Category Archives: Glycerol

Glycerol: The Nutrition

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Glycerol is a sugar alcohol with a very sweet taste that is not unpleasant to humans or animals. Eating glycerol in its chemically unbonded state decreases ketone body concentrations of the blood and also increases blood glucose concentrations. In the … Continue reading →

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Glycerol: Useful In Weight Loss?

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Glycerol is a sugar alcohol that is used for the synthesis of triglycerides by all life. In animal studies glycerol administered intraperitoneally or subcutaneously induces hypophagia, and oral administration leads to a transient decrease in the animals body weight. The … Continue reading →

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