Safe sweetener
Glycerine is an alcohol (glycerol) and is used as a preservative in the food industry, as well as a sweetener: it is very sweet, yet it contains no sugar. This makes it an ideal sweetener for patients who cannot take sugar, such as the increasing number of Candida sufferers. Vegetable glycerine is said to be the "only acceptable sweetener" for Candida patients. Here are a couple of healthy recipes.
Sweet potato casserole
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons 100% pure vegetable glycerin
2 teaspoon (alcohol free) orange flavouring
Ground cinnamon to taste
1/2 cup chopped or ground fresh walnuts
1/2 pound sweet potatoes, scrubbed, peeled and quartered
Preheat oven to 175C. Place sweet potatoes in a greased 8-inch casserole. Put all other ingredients into a small bowl: mix. Pour mixture over sweet potatoes and bake 35 minutes, or until fork-tender.
Vanilla Pecan Icecream
3 eggs
2 tablespoons softened butter (optional)
1/2 cup food-grade glycerine
2 cups (unsweetened) soy or almond milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoons sea salt (optional)
2 cups cream, or 2 extra cups of soy or almond milk to lower the fat content
1/2 cup pecans (roast lightly in oven and cool before using)
Beat eggs and milk together in large saucepan on low heat. Stir constantly until thickened -- mixture should smoothly coat a spoon. Takes 5-10 minutes. Cool. Add glycerine, cream (or soy or almond milk), vanilla, salt, and pecans. Refrigerate overnight or longer. Process in ice cream maker (or freeze). Add carob flour to make a chocolate version.
Hi,Maggie, I found this site, from which I found the above excerpt, link here:-
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_glycerin.html
I just Googled your question!
I also found this on the food additives site, It's additive No 422.
Humectant and sweetener; oily colourless alcohol; derived by decomposition of natural fats with alkalis; usually as a by-product of soap making using animal fat or vegetable oil; can be obtained from petroleum products sometimes synthesised from propylene or fermented from sugar; used in flexible coatings on sausages and cheeses, also in crystallised and dried fruit, liqueurs and vodka, marshmallows, soft drinks, desserts, confectionary, tooth paste, etc. "Glycerine has been shown to protect against DNA damage induced by tumour promoters, ultraviolet lights and radiation, presumably via free radical scavenging"; large quantities can cause headaches, thirst, nausea and high blood sugar levels.
You have been warned. Where do you buy it? I tried to Google it, but could only find a Company in the US, which would mean the shipping costs are going to be high. good luck with it all, Maggie. I think you shoukld be able to get it in health food shops, though. Which would make it expensive.
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