Comments on: Glycerin

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 12 May 2006 03:02:14 +0000

OK, I’m closing the comments out on this since it’s gotten off topic.

If you’re genuinely interested in any of these questions you’re asking (which have nothing to do with glycerin), look around the site. They’ve all been answered countless times. Or look over the aforementioned AR FAQ. It’s all in there.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 12 May 2006 03:00:45 +0000

That’s what I figured it would come to.

No, one cannot live their lives without negatively affecting animals, the environment, or other people in some way. That’s just the way it is. But to take that and say, “Bah, then I might as well not do anything” is pretty lame, especially when it’s so easy to make a big difference by doing little things (not eating meat, not driving a heavy duty gas guzzler, etc.).

Not to mention the allergic reactions some people have.

So why’s it matter to you so much?

By: tim

tim — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:59:09 +0000

what about bee hunny?
if done right they arent hurt either
and saying humans arent hurt to produce things, have you ever seen people picking bananas in equado for nearly nothing just to survive

By: tim

tim — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:57:22 +0000

what about bee hunny?
they arent hurt in the production and if done right they arent hurt in removing it from the comb either

By: tim

tim — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:54:59 +0000

ok back to glycerin, do any of you refuse to drive trough tunnels?
because they are most likely blased using dynomite which is also known as nitroglycerin, ahich like many of the products you are discussing is manufactued from plant and animal based glycerin

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:52:32 +0000

why does no one refuse to eat or use anything thats man made, on the grounds that there may have been some unetical treatment of humans along the way?

Next time someone’s child is killed because a pair of synthetic shoes are made, let me know. (Look up the veal/milk connection for this reference.)

Animals don’t give permission or asked to be used. Humans make things and don’t suffer for them.

And when they do (a la sweatshops) then, no, we shouldn’t buy them.

hey ryan, who says plants cant feel?

To recount a comment I made elsewhere on the blog:

Plants don’t have a central nervous system and so are unable to feel pain. There was a “theory” back in the 1970s that plants could feel pain, but it was quickly debunked. Questions 42-45 of this FAQ go into far more detail than I will here.

By: tim

tim — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:47:22 +0000

hey ryan, who says plants cant feel?

By: tim

tim — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:45:46 +0000

another note along the same lines, the refusal to use an animal product because it could mean the unethical treetment of animals is very interestin to me, mostly because human beings are also an animal, why does no one refuse to eat or use anything thats man made, on the grounds that there may have been some unetical treatment of humans along the way?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:45:19 +0000

i am just currious as to why there are so many animal rights activists willing to unaturaly alter their diet just to avoid any possible herm to an animal and why there are no plant rights activists?

GOOD FREAKIN’ GOD. Are there really still people that say things like this?

Let’s make it simple once and for all and then get back to glycerin:

1. Plants don’t feel pain.

2. You’re not serious anyway.

3. And if you are serious about “plant rights,” far more plants are killed in the food made for food animals. So a plant-based diet is still the “least harm.”

Thank you, now please go away.

By: tim

tim — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:40:03 +0000

i am just currious as to why there are so many animal rights activists willing to unaturaly alter their diet just to avoid any possible herm to an animal and why there are no plant rights activists?
if you can say that unfair treatment of animals is grounds for not consuming or useing any animal product or basicly anything ever tuched by an animal, why does no one see slaughtering millions of helpless plants a day and eating them as cruel or cutting the lawn as wantonly killing of peaceful harmless plants?
if you are going to give so much care and consideration to animals that should also extend to all living things, including plans and bacteria, speeking of that, you ever wonder why bread rises, its because there are millions of little living things (commonly known as yeast) in there that give off a gass as a by product. when that bread is cooked those living organizims are killed. so next time you are about to boil water to cook some of your organic vegtibles just remember the millions of bacteria you are killing outnumber the chicken you could be eating by alot more than you could ever count to

By: LaSondra

LaSondra — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:52:30 +0000

Wayne is not the only one suffering from an allergen to glycerin, unfortunately I suffer from the same thing. It took many test before my ENT doctor finally figured it out and he also was stunned and usure of where to go. However with his experience they were able to remove the glycerin from my allergy injections. I’m sickly all the time, and now I understand why!

By: prime

prime — Mon, 08 May 2006 21:16:03 +0000

Quaker 100% natural granola oats honey and raisins has glycerin in it is it safe to eat?

By: Debora

Debora — Thu, 04 May 2006 05:09:01 +0000

Hiall,
I stumbled across this site when I was googling about vegetable glycerin. It is in a toothpaste product that my friend thinks is a top quality, all natural product. I wanted to check it out for myself to learn more about what it is. I’m not convinced that it’s okay. It surprised me when I heard that people are allergic to glycerin. I should know that people can be allergic to just about anything. One product that I love that is free of flouride and glycerin is Tooth Soap. It is an alternative to toothpaste but a lot better because it doesn’t contain any harmful products, makes your mouth cleaner, and reduces gum pocket and sensitivities. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. For anyone who thinks flouride is okay, it’s not. It is just another harmful thing that professional like dentist report as being a good thing. Read about what they don’t tell you in studies that have proven that flouride doesn’t help with cavities an is harmful to the body.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:45:41 +0000

I also stumbled onto this site while doing some research into glycerin.

I have found a 100% Olive Oil soap which does not contain glycerin – or anything else except olive oil, for that matter. I recently received a sample of it from the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California, and I really love it.

This soap is great and the label says it is “fair-trade, completely biodegradable, organic and never tested on animals.” It does not “over-wash” my skin, thereby depleting it of all its natural moisture.

FYI, the company I received the sample from is Armstrong Skin Aid. They have a website, (www.armstrongskinaid.com) if anyone is interested.

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:52:28 +0000

I, like many of you, stumbled on this site. My daughter is allergic to soy. While researching soy allergies, I dicovered that glcerin can be made from soy and thought that the two were related. Now I realize that they may be separate allergies since glycerin can also be made from animal sources. Thanks for the insight.

Her allergic reactions are mild, thankfully, but nontheless annoying. Now I don’t feel foolish reading toothpaste tubes in the grocery store.