I hear Marijuana messes with your metabolism, True or False?

Hey, i'm told that marijuana messes with your metabolism and decreases your gains muscle wise in the gym. Is this true or just a bunch of bull?

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It messes with your metabolism to the extent that your urge to eat is huge, and by eat, I mean eat anything and lots of it. THAT can't be good for you. If you're serious about BB, why even consider the use of it? I'm not preaching, just wondering why, if you know something's intrinsically bad for your body would you knowingly use it? (Oh yeah, it also stunts your growth, changes your car's radio stations, and formats your hard-drive.)

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its kind of an obvious answer.

Uhhhhhh... I guess nobody here knows that smoking marijuanna decreses testosterone levels and increases estrogen levels. Thats what you want, ****tits to play with while you're stoned!!

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smoking weed will raise your estrogen levels higher than normal. I myself would never smoke, Its bad any way I see it.

I've done extensive research...and I've never read that it raises your estregen levels to by any significant amount.

"It messes with your metabolism to the extent that your urge to eat is huge, and by eat, I mean eat anything and lots of it."


This is only HALF true. Only half of the variations of "cannabis" spark your hunger. The other half is completely different and does NOT spike your hunger.


"(Oh yeah, it also stunts your growth, changes your car's radio stations, and formats your hard-drive.) "

Jesus, I seriously hope your kidding here. No Stunted growth ever, car stations? Maybe in that it makes you more apt to widening your horizon, so to speak. And your hard drive? LOL...ok.

"decreses testosterone levels"

Again, it hasn't shown to decrease your testosterone to any significant degree.

I know at least 5 guys who on a regular basis work out, smoke pot, and are all in damn good shape. Hell one of them is a competing bodyboarder.


Then again, I noticed this is in the teanager forum, so if your under 18, you really shouldn't be smoking to begin with.....there's time for that later. Focus on your school and work....

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Question:
I was hoping you could go into a little more detail about the effects of smoking marijuana on building muscle? I am a bodybuilder and I find the weed helps me with my appetite and it helps to combat the aggression and moodiness that can go along with steroid use.

Answer:
One thing I know for sure is that it definitely helps to increase your appetite. Everyone knows that the difference between a 300 lb. bodybuilder and a 250 lb. bodybuilder all things being equal is the amount of calories they intake. So, if weed makes you eat like a horse then I don't see ay reason why you shouldn't use it as an aid for calorie consumption. Now, as far as the adverse effects from smoking weed; the only thing I know for a fact is that it raises your estrogen levels but I don't necessarily know that estrogen being raised is a bad thing. Also, as long as it doesn't make you lazy to the point that it affects you from being a productive person, then smoke away. Personally I don't smoke weed because it makes me extremely lazy.

I dont really know, I researched it too and I found this on http://www.bodybuilding.com/

Mostly, I think that's hype. There are pleanty of good and true reasons not use drugs, I think it would be better if the anti-drug forces just stuck to the TRUTH.

Anyone remember seeing MY GOVERNOR smoking pot in "Pumping Iron"?

Of course, I don't think smoking anything is good for your lungs.

In the past 6 months I've probably made better gains than I ever have. Mostly, I think it's because of hard work and good diet. On top of that, I was put on Androgel and Marinol to impove my appetite.

For those of you who don't know, Marinol is a prescription capsule with the syntheic form of THC, the active ingredient in pot. I take it at bedtime to avoid certain side effects (like being stoned at work), but when I get up at night I usually feel stoned. It's one reason why I have my midnight fridge raids, at least until I started cutting.

Considering I'm on Androgel (testosterone) and Marinol, if THC raised my estrogen level I should have boobies by now, but I don't.

Now, I will say that on the occasions that I have taken my Marinol BEFORE a workout, it makes it difficult to concentrate on lifting. However, it also makes it easier to just keep doing set after set.

My biggest anti-drug message I can give (which is true) is that people who use drugs on a regular basis are ANNOYING. They forget things, they lie to you, they never show up on time, etc. They do NOT make good friends.

Marinol is a prescription capsule with the syntheic form of THC

I've heard and read that Marinol or synthetic forms are extremely potent and that a lot of people who are on it would rather have Marijuana instead.

However, it also makes it easier to just keep doing set after set.

THC is a natural pain reliever

My biggest anti-drug message I can give (which is true) is that people who use drugs on a regular basis are ANNOYING. They forget things, they lie to you, they never show up on time, etc. They do NOT make good friends.

This depends on the person, i have know a lot of people like this but i have also met a lot of people who are not. I believe the people who are not are called a functioning addict/user and the others are called idiots.

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I've heard and read that Marinol or synthetic forms are extremely potent and that a lot of people who are on it would rather have Marijuana instead.

Marinol comes in three strengths, the WHITE pill (2.5mg), the BROWN pill (5mg) and the ORANGE pill (10mg). I take a white pill at bedtime. A brown pill makes me giggle while looking at my lava lamp and eating a bag of guacamole chips. I have never even SEEN an orange one, except for pictures.

A lot of poeple would rather have marijuana because it's much faster acting. Marinol takes a couple of hours to kick in, though its theraputic effect has more to do with the "baseline" level you build up in your bodyfat. Unlike with marijuana, I know exactly how much THC I'm getting each time I take a Marinol.

Also, the "legalize marijuana" people HATE Marinol politically, because it kind of IS a legal form of it, by prescription. Of course, Marinol also proves that marijuana DOES have medical uses!

THC is a natural pain reliever

Yes, in fact the "runners high" turns out to be more related to cannaboid (THC) receptors than endorphins. However, the reason it helped me to keep doing sets is because it make repetative tasks seem less boring.

I believe the people who are not are called a functioning addict/user and the others are called idiots.

I also think that people with problems tend to use drugs to self-medicate, and end up making theri problems worse. Maybe it's not so much that people who use drugs are flakey, but that flakey people use drugs. In any case, I have made lots of friends, some users, some not, and generally speaking I end up keeping the non-users as friends and letting the users go.

Actually, I do have a question...

Why aren't stoners massively obese?

They're not obese because pot increases your metabolism.