is that because pot heads usually live inactive lifestyles and eat lots of junk or is there some kinda medical backing to this? Oh BTW you heard THC has been proven to shrink cancerous growths right?
Gynecomastia is from an increase in estrogen most of the time. Otherwise, men typically get a centralized fat distribution (around the stomach and middle to lower back). There must be an estrogenic component to some part of the actual combustion or administration of it. Lifestyle may also play a role, as one typically tends to be more relaxed, which causes a decrease in metabolism and associated increase in caloric intake (similarly, it would probably work in several medical disorders associated with natural increase in cortisol, such as stress-induced resistance to cancer treatments). A friend of mine is currently looking into any research on THC's effect on testosterone levels in the male body. As for THC shrinking cancer, I recently read the article which described the process by which THC causes Endoplasmic Reticulum stress, thereby (hypothetically) inducing autophagy and potentially apoptosis (which may work in cells where the apoptotic pathway isn't too terribly obscured by mutations). Though this is incredibly encouraging news in the fight against cancer, it will only play a minor role in attacking a tumor (which means it could potentially be quite potent as a combination therapy). The unfortunate fact is that smoking causes damage that can and often leads to lung cancer. Smoking Marijuana in concert with Cigarettes has been shown to increase the risk of cancer by over an order of magnitude. In summation, eat your pot. (Man tits very rarely lead to cancer, but do increase your risk slightly-maybe it cancels out if you eat it..)
is that because pot heads usually live inactive lifestyles and eat lots of junk or is there some kinda medical backing to this? Oh BTW you heard THC has been proven to shrink cancerous growths right?
ReplyDeleteGynecomastia is from an increase in estrogen most of the time. Otherwise, men typically get a centralized fat distribution (around the stomach and middle to lower back). There must be an estrogenic component to some part of the actual combustion or administration of it.
ReplyDeleteLifestyle may also play a role, as one typically tends to be more relaxed, which causes a decrease in metabolism and associated increase in caloric intake (similarly, it would probably work in several medical disorders associated with natural increase in cortisol, such as stress-induced resistance to cancer treatments). A friend of mine is currently looking into any research on THC's effect on testosterone levels in the male body.
As for THC shrinking cancer, I recently read the article which described the process by which THC causes Endoplasmic Reticulum stress, thereby (hypothetically) inducing autophagy and potentially apoptosis (which may work in cells where the apoptotic pathway isn't too terribly obscured by mutations). Though this is incredibly encouraging news in the fight against cancer, it will only play a minor role in attacking a tumor (which means it could potentially be quite potent as a combination therapy). The unfortunate fact is that smoking causes damage that can and often leads to lung cancer. Smoking Marijuana in concert with Cigarettes has been shown to increase the risk of cancer by over an order of magnitude.
In summation, eat your pot. (Man tits very rarely lead to cancer, but do increase your risk slightly-maybe it cancels out if you eat it..)