Wonder if cannabis triggers blood sugar level changes which causes the munchies.

I have funky blood sugar issues, and I can certainly see the overlap in how the cravings feel but never made the connection until now. Very interesting.

There does seem to be an effect on blood sugar levels, but apparently not in a simple way because studies struggle to get consistent results. It seems like it lowers it a little bit, atleast at first, but many people spend far more time with excess sugar levels, possibly due to eating in response.

Anecdotally it always seemed to me that it didn't make you that hungry straight out, but it did depress the feeling of satiation after eating so it is much easier to binge on food once you start eating something.

I have never found a study that supports this.

The research is pretty clear this is from ghrelin stimulating appetite and at the same time altering levels of leptin so a person feels less full.

It is not from a blood sugar crash.

While some studies link lower BMI, meta analysis shows cannabis is kind of a disaster if you are trying to lose weight.

It is hard to make generalizations though because it is so different if you smoke once a month, once a week or once a day.

Seems to me that that would have been known/measured by now if it was the case. Fairly easy to measure.