Insuline spike

[Crazy K]

Who knows what your body does with glycerine (like in bar)? I know that it won't cause an insuline spike, but it has a caloric value and is counted as a carb. So what's the deal if you are doing low carb? Do low glycemic bars mislead a low carb diet?

 

[Crazy K]

Does no one have any idea? I want what I put into my body to benifit my body the most...and I'd make those choices based on fact and ruling opinion.

 

[diamonddiceclay]

The labels say that that glycerine does not count in the total carb count due to the fact that it has a negligible effect on insulin-I hope they are not lying

 

[Crazy K]

That is also the info I've been able to find. It'd be nice to have something more to go on than our trust! Thanks for your input D.

 

[MS]

Glycerine is not a carb, but it does contain calories. So they do not have to list glycerine in the carbs, protein or fat part of the nutrition label, but they should include it's cals in the total calories. You can often get a rough idea of how much glycerol there is in a bar by subtracting protein, fat and carb calories from total calories. The unaccounted for cals are usually from glycerol.

Although glycerol's impact on insulin is negligible, it can temporarily impede lipolysis via negative feedback (because glycerol is the main metabolite of fatty acid oxidation). Glycerol is also readily converted to glucose or stored as fat, so it would still seem prudent to limit it's intake.