Frito-Lay invented this mix of nuts for those times when we can't decide what snack we want to eat, which happens. Most sources agree that North Americans began using the term marijuana cravings to describe marijuana cravings in the early 1970s. The University of South Dakota's 1971 winter academic journal, “Current Slang”, included the definition: “Munchies, n. Snacks to eat after smoking marijuana”, on the same page as jewelry such as “Pillowed”, adj.
Munchies is a brand of the line of snack mixes of the American company Frito-Lay and a line of cookies with cheese. Nowadays, you can eat snacks like Rob Dyrdek's Big Mouth Burrito, which contains exactly 420 calories each (now we can almost see Dyrdek winking at us), and Carl's Jr. In conclusion, the science behind food cravings remains somewhat mysterious, as is the origin of the party of the stoner's party. Nowadays, a case of “craving” refers to the increase in appetite that often occurs as a side effect of marijuana use.
But why does marijuana increase appetite and cause cravings? There are several theories and reasoning, and they mainly have to do with the way in which the drug's active ingredient, THC, interacts with the brain and body. It's not scientifically conclusive that THC is the cause of cravings, but it seems to be a factor. The 1971 volume of the academic journal “Current Slang” includes one of the first known references to the word munchies. Many believe this is a subtle nod to marijuana users satisfying their cravings at the fast-food chain.
Cravings appear to occur when ghrelin production is stimulated regardless of the usual metabolic cycle of hunger.
