“Just like food or medications, THC consumed via edibles is absorbed through the walls of your intestines. The more food that’s in your system—say, you ate a weed brownie as dessert following a big dinner out—the longer it will take for the THC to get absorbed. This is where edibles are majorly different from a joint: When you smoke THC, it immediately goes into your bloodstream, whereas you might not feel the full effect of THC you’ve consumed until hours later, says Stolbach.”
“Edibles take the longest to be absorbed into your system, but last 8 to 12 hours. This is because the THC travels through your digestive tract to your liver where it’s metabolized”
"Eating an edible right after a meal can slow down the process even further, as your body is already working to digest whatever you just ate.
Similarly, taking an edible on an empty stomach might also help it kick in faster. If the edible is the only thing your body is digesting, it will work quickly to break things down and send nutrients, or in this case, THC, your way."
"Whether you’re on an empty stomach or just finished a meal, a warm drink or chicken broth can help ease digestion.
This tip isn’t so much of a fact but rather a tried and true method that many stoners include in their edible routine.
The theory states that eating an edible and sipping on something warm may help the stomach break down your edible quicker by speeding up digestion."
So yes you’re right they go to the bloodstream, and it’s not a sequential process of digestion, but eating a lot before eating an edible will slow your digestion. And just like other pills or drugs, it will take longer to digest if you’ve had a lot to eat beforehand.
The comment you initially replied to was right that eating food slows down the effects kicking in, just not right about the why.
And they partially correct about eating after taking one. They were saying that it can help speed up digestion because it will get your stomach acid more active. Which is true if you eat certain things after or just before an edible
All I’m gonna say, is none of those seem to touch on sublingually nor the different bioavailability of different extraction ingredients, and there’s not a whole lot of actual research since it’s status as an illegal drug in most places.
It’s not going to be just through the intestines, it has to pass through the stomach and mouth first where some would be directly absorbed.
I quickly looked through this, but can’t speak of its totality right now. linky
Yes but even in the article you linked it states that small amounts may be absorbed. You are not going to get the majority of the dose of your edible though your mouth or stomach, the majority is absorbed in the intestines. Which is also stated in the page you linked.
It also states that sublingual and oromucosal absorption happens within seconds to minutes. If you had absorbed a significant amount of THC from chewing an edible, you would feel it quickly, and that just doesn’t happen.
The fact of how edibles function in the real world, aside from negligible absorption in the mouth is this:
you are not going to feel your edible kick in until 30 minutes to 2 hours later
an edible kicking in can be slowed if you’ve had a large meal
drinking something warm or having a small amount of food just before or after taking an edible will speed up its digestion and speed up it kicking in.
it does NOT absorb at the same rate no matter what.
Ok did some research.
https://www.eatingwell.com/article/7591435/heres-what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-eat-edibles/#:~:text=Just like food or medications,the THC to get absorbed.
“Just like food or medications, THC consumed via edibles is absorbed through the walls of your intestines. The more food that’s in your system—say, you ate a weed brownie as dessert following a big dinner out—the longer it will take for the THC to get absorbed. This is where edibles are majorly different from a joint: When you smoke THC, it immediately goes into your bloodstream, whereas you might not feel the full effect of THC you’ve consumed until hours later, says Stolbach.”
https://organtica.com/how-your-body-processes-edibles/
“Edibles take the longest to be absorbed into your system, but last 8 to 12 hours. This is because the THC travels through your digestive tract to your liver where it’s metabolized”
https://herb.co/learn/want-your-edibles-to-kick-in-faster-try-these-3-tips
"Eating an edible right after a meal can slow down the process even further, as your body is already working to digest whatever you just ate.
Similarly, taking an edible on an empty stomach might also help it kick in faster. If the edible is the only thing your body is digesting, it will work quickly to break things down and send nutrients, or in this case, THC, your way."
"Whether you’re on an empty stomach or just finished a meal, a warm drink or chicken broth can help ease digestion.
This tip isn’t so much of a fact but rather a tried and true method that many stoners include in their edible routine.
The theory states that eating an edible and sipping on something warm may help the stomach break down your edible quicker by speeding up digestion."
So yes you’re right they go to the bloodstream, and it’s not a sequential process of digestion, but eating a lot before eating an edible will slow your digestion. And just like other pills or drugs, it will take longer to digest if you’ve had a lot to eat beforehand.
The comment you initially replied to was right that eating food slows down the effects kicking in, just not right about the why.
And they partially correct about eating after taking one. They were saying that it can help speed up digestion because it will get your stomach acid more active. Which is true if you eat certain things after or just before an edible
All I’m gonna say, is none of those seem to touch on sublingually nor the different bioavailability of different extraction ingredients, and there’s not a whole lot of actual research since it’s status as an illegal drug in most places.
It’s not going to be just through the intestines, it has to pass through the stomach and mouth first where some would be directly absorbed.
I quickly looked through this, but can’t speak of its totality right now. linky
Yes but even in the article you linked it states that small amounts may be absorbed. You are not going to get the majority of the dose of your edible though your mouth or stomach, the majority is absorbed in the intestines. Which is also stated in the page you linked.
It also states that sublingual and oromucosal absorption happens within seconds to minutes. If you had absorbed a significant amount of THC from chewing an edible, you would feel it quickly, and that just doesn’t happen.
The fact of how edibles function in the real world, aside from negligible absorption in the mouth is this:
you are not going to feel your edible kick in until 30 minutes to 2 hours later
an edible kicking in can be slowed if you’ve had a large meal
drinking something warm or having a small amount of food just before or after taking an edible will speed up its digestion and speed up it kicking in.
it does NOT absorb at the same rate no matter what.