“Individuals who either smoke or ingest marijuana on a fairly regular basis have a better blood sugar control than people who are non-users, a study recently published in The American Journal of Medicine suggests.
The findings of this study are based on data collected while looking into the medical records of 4,657 people who had completed a drug use questionnaire as part of a research carried out by the National Health and Nutrition Survey between 2005 and 2010…
“Previous epidemiologic studies have found lower prevalence rates of obesity and diabetes mellitus in marijuana users compared to people who have never used marijuana, suggesting a relationship between cannabinoids and peripheral metabolic processes, but ours is the first study to investigate the relationship between marijuana use and fasting insulin, glucose, and insulin resistance,” lead researcher Murray A. Mittleman commented on the findings of this investigation.”