Crazy newbie VG question--please humor me

[speksynder]

Hi all.

I've been vaping VG about three months, and I absolutely adore it. I stopped smoking analogs completely when I began vaping. But one thing I've noticed since I began vaping is that I've put on weight. I realize this is a common side effect when you quit smoking, so I never really thought about it until I read somewhere on this forum that VG contains calories.

It occurred to me to wonder whether, in vaping VG, I might actually be taking in calories? I know it sounds crazy, and I do realize it's a small price to pay to quit smoking; I was just curious. Does anyone know if we might be intaking calories in vaping VG?

 

[doots]

I dont know but doubt it would add calories. I've never even heard that..

 

[quasimod]

Even if it were pancake syrup, and you absorbed every calorie, how much do you use per day? 2 or 3ML?

 

[speksynder]

Even if it were pancake syrup, and you absorbed every calorie, how much do you use per day? 2 or 3ML?

True dat. It wouldn't add up to much more than that, I'd imagine.

Although if I had my way, I'd have the darned thing in my mouth 24-7.

 

[quasimod]

[...] Although if I had my way, I'd have the darned thing in my mouth 24-7.

Me too! I'm still working on "the perfect" set-up for me, so I can put the silly thing down for a few minutes.

 

[Madame Psychosis]

Welcome! Not too crazy ...I think many, if not most people are worried about weight gain when they quit smoking. (The nice thing about vaping is that it makes exercise and other healthy changes easier, I find. There's no nic withdrawal exhaustion and none of that my-hands-are-so-bored-without-a-cig snacking. )

When consumed in food (as a sweetening substitute and moistening agent) VG does contain calories, but even assuming you could metabolize inhaled calories*, the quantities would be too tiny in vaping for you to take in significant calories.

Just the math for fun...
Glycerin (aka VG, glycerine, glycerol) has about 32 calories per teaspoon or 4.3 calories per gram.
Let's assume safely that people vape from 1-5 ml a day on average.
Using a back of the envelope approximation of 5 milliliters per teaspoon, if you swallowed a volume of pure VG equivalent to a high daily vaping average, you'd get about 32 calories...the same as two teaspoons of sugar, a third of an apple, or a big swig of juice.

*Not a doctor, but that strikes me as physically impossible. You absorb nicotine and other chemicals into the bloodstream through lung tissue because they're active once in the blood, but there's no way for your body to digest inhaled substances for caloric energy. Otherwise, hospitals would be using this in addition to IV nutrition, and fast food workers would be in serious peril.

edit to add: OMG, quasimod, I liked your old avatar but this one rocks too

 

[Kent C]

I finally put it down after about 5 1/2 months after having a few good mods with the 14500 batt and the 510 atty. Bartleby and Protege - bigger vapor and evidently more nicotine absorption - ymmv, but that's what finally did it for me.