glycerin benefits

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 18:32:53 GMT, [email hidden] posted:

Quoted message said:

Anyone know the benefits of glycerin? I got some today as a
sweetener

None. Fat is roughly 10% glycerol.

Quoted message said:

Anyone know the benefits of glycerin? I got some today as
a sweetener

There aren't any nutritional benefits. It has calories just
as any other food does, so it's not useful for weight
control. It is often used in foods to give them a smooth or
persistently moist texture, but there really isn't anything
special about it.

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Quoted message said:

Anyone know the benefits of glycerin? I got some today as
a sweetener

I've found it very helpful in giving up sugar and starches.

[[
hypoglycemia.asn.auwhat is hypo.htmlOpen ↗
By Jurriaan Plesman BA(Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr /re
'withdrawal' from sugar/ these unpleasant feelings can be
alleviated, by taking a tablespoon of glycerine mixed in
milk or diluted natural fruit juice or better still in a
glass of water three times a day. When glycerine is
metabolised into "energy" in the liver, it by-passes
glucose, and is therefore not recognized by the pancreas
as sugar. ]]

For me it seems to give some 'mental energy' like from sugar
but gentler and slower. I don't feel a 'spike' or 'crash'
with it. I took it for a nwhile but now don't want it or any
other sweetener. (I've just begun trying Glutamine and
Carnitine instead - also cinnamon capsules.)

Glycerine/glycerol does have carbs and calories but I think
not as many as sugar.

If you try it I'd like to know what results you get.

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anon said:

I've found it very helpful in giving up sugar and
starches.

But since glycerol just gets converted to glucose, just like
carbohydrates, what's the point?

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I hope some of the experts here will correct me, but the
impression I'm getting is that glycerol/glycerine does not
require insulin to break it down (thus not triggering
production of insulin) and can nourish the brain cells
without requiring insulin to let it in (thus bypassing
insulin resistance).

What happens if someone takes more glycerol than the body
needs at the moment, I don't know. It does have carbs and
calories, tho I think not as many as sucrose. I've been
using little and phasing it out, as I don't really
understand it, and don't want to somehow build up
resistance to it. I've been saving it for when I really
need a quick lift.

Mxsmanic said:

anon said:

I've found it very helpful in giving up sugar and
starches.

But since glycerol just gets converted to glucose,

Um, better check that. It may be the other way around. :-)
Of course the body can convert things back and forth to
different substances at various stages in different people.
Some people think glycerol/glycerine is handled differently
depending on whether liver storage is full, whether the
person is in ketosis, etc. I've heard it may throw some
people out of ketosis. For people like me, who are not doing
ketosis, it can be helpful in keeping the BG from bouncing.

Quoted message said:

just like carbohydrates, what's the point?

In the article I quoted,
hypoglycemia.asn.auwhat is hypo.htmlOpen ↗
the point was to help people get past the "withdrawal
symptoms" of giving up sugar and simple starches. Then
they can easily phase out the glycerol, and go on to low
carb happily.

For me, being concerned with mental performance and BG
regulation instead of with weight loss, the point is that it
does not spike the BG. It has a GL of 0.

This addresses it somewhat. Scroll down past the discussion
of the other -ol products, as 'glycerol/glycerine' seems to
be a bit different, in spite of also ending in -ol.
mendosa.comnetcarbs.htmOpen ↗

Skinny

Skinny said:

I hope some of the experts here will correct me, but the
impression I'm getting is that glycerol/glycerine does not
require insulin to break it down (thus not triggering
production of insulin) and can nourish the brain cells
without requiring insulin to let it in (thus bypassing
insulin resistance).

False. Glycerol is converted to glucose, which has exactly
the same effect on insulin and blood glucose equilibrium as
eating sugar would have. Metabolism of glycerol is a bit
slower than that of pure sugar, but that's all.

Quoted message said:

What happens if someone takes more glycerol than the body
needs at the moment, I don't know.

It gets converted back to fat, just as an overdose of
sugar would.

Quoted message said:

It does have carbs and calories, tho I think not as many
as sucrose. I've been using little and phasing it out, as
I don't really understand it, and don't want to somehow
build up resistance to it.

You won't build up resistance to glycerol. It is naturally
present in fat and your body is used to dealing with it,
even though it's unusual for it to receive glycerol directly
from the outside world.

Quoted message said:

I've been saving it for when I really need a quick lift.

If it gives you a quick lift, it does so after being
converted to glucose. It's the rise in blood glucose that
gives you the "lift."

Quoted message said:

Um, better check that. It may be the other way around.

Glucose can be converted to glycogen and fat. I don't recall
if glycerol is anywhere in that chain or not, but the net
result is the same.

Quoted message said:

Some people think glycerol/glycerine is handled
differently depending on whether liver storage is full,
whether the person is in ketosis, etc.

There are at least two ways in which it can be processed.

Quoted message said:

I've heard it may throw some people out of ketosis.

Sure, when it is converted to glucose.

Quoted message said:

For people like me, who are not doing ketosis, it can be
helpful in keeping the BG from bouncing.

It will raise BG just like sugar, only a bit more slowly.

Quoted message said:

For me, being concerned with mental performance and BG
regulation instead of with weight loss, the point is that
it does not spike the BG. It has a GL of 0.

It depends on how much you eat.

Quoted message said:

This addresses it somewhat. Scroll down past the
discussion of the other -ol products, as
'glycerol/glycerine' seems to be a bit different, in spite
of also ending in -ol.

They are identical. Two names for the same substance.

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Maybe it's different in different situations for different people. My cite
is toward the end of the article at the Mendosa url in my previous post,
mendosa.comnetcarbs.htmOpen ↗

and also at
hypoglycemia.asn.auwhat is hypo.htmlOpen ↗ By
Jurriaan Plesman BA(Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr /snip/ ,
these unpleasant feelings can be alleviated, by taking a
tablespoon of glycerine mixed in milk or diluted natural
fruit juice or better still in a glass of water three times
a day. When glycerine is metabolised into "energy" in the
liver, it by-passes glucose, and is therefore not recognized
by the pancreas as sugar.

Do you have cites for your view?

Skinny
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Mxsmanic said:

Skinny said:

I hope some of the experts here will correct me, but the
impression I'm getting is that glycerol/glycerine does
not require insulin to break it down (thus not triggering
production of insulin) and can nourish the brain cells
without requiring insulin to let it in (thus bypassing
insulin resistance).

False. Glycerol is converted to glucose, which has exactly
the same effect on insulin and blood glucose equilibrium
as eating sugar would have. Metabolism of glycerol is a
bit slower than that of pure sugar, but that's all.

Quoted message said:

What happens if someone takes more glycerol than the body
needs at the moment, I don't know.

It gets converted back to fat, just as an overdose of
sugar would.

Quoted message said:

It does have carbs and calories, tho I think not as many
as sucrose. I've been using little and phasing it out, as
I don't really understand it, and don't want to somehow
build up resistance to it.

You won't build up resistance to glycerol. It is naturally
present in fat and your body is used to dealing with it,
even though it's unusual for it to receive glycerol
directly from the outside world.

Quoted message said:

I've been saving it for when I really need a quick lift.

If it gives you a quick lift, it does so after being
converted to glucose. It's the rise in blood glucose that
gives you the "lift."

Quoted message said:

Um, better check that. It may be the other way around.

Glucose can be converted to glycogen and fat. I don't
recall if glycerol is anywhere in that chain or not, but
the net result is the same.

Quoted message said:

Some people think glycerol/glycerine is handled
differently depending on whether liver storage is full,
whether the person is in ketosis, etc.

There are at least two ways in which it can be processed.

Quoted message said:

I've heard it may throw some people out of ketosis.

Sure, when it is converted to glucose.

Quoted message said:

For people like me, who are not doing ketosis, it can be
helpful in keeping the BG from bouncing.

It will raise BG just like sugar, only a bit more slowly.

Quoted message said:

For me, being concerned with mental performance and BG
regulation instead of with weight loss, the point is that
it does not spike the BG. It has a GL of 0.

It depends on how much you eat.

Quoted message said:

This addresses it somewhat. Scroll down past the
discussion of the other -ol products, as
'glycerol/glycerine' seems to be a bit different, in
spite of also ending in -ol.

They are identical. Two names for the same substance.