PG and eating low carb?

[LittleOralFix]

When eating a low carb diet for health or weight loss being in a state of ketosis is a good thing. Only I am learning that PG is used to treat cows with ketosis to get them out of it. (Not good for cows)

So I am thinking that PG might not be going hand in hand with my diet plans and this explains a few things. One of the other things I have read is that PG can cause depression. Maybe not good for those of us prone to it?

On another note, eating low carb keeps my moods stable!

Thoughts?

Who sells the VG?

Merck Veterinary Manual

 

[taz3cat]

The cows are fed pg they are not vaping it.

 

[LittleOralFix]

I test ketones, and I can tell you vaping has an effect!

 

[Exylis]

What, so are ya saying vaping is gonna make me fat????

 

[Rorschach]

LittleOralFix, what do you mean by "explains a few things"?

I do a low-carb diet too but I haven't tested in a while.
But i've been vaping since august.

 

[Exylis]

LittleOralFix, what do you mean by "explains a few things"?

I do a low-carb diet too but I haven't tested in a while.
But i've been vaping since august.

Well, if you haven't noticed any difference in how you look physically, I guess you should still be okay if you've been vaping since august and you haven't noticed anything.

 

[vape4life]

I test ketones, and I can tell you vaping has an effect!

Please clarify. Are you saying the ketones go down or up?

 

[LittleOralFix]

I test daily, and normally get high numbers (Dark color stick) when doing well on low carb. The past few weeks I have been upset as the number has not been as high. I never thought it could be my vaping. I thought I was eating hidden carbs some place but nothing had changed. It is the PG

 

[Exylis]

Okay...has weight gain reflected this? Or is it just knowing the your ketosis is lower which is the only noticeable difference?

 

[40oz]

Vaping will increase your blood sugar as has been mentioned in other posts by people with diabetes. The VG or PG is metabolized into simple sugars by your liver. This is pretty much the same process for alcohol. Notice that a bottle of vodka has no carbs or fat, yet it has calories. This is because the vodka is metabolized into acetate and later converted into glucose. More or less the same thing is happening with the glycol we vaporize.

Im not a doc but i cant think of another reason as to why our blood sugar goes up when we vape.

 

[Exylis]

So..someone gimme a straight answer...is vaping essentially the equivalient of eating high-sugar foods?

Does vaping cause one to gain weight?

 

[40oz]

It will increase your blood sugar, so you could staple a calorie amount to it similar to that of alcohol use.

I would have to guess that no, alone it will not make you fat, but coupled with a high calorie diet it very well could. The food that you eat will potentially be stored because of the readily usable sugar in your blood provided from the pg. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND the pg is converted into simple sugars that will not be stored as fat, but they could cause the rest of the things you eat to be stored rather than used for energy.

This is just my assumption, i have no proof, im not a doctor.

 

[Exylis]

Thank YOU, 40oz for a straight answer. I think I'll be okay. Do you concur? All I really eat is sugar-free jello, broccoli, cheese, egg-whites, tuna, and bacon. I never snack.

 

[40oz]

I am pretty sure you will be fine. There was a post about vaping and weight gain a while back and most responses seemed positive, meaning no weight gain.

It is a problem for diabetics though, which truely sucks.

 

[ted26]

I am a low carber and recently noticed that the diet seemed to be failing me so jacked it all in!

I put it down to vaping as it was the only thing that changed in my life.

So now i run, cycle, swim and continue to vape but the weight is harder to shift yet i am 10X healthier

Raising your blood sugar is not good and leaves you prone to eating more which could in turn make you gain weight so counteract the vaping with excercise

 

[Loogie]

so would VG be ok to use? or would it, in theory, cause low-carbers like myself to be stuck without losing?

 

[e-pipeman]

I think that low-carbers would need to monitor progress with tape-measure, scales and (if in induction) Ketostix. If the trend is still downward I wouldn't worry. If a slight increase or stall then you could chose to cut back on a few carbs.

 

[waywardsister]

About ketostix/ketosis - not necessarily that reliable as far as weight loss, etc goes. Some ppl never turn the stix at all, yet still lose weight. They measure the ketones you are expelling in your urine, that's all. If your body is using them, or becoming more efficient in using them as an energy source as opposed to glucose, then you'll see a drop in the amount expelled/lighter or no change in colour on the stix.

Also, some ppl do find they need to drop carbs pretty drastically in order to lose weight, especially as they reach a lower weight (myself included here). YMMV.

Exylis - low carb means high(er) fat, not high protein. Egg whites? Tuna? Sorry - I've been at this for years, mod at a LC forum, etc so tend to jump on LC conversations! Feel free to tell me to mind my own beeswax.

 

[LittleOralFix]

Where some people are addicted to taping or the scales, I love my stix and they tend for me to be very accurate and in line with what I am eating and my weight loss. I am interested in seeing what effect VG will have on me!

 

[Exylis]

Exylis - low carb means high(er) fat, not high protein. Egg whites? Tuna? Sorry - I've been at this for years, mod at a LC forum, etc so tend to jump on LC conversations! Feel free to tell me to mind my own beeswax.

Nah, wayward. You're fine. It's all good! I don't take offense in being enlightened. Thanks more than anything from my end.