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THC Fights Hardened Arteries

Posted September 12, 2008

Researchers in the cardiology division at the University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland have found that THC may help fight the hardening of arteries (atherosclerosis). They fed rats a fatty diet for eleven weeks designed to clog their arteries. During the last six-weeks they fed a portion of the rats a low dose of THC along with their fat laden foods.

They concluded that the rats who were given THC has fewer signs of atherosclerosis. The well known anti-inflammatory effects of THC were the likely culprit as inflammation has been shown to contribute to the hardening of arteries.

These findings were published in the April 7, 2005 edition of Nature - volume 434.


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