04/09/2007 00:00:00
Israel: Cannabis may help boost appetite in anorexia sufferers
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Melbourne, Sept 4: Cannabis may be able to help anorexia sufferers
claims international nutrition expert Dr Elliot Berry.
Dr Berry, from Israel's Hadassah University Hospital, has based his
finding on a research he conducted which found that cannabis could help
women with the eating disorder by stimulating appetite.
As a part of his research, Dr Berry, a consultant to the World Health
Organisation, conducted a trial using cannabis in an oil form to treat
anorexia.
He found that early results showed that the drug stimulated a chemical
in the brain boosting appetite in malnourished people.
"It is given in very low doses, no one is going to get high and no one
is going over the top," News.com.au quoted him, as telling the Daily
Telegraph
"The brain already has receptors which produce some substances like
cannabis. We have found that people who are malnourished don't produce
these substances."
"This could help the treatment and speed up the process while the person
still receives psychological help," he said.
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=12825
Author:
Daily India via UKCIA
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