I heard recently that VG turns into sugar in the body. I have a diabetic friend who vapes, and I was wondering if anyone has heard about vaping VG raising/lowering blood sugar levels?
VG concern for Diabetics
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pg/vg does not change blood sugar levels. however, nicotine does. part of it contributes to the headrush when you vape it hard before you even get out of the bed. have at it, the actual peer-reviewed article is on nih/pubmed website. Sugar is the key to the nicotine rush according to new research
I am a type 2 diabetic for over 5 years. I have been vaping for a little over 7 months. My A1C has dropped from 6.5 to 6.1 since starting to vape. My blood pressure has dropped and I am breathing better. My doctor confirms my lungs are clearer. I lost 20 pounds. If I vape 100% vg juice I do feel a heaviness in my chest, as do a number of other people I have talked to. I usually vape 50/50 or 70/30.
The amount of sugar in vg is small, especially in the quantity consumed vaping by most people. Are you sure it is metabolized the same as if ingested? Please post a link to your reference or article. There are some threads here on ECF for you to search for and read regarding the sugars in vg and pg.
Of course, everyone is different and may have other health conditions to consider. If your friend is concerned, she should contact her doctor.
I have heard stories of nicotine affecting blood pressure and you can vape too much nicotine. I am not in the medical profession and this is just my personal experience. There is a health and medical forum on ECF. You should be reading that section for information.
The amount of sugar in vg is small, especially in the quantity consumed vaping by most people. Are you sure it is metabolized the same as if ingested? Please post a link to your reference or article. There are some threads here on ECF for you to search for and read regarding the sugars in vg and pg.
Of course, everyone is different and may have other health conditions to consider. If your friend is concerned, she should contact her doctor.
I have heard stories of nicotine affecting blood pressure and you can vape too much nicotine. I am not in the medical profession and this is just my personal experience. There is a health and medical forum on ECF. You should be reading that section for information.
the sugar in question is actually from the one already in your system, the one that gets released when glycogen gets broken up. i'm pretty sure it says nothing about inhaling sugar or anything remotely close to that, but i can go and double check. 
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That's awesome thank you for the info. My info on how the body metabolizes the VG is secondhand, from someone I trust, so I can not point you to the source, but I will ask him where the study can be found.The study also said that PG can be stored in the body as lactic acid and combined with a sedentary lifestyle there is a chance for sore muscles. I was just concerned for my friend, however; she vapes just for the flavor and does not do the nicotine thing, I just wanted to ask around and find out if there was a need for concern. Thank you for the feed back!
My father-in-law is a Type 2 diabetic. Nicotine has been proven to increase A1C and overly zealous crusaders claim e-cigarettes deliver nicotine so they too must contribute to an increase. They ignore they probability of e-cigarettes delivering far less nicotine than conventional cigarettes and his doctor told him only time will tell since there are NO studies as yet to determine just what happens over an extended period of time. The lowering of the A1C in the member up a few posts? He also lost 20 pounds, so a diet change could well have contributed; fewer carbs -less sugar could produce the drop. The sugar byproduct in VG is another facet of e-cigarettes that has not been tested over time.
IF VG increases OR decreases A1C ..... would it not be possible to see an immediate change in blood glucose the normal method used to monitor changes after meals using your meter before vaping for 10 minutes and the rechecking afterwards. If the breakdown is immediate it should show immediately and remain elevated - but declining over time just as it does with foods. Give it a shot and see what your meter tells you if anything??
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IF VG increases OR decreases A1C ..... would it not be possible to see an immediate change in blood glucose the normal method used to monitor changes after meals using your meter before vaping for 10 minutes and the rechecking afterwards. If the breakdown is immediate it should show immediately and remain elevated - but declining over time just as it does with foods. Give it a shot and see what your meter tells you if anything??
Tom
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Thanks Tom for your post. Diabetes affects people who have it very differently. Some can eat certain things and no blood sugar spikes, others will have theirs go up 20 or 30 points. Very individual. Many factors can affect blood sugar. I have also read that nicotine can raise blood sugar. I know when I first started vaping and vaped 24mg, if I overdid it my heart would start racing.
I am stable and my blood sugars do not jump around a lot. I can eat some foods and they do not cause the same wild blood sugar spikes a couple of my friends seem to get. Then again I had major surgery a few years back and it spiked my blood sugar readings for over 5 weeks. It is a difficult disease. Just being stressed out or getting the flu will raise your blood suger.
I am stable and my blood sugars do not jump around a lot. I can eat some foods and they do not cause the same wild blood sugar spikes a couple of my friends seem to get. Then again I had major surgery a few years back and it spiked my blood sugar readings for over 5 weeks. It is a difficult disease. Just being stressed out or getting the flu will raise your blood suger.
Great info ----nice to know hear about these things as my brother is diabetic and smokes analogs ,want to get him on the ecigs.
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