“Move over, fad diets. Scientists have identified something else that might keep off excess weight.
Smoking pot.
That’s right, marijuana users are less likely to be obese than their non-toking counterparts, according to a new study.
Doesn’t pot-smoking cause the munchies?
Actually, the researchers behind the study had been expecting to find that marijuana smokers would weigh more than non-users.
“Cannabis is supposed to increase appetite,” study author Dr. Yann Le Strat, a psychiatrist at Louis-Mourier Hospital in Colombes, France, told MSNBC.
“We found that cannabis users are less likely to be obese than non-users…””