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Can an Empty Stomach Deepen Your High?

One curious thing about smoking weed (or consuming weed in other ways) is that the experience will vary from one person to another. If two people smoke the same weed, the effects and overall experience may differ for each. Of course, a few factors influence how your experience will turn out.

But can smoking weed on an empty stomach affect your high? Smoking weed has long been associated with munchies, long before its legalization. In fact, pop culture has helped popularize this effect of smoking cannabis. And most likely, you have been searching for ways to enhance your weed consumption experience. Is there any piece of scientific evidence that will prove this assumption?

Is Smoking Cannabis on an Empty Stomach Harmful?

What will happen if you smoke weed or eat edibles on an empty stomach? Are you inadvertently harming yourself? What does science say about this? Unfortunately, no conclusive scientific evidence says eating edibles or smoking weed while hungry poses serious harm.

However, several anecdotal evidence points out that ingesting cannabis on an empty stomach has a few unpleasant effects. Some people who partake in weed in various forms when hungry report feeling nauseous. But here, weed does not have a direct impact on feeling nauseous. Instead, most people experience this because of smoking and not necessarily because of marijuana. Other people report feeling lightheaded when smoking weed on an empty stomach.

Does Smoking Weed on an Empty Stomach Intensify the Effects?

Are the effects of smoking weed on a full stomach the same or different when you are hungry? Again, no scientific evidence will back up or debunk this claim. Most of the pieces of information that you can find online are based on personal anecdotes.

Some smokers say that an empty stomach makes it easier for the effects to kick. Others claim that the effects are more intense when hungry. And, of course, some smokers will dispute that and say that an empty or full stomach has no bearing on the effects of smoking weed.

What About Eating Marijuana Edibles on an Empty Stomach?

While it remains unclear whether smoking weed on an empty stomach translates to an intense high, there might be some grain of truth to claims that eating edibles on an empty stomach alters your overall experience.

Marijuana edibles on an empty stomach

What happens when you ingest marijuana edibles on an empty stomach? One of the effects of eating edibles when you haven’t consumed a meal is that you will be able to feel the effects more quickly.

The primary reason behind that is that an empty stomach facilitates an edible’s faster digestion and absorption. On average, it will take 20 to 30 minutes for you to start feeling the effects of marijuana edible. In some cases, an empty stomach can even intensify the effects.

But the main drawback of ingesting an edible when you haven’t eaten yet is that the effects will wear off quicker. Suppose you didn’t have a meal before taking a cannabis edible. In that case, you’ll experience the peak of the effects after an hour. After that, you will notice that the products begin to wear off.

Cannabis edibles after a meal

On the other end of the spectrum, taking edibles after a meal can slow the onset of the effects. After having a meal, you can expect the effects of marijuana edibles to kick in after an hour or so.

The good news is that although the effects do not set in quickly, they linger longer. If you ingest a cannabis edible after a meal, the effects will peak at about two hours and then taper off.

This happens because THC attaches itself to the fat in your food. When that happens, the cannabinoid is absorbed by your body more efficiently and becomes more bioavailable.

Pairing Marijuana with Food and Drinks

As you continue smoking weed or ingesting cannabis edibles, your tolerance increases, so your dosage becomes too costly to continue. You can take a tolerance break. But suppose you are using cannabis to manage your medical condition. In that case, it might not be a good idea to momentarily stop using marijuana.

In such a case, you might want to consider a few tactics that will help enhance the effects of cannabis without needing to increase your dosage. One such thing that you can do is smoke weed or take marijuana edibles along with certain food and drinks. Here is a quick list of food and drinks you can pair with marijuana.

Broccoli

Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable rich in a terpene called beta-caryophyllene. Like the terpenes found in marijuana, beta-caryophyllene works with your body’s endocannabinoid receptors. Eating this veggie helps enhance the effects of THC.

Chocolate

Chocolate contains anandamide that binds with the endocannabinoid receptors of the body. Anandamide is often referred to as the bliss molecule because of its ability to provide a sense of happiness. If you eat chocolate before smoking weed, the anandamide levels in your body increase. In turn, your feelings of euphoria and well-being increase.

Eggs and nuts

Both foods are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids that have been discovered to bind with cannabinoid receptors in the body. Aside from that, Omega-3 fatty acids are believed to boost the movement of cannabinoids in the human body.

Tea

Ranked as the most popular beverage in the world, tea can help boost the effects of cannabis. Cannabis users might want to sip black or green tea before partaking as these drinks are rich in catechin. Catechin is a compound that provides relaxation and sedative effects. Drinking tea before ingesting weed can help stave off anxiety and paranoia experienced by some people.

Mango

Mangoes are rich in terpene called myrcene. This terpene can enhance the feeling of euphoria and joy while providing relaxation, especially when eaten before smoking weed or ingesting marijuana edibles.

Coffee

While an absence of evidence still supports the notion that coffee enhances the effects of marijuana, the idea is not far fetched. In fact, some studies have found there is a possible link between the body’s endocannabinoid system and coffee.

Beer

Mixing cannabis with alcohol is rarely recommended because the two substances are known to enhance each other’s effects. Beer, in particular, is rich in myrcene because one of its main ingredients is hops.

How to Prolong a Cannabis High

Aside from consuming particular food and drinks before you smoke weed or take marijuana edibles, there are a few things that you can do to prolong the effects of cannabis.

Use a different strain

High THC content does not always translate to better highs. Aside from THC content, it would help to look at the terpene profile of the cannabis strain you plan to smoke or ingest. Scientists have discovered a phenomenon known as the entourage effect. Essentially, this means that the other compounds found in cannabis can amplify the effects of the cannabinoids.

Give yourself a good workout

Looking for a way to encourage yourself to work out? Why not exercise before you smoke weed? According to some studies, the joy you feel after a good workout can be partly attributed to anandamide. Now imagine the effects of cannabis when you have elevated anandamide levels in your body.

Switch things up

If you smoke weed regularly, it is inevitable that at some point, you won’t get the same effects as before. But before you increase your dosage, you may try switching up your consumption method.

For example, why try bringing out your old bong instead of rolling and smoking a joint? Or perhaps, why not swing by the local dispensary and try out the latest vaporizers? If you haven’t tried eating marijuana edibles before, now might be a good time to try them and see why these products have become popular in recent years.

Ditch your routine

Over time, you develop certain habits regarding eating edibles or smoking weed. Maybe you prefer to smoke cannabis with your morning brew. Or perhaps, you take an edible right after coming home from work. While there’s nothing wrong with routines, they can sometimes dampen the effects of marijuana.

Consider ditching your routine to try something new when this happens. It can be as small as changing the time you smoke or taking a one-day break from partaking.

Final Thoughts

At some point or another, the effects of weed change for you. That happens quite often as people increase their tolerance. If you want to deepen the effects of marijuana, there are plenty of things that you can try to restart your system and start things fresh.

 

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