You can get a vaporizer for much cheaper than that.The method you use to smoke will affect your health. I use a pipe when I smoke now. The smoke from a pipe is quite hot, and therefore quite irritating to the respiratory mucosa. I notice I tend to get more colds when I smoke for frequently. I think joints, bongs are a better alternative if you wanna be nice to your respiratory tract. The ultimate in non-irritating smoke is to get a volcano device...but you're looking at dropping 7-800 dollas...
Yeah I use a bong with cold water. It cools the smoke and also filters out some particulate matter. I used to think that you should use WARM water, so the smoke and water vapor were closer to body temp and wouldn't cause constriction of the respiratory tissues, but I found this did not cool the smoke and just irritated my upper respiratory tract. So now I use only cold water.Fuglydude said:I used to be fairly chronic.... like I'm talking being high 24-7. I found it was tough to stick to a decent diet, and definitely affected work out intensity. However, I was in decent shape at the time.
The method you use to smoke will affect your health. I use a pipe when I smoke now. The smoke from a pipe is quite hot, and therefore quite irritating to the respiratory mucosa. I notice I tend to get more colds when I smoke for frequently. I think joints, bongs are a better alternative if you wanna be nice to your respiratory tract. The ultimate in non-irritating smoke is to get a volcano device...but you're looking at dropping 7-800 dollas...
Most standard stimulants will not typically stimulate appetite. Drugs like cocaine, amphetamines are notorious for killing appetite as they stimulate the sympathetic nervous system... aka fight/flight response. You're not gonna be hungry for french fries when you're running away from a 1500 lb rabid kodiak bear. Most cannibinoids are also quite hydrophobic chemically speaking. They have aromatic and aliphatic chains w/ only a few polar oxygen/hydroxide groups. I'm not sure if this would be enough to make highly water soluble.Bible_Belt said:Water also removes some of the good chemicals as it removes tar, so you end up burning more to get the same effect. This kind of skews the bong=healthiest argument, although maybe not entirely refute it. With smoking, the quality of your stuff is probably the most determinant factor in how little tar you ingest.
Some of the government anti-pot literature cites research that says pot speeds up the heart rate immediately when smoked. If so, it would be a stimulant that should actually make you burn calories. Maybe that's how it stimulates appetite as well.
Yeah THC is in fact lipid soluble, which is why it will stay in your system for so long. It's also why you cant get high from drinking bong water .Fuglydude said:Most standard stimulants will not typically stimulate appetite. Drugs like cocaine, amphetamines are notorious for killing appetite as they stimulate the sympathetic nervous system... aka fight/flight response. You're not gonna be hungry for french fries when you're running away from a 1500 lb rabid kodiak bear. Most cannibinoids are also quite hydrophobic chemically speaking. They have aromatic and aliphatic chains w/ only a few polar oxygen/hydroxide groups. I'm not sure if this would be enough to make highly water soluble.
I think weed enhances appetite by working on cannibinoid receptors, that are part of the our endogenous cannibinoid system in our brains. The cardiac stimulant effects are likely due to other chemicals in the smoke, as well as V-Q (ventilation-perfusion) matching.
Never. I would be a joke if I tried to lift high. I USED to occasionally do hi-rep arms or back when high, but that was before I was serious about weight.outplayed said:Does anyone work out/lift while high? Are the effects positive or negative?
I've noticed this too, not so much because I eat so much when I'm high, but more because I just notice how out of shape I'm getting when I'm high, or at least areas of my body that need some work. Though I do eat a lot when I'm high as well, haha.San Jose California said:If anything I've noticed that weed makes me want to work out more, probably cuz it makes me eat so much.
Interesting. As long as we're on the science trip, Cannabinoids are well-known for their cardiovascular activity. Activation of peripheral CB1 receptors has a known inductive effect on hypotension. THC has also been shown to inhibit GI motility; which would explain why I never have to take a dump when I'm high, lol. It does not explain the appetite stimulation. According to the wikipedia page on THC, CB1 activity in the hunger centers in the hypothalamus increases the palatability of food when levels of a hunger hormone ghrelin increase as food enters the stomach. This doesnt really explain the craving of carbs and munchie junk food, but interesting to know.Fuglydude said:Colossus interesting theory on lowering blood sugar. In the periphery, THC binds to CB2 receptors, many of which are on leukocytes. I'm not sure how this would affect BS. It would definitely have immunomodulatory effects though. I think THC is also a partial agonist on these receptors, as well as CB1, which is in the brain. I'm not sure if it binds to anything else.