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Glycerol: a sugar alcohol, and the backbone of every triglyceride/
Chemical Formula: C3H5(OH)3
Glycerol is processed like this:
Upon ingestion or removal from fatty acids, glycerol is transported to the liver where it it phosphorylated by glycerol kinase yielding glycerol-3-phosphate. This is oxidized to DHAP by glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
DHAP is used as an intermediate in glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, glycerophospholipid, glycerol metabolism, phosphatidic acid synthesis, fat metabolism, and the Calvin Cycle.
The most likely way it will end up is as a part of the gluconeogenesis pathway in the liver, though.
What is still unknown is whether the added DHAP will increase gluceoneogenesis enough to knock someone out of ketosis. It's unlikely, though, since huge amounts of glycerol are present in the body at all times; every time a fat (triglyceride) is processed. I WOULD THINK that a low-carb dieter would not be negatively affected by this, as long as he or she wasn't receiving too many calories from this "empty source".
A bar a day won't kill your efforts, but too many glycerol-containing bars is added hundreds of empty calories that could be used for EFAs, protein, etc.
Does that help?
Glycerol: a sugar alcohol, and the backbone of every triglyceride/
Chemical Formula: C3H5(OH)3
Glycerol is processed like this:
Upon ingestion or removal from fatty acids, glycerol is transported to the liver where it it phosphorylated by glycerol kinase yielding glycerol-3-phosphate. This is oxidized to DHAP by glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
DHAP is used as an intermediate in glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, glycerophospholipid, glycerol metabolism, phosphatidic acid synthesis, fat metabolism, and the Calvin Cycle.
The most likely way it will end up is as a part of the gluconeogenesis pathway in the liver, though.
What is still unknown is whether the added DHAP will increase gluceoneogenesis enough to knock someone out of ketosis. It's unlikely, though, since huge amounts of glycerol are present in the body at all times; every time a fat (triglyceride) is processed. I WOULD THINK that a low-carb dieter would not be negatively affected by this, as long as he or she wasn't receiving too many calories from this "empty source".
A bar a day won't kill your efforts, but too many glycerol-containing bars is added hundreds of empty calories that could be used for EFAs, protein, etc.
Does that help?
