However, it’s the THC in cannabis that stimulates the appetite. On the contrary, CBD has been linked to both reducing the appetite and controlling obesity.
A 2018 study(1) demonstrated that THC activates CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the body, which is the cause of increased appetite. CBD is a CB1 receptor agonist, indirectly deactivating that receptor and thus decreasing your appetite and preventing you from overeating. So, for those looking to drop some pounds, using CBD could be the extra boost needed to get to your goal weight.
CBD Can Reduce Inflammation
Weight gain is linked to an increase of inflammation in the body. That means decreasing inflammation is crucial for weight loss in the long term. Evidence from numerous studies(2) have shown that CBD helps to reduce inflammation. In turn, this means that CBD can indirectly help with weight loss in this regard.
While more research is needed to confirm CBD’s anti-inflammatory properties, anecdotal evidence from CBD users piles up in the meantime showing again and again how CBD reduces inflammation. Considering that CBD is considered by experts as a safe way to reduce inflammation, especially compared to the traditional anti-inflammatory medicines like naproxen and ibuprofen, there’s no harm in using it to jumpstart weight loss.
CBD May Help The Body Burn Calories
A 2016 Korean study(3) looked into CBD’s effects on immature fat cells and found that it induces “fat browning” in the body. What happens is that CBD turns white fat, which is bad, into brown fat. Brown fat may be able to help the body burn off energy as heat, as they are more active than white fat. This is a way of burning calories.
Additionally, the study showed that CBD not only led to the body more efficiently breaking down fats, but it also reduced protein expression connected to new fat cell creation. More research is needed to confirm CBD’s link to burning calories, but the promising nature of this data warrants continued studies.
Reference:
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163475/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272373349_Cannabidiol_CBD_and_its_analogs_A_review_of_their_effects_on_inflammation
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27067870/
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