Vegetable Glycerine? Yay or nay?

(Shahrom Hawley) #1

This stuff is quite sweet, but most people say it raises blood sugar and stops ketosis. Dr. Sten Ekberg, however, claims it is good for keto diets. He says it does NOT create an insulin spike, and the glycemic index for this stuff is a low, low 3, so I don’t understand why most people try to avoid it.

(Ben ) #2

Vegetable glycerin is made by heating triglyceride-rich vegetables fats such as palm, soy and coconut oils - under pressure or together with a strong alkali, such as LYE. I don’t need sugar that much.

(Shahrom Hawley) #3

Dirty Keto is good enough for me. I fast and I use things like wild chapparal, desert hollygrape and n-acetyl-cystine to keep my liver in good shape.
Not that I don’t take long breaks from dirty keto and try to eat healthy. Just want to confirm Dr. Ekburg’s findings…

(Windmill Tilter) #4

I use vegetable glycerin when I’m making my aftershave. It does taste sweet in a weird bitter/chemically way. It probably won’t kill you or prevent ketosis.

Just as an aside, your bodyfat is already filled with all the residual toxins you’ve eaten over the years. When you burn bodyfat for fuel during weight loss, those toxins and hormones are released and your body has to deal with them. The real question is, how shitty do you want feel?

My advice would be to eat real food.

(Jane) #5

I’ve never heard of it. How it is used or consumed?

(karen brewerr) #6

Vegetable glycerin is a sweet, syrupy liquid often used in sugar-free or low-carb products like keto snacks and syrups. Some also use it in DIY skincare. It has a low glycemic index, so it doesn’t raise blood sugar much, but its effect on ketosis is still debated. It’s more common in “dirty keto” than clean eating.

#7

Never realized there was a debate on that, I use it in my protein icecream (helps consistency with fake milks), but never noticed any difference, and that’s with a CGM the last almost year now. I do CKD/TKD so measuring ketones is pointless for me, plus even with that being the case all day blood sugar numbers are way more usefull than ketone numbers. If you’re not eating the carbs and not passing out, you’re pretty much covered there.

(Bastet ) #8

Yeah I’ve seen that debate too. Some folks swear it’s fine for keto, others say nope. I tried it once and didn’t feel off, but everyone’s body reacts different. My cousin watches Dr. Ekberg too and trusts him. If ur still unsure, maybe ask a pro or even contact Omega XL for tips—they know a lot about body inflammation and stuff.

(B Creighton) #9

NOW makes a stevia sweetener in a base of glycerine. It’s good, but it’s not my favorite. I didn’t realize glycerine is a sugar alcohol. Glycerine hardly raises blood sugar at all. To eat enough to stop ketosis, you would have to have quite a lot - enough to probably cause some stomach upset in most people.

(Selena Thomas) #10

I’ve seen that sweetener before, but didn’t know it had glycerine in it. I guess if it doesn’t mess with blood sugar much, it’s not a big deal unless you go overboard. Good to know, thanks.

(B Creighton) #11

Just to be clear, NOW has an original version in a base of water and cane alcohol, and the glycerine version they call Organic Glycerite. I prefer the glycerine version for health reasons. I think it is a little more expensive.

(Mary Jones) #12

Thank you for the info

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #13

From WebMD:

Glycerin is a type of carbohydrate known as a sugar alcohol or a polyol. This odorless liquid has a sweet taste and a syrupy consistency. While glycerin occurs naturally in plants through the fermentation of sugars, most of the glycerin nowadays is produced from the hydrolysis of fats and oils.

Like all the other sugar alcohols, the amount consumed can be counted at half the actual number of grams, toward the 20 g/day limit of carbohydrate intake.