The secret to better cannabis highs?
EAT YOUR BROCCOLI (AND THESE OTHER HIGH-ENHANCING FOODS) ELISSA ESHER FOR MICHIGAN GREEN STATE Nothing is more beautiful than a full fridge when you have a case of the munchies. But while it might feel tempting – even right – to inhale every snack in sight each time you’re high, you may actually be depriving yourself of the highest quality high by doing so. How? Take it from the experts. In 2015, a study published by the American Journal of Translational Research showed that pairing foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, certain types of terpenes, and/ or cannabinoids with cannabis actually boosts THC absorption in the bloodstream. Since then, these kinds of foods have also been proven to enhance the effects of CBD, according to a study by the University of Minnesota. What this means for you is simple – if you want to get the most out of your high (or CBD regimen,) it’s time start strategizing your munchies. Always here to serve, we’ve done the grunt work for you. Here are the top 5 foods (and drink) to improve your high:
1) NUTS Among their many nutritional benefits, nuts contain high levels of healthy (i.e. unsaturated) fats. These fats help the body absorb more THC, faster, which significantly increases the intensity of your high, according to Clinical Nutritionist and Author Kelly Dorfman. Grab a handful of them
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after eating an edible, and you can speed up the time it takes THC (or CBD) to pass through the blood-brain barrier and start working its magic. “CBD and THC compounds are fat-soluble, so fat is their medium,” Dorfman told GreenState. “If you consume them with foods that contain fat, they will absorb better – just like vitamin E generally absorbs better if it is taken in the oil form.” For best results, Dorfman recommends sautéing your nuts in some good n’ fatty butter. Eating nuts before consuming marijuana (which has been proven to slow the heart rate of some individuals) can also help those with cardiovascular issues do so more safely. According to the Harvard School for Public Health, walnuts are especially effective in decreasing inflammation associated with heart disease, reducing blood clot risk, and preventing erratic heart rhythms.
suggests lathering your sweet potato with some fatty acid-rich butter, making it easier for your body to absorb THC and, subsequently, making your sweet potato-infused high a little bit sweeter.
3) TEA Feeling tense? Take high tea. Not only is the act of sipping tea soothing, but tea itself is full of antioxidants. When antioxidants attach to cannabinoids, they can enhance the sedating effects of THC, leaving you with an ultra-mellow high beneficial to those using marijuana for insomnia. For maximum chill, medical cannabis experts recommend pouring a cup of herbal tea (ideally peppermint, chamomile, or lavender) just after a smoke, or mixing your herb and herbs together in a quality cannabis tea.
Clinical Nutritionist and Author Kelly Dorfman told Greenstate that some in the cannabis 2) SWEET POTATOES industry believe tea may also be able to increase the lifespan of These scrumptious roots are your high, as well as strengthen good for more than roasting in the chemical compounds CBD brown sugar on Thanksgiving. They’re packed with vitamins and and THC. While this theory has yet to be definitively proven, minerals that boost your mood the concept is nothing new. by increasing serotonin producCannabis tea has been used as a tion in the brain. When these medicinal treatment in India for vitamins (especially vitamins E over 1,000 years, and is widely and B) and minerals interact with consumed there to this day to cannabinoids, they can heighten remedy fever, indigestion, and the euphoric effects of THC, prosunstroke. In Jamaica, it has even ducing a happy and alert high been used to cure asthma. If the particularly beneficial to those healing properties of cannabis using cannabis as a treatment for are, in fact, stronger in this form, depression. cannabis tea might help medical As with nuts, Clinical Nutritionmarijuana patients experience ist and Author Kelly Dorfman stronger, faster relief.
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