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Forget kale and spinach - marijuana is the new superfood. After all, marijuana is technically a vegetable, although it is not generally dispensary considered as such. Most marijuana users are familiar with the effects of smoking, vaping, and eating edibles, but have you ever wondered if you can eat marijuana leaves raw? From a nutritional standpoint, marijuana contains a host of healthy molecules, including.

The idea of chewing on a bunch of fresh buds and leaves may sound crazy. However, you can use them to make nutritious salads and juices with a taste that will surprise you.

Benefits of eating raw marijuana

Smoking, vaping and cooking marijuana affect the chemical composition of the buds to some extent. Some of these changes create beneficial chemical reactions, while others are harmful. Many of the essential molecules in marijuana, such as terpenes and cannabinoid acids, are volatile and sensitive to high temperatures. Consuming raw marijuana maintains these compounds in their natural state, allowing users to access the phytochemicals that disappear or change when smoked.

Consuming raw weed favors the stimulation of our endocannabinoid system (a regulatory network that keeps the body in balance), without experiencing a high or having to inhale anything during the process. Raw marijuana could well become a very popular functional food in the future.

Cannabinoid acids

Raw marijuana contains molecules very different from those that are inhaled after combustion or vaporization. THC, CBD, and other cannabinoids don't actually exist in raw marijuana. However, it is packed with its chemical precursors: cannabinoid acids. These acids contain a carboxyl group that is lost after exposure to heat, during a process known as decarboxylation . For example, non-psychoactive THCA turns into psychoactive THC, and CBDA turns into CBD .

Scientists studying marijuana have found that these chemical precursors have their own unique benefits, different from their counterparts that result after decarboxylation. To find out what the main cannabinoid acids can offer us, see the following list of properties:

These aromatic molecules are the basis for the characteristic smell of dispensary . Besides being responsible for the delicious flavor of certain strains, they also modulate the effect of marijuana through the entourage effect [3] . Different terpenes interact with different cannabinoids dispensary to enhance their effects.