Hi everyone,
I just got my blood tested for lipid profile, and guess what "lactate dehydrogenase" was quite high in blood, now I know VG gets broken down in lactate acid, so it is obivious it would be present in blood stream.
BTW, I DIY, most of my eliquid to a 50-50 blend. PG/VG.
I know, we all here are not doctors, but i thought i shall put it here, lets see if some doctors have joined ecf they shall provide a look into this, i am going to meet my doc today, i shall ask him about this and if there are any side effects. Shall definately keep you guys posted.
LF
Safe sweetener
Glycerine is an alcohol (glycerol) and is used as a preservative in the food industry, as well as a sweetener: it is very sweet, yet it contains no sugar. This makes it an ideal sweetener for patients who cannot take sugar, such as the increasing number of Candida sufferers. Vegetable glycerine is said to be the "only acceptable sweetener" for Candida patients. Here are a couple of healthy recipes.
Sweet potato casserole
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons 100% pure
vegetable glycerin
2 teaspoon (alcohol free) orange flavouring
Ground cinnamon to taste
1/2 cup chopped or ground fresh walnuts
1/2 pound sweet potatoes, scrubbed, peeled and quartered
Preheat oven to 175C. Place sweet potatoes in a greased 8-inch casserole. Put all other ingredients into a small bowl: mix. Pour mixture over sweet potatoes and bake 35 minutes, or until fork-tender.
Vanilla Pecan Icecream
3 eggs
2 tablespoons softened butter (optional)
1/2 cup food-grade glycerine
2 cups (unsweetened) soy or almond milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoons sea salt (optional)
2 cups cream, or 2 extra cups of soy or almond milk to lower the fat content
1/2 cup pecans (roast lightly in oven and cool before using)
Beat eggs and milk together in large saucepan on low heat. Stir constantly until thickened -- mixture should smoothly coat a spoon. Takes 5-10 minutes. Cool. Add glycerin, cream (or soy or almond milk), vanilla, salt, and pecans. Refrigerate overnight or longer. Process in icecream maker (or freeze). Add carob flour to make a chocolate version.
Health supplement
Health supplement for sportsmen -- Glycerine increases blood volume, enhances temperature regulation and improves exercise performance in the heat, or so it is claimed. It helps "hyperhydrate" the body by increasing blood volume levels and helping to delay dehydration. Following glycerol consumption, heart rate and body core temperature are lower during exercise in the heat, suggesting an ergogenic (performance enhancing) effect. In long duration activities, a larger supply of stored water may lead to a delay in dehydration and exhaustion. However, read the safety provisos.
http://www.supplementwatch.com/supatoz/
supplement.asp?supplementId=152
Heart disease drug
"In one of the more curious coincidences of science, the first modern high explosive -- nitroglycerin -- also became one of the very first man-made drugs. To this day, it remains the most commonplace treatment for chronic angina, the chest pain of heart disease," writes cardiologist Esmond A. Barker, MD, in "Nitroglycerin is most frequent medication for chronic heart pain".
http://www.cardio.com/articles/nitrogly.htm
Nitroglycerin is a vasodilator -- it relaxes the blood vessels, reducing the pressure on the heart. There can be side-effects -- some patients get killer headaches, others low blood-pressure and dizziness -- and it can clash seriously with other drugs (see next). It comes in the form of tablets for under the tongue, ointment and skin patches -- and it cannot be turned into an explosive.
The dosages are low: the tablets contain a maximum of 0.6 mg nitroglycerin, the ointment is 2% nitroglycerin.
This may be because nitroglycerin isn't only a deadly explosive, it's also a deadly poison: the lethal dose is only 2 grams, but toxicity begins with a much smaller amount.
These are some medical and non-medical uses for VG. No where could I find that VG is unsafe internally.
I did look up "lactate dehydrogenase" and dont see that is caused by VG being in the system. But there are other drugs that can cause higher values in body. Drugs that can increase LDH measurements include anesthetics, aspirin, clofibrate, fluorides, mithramycin, narcotics, and procainamide. And there are health conditions that can raise LDH levels in the blood.
Vegetable Glycerin is Metabolized in the body like a carbohydrate. I dont believe this is the cause of your elevated test.
