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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Smoking Marijuana Associated With 50% Lower Chance Of Developing Metabolic Syndrome 🌿Smoking Marijuana Associated With 50% Lower Chance Of Developing Metabolic Syndrome
Marijuana users are stereotypically portrayed as lazy, leading a generally sedentary lifestyle. They are also prone to get the “munchies,” which science proved to actually be a thing a few months ago. Those two factors are leading causes of metabolic syndrome, so one would think that marijuana users would be at greater risk of metabolic syndrome. A new study shows that’s not the case, however.
According to research published in The American Journal of Medicine, people who currently smoke marijuana are about 50 percent less likely to have metabolic syndrome compared to those who have never smoked marijuana. Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors like high blood pressure, high blood sugar, unhealthy cholesterol levels, and abdominal fat, which are linked to increased risk of heart disease and/or type 2 diabetes, as well as other health problems.
Researchers from the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of...
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