Guest guest Posted April 17, 2001 Report Share Posted April 17, 2001 I got liquid zinc from Kirkman's but one of the ingredients is propylene glycol. Does anyone know what that is? Also, my son has been on gfcf diet with not much success for six months. He continues to be as picky as he was before pre-diet. He eats pancakes, fried fish and chicken gfcf, raisins, cookies I make but have been able to go beyond that. Please help if you can. Any new food I show him he refuses to eat. Lana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2001 Report Share Posted April 18, 2001 All I know about it is that the airline industry uses it to de-ice their airplanes! My brother-in-law was a mechanic for Continental, my husband worked the ramp, and my sister and I also worked for them, so this is a FACT, not just hear-say. As for getting your son to eat new foods -- what I sometimes do, is get a 6-hole muffin tin and put small amounts of a variety of foods in it. My boys love the different " plate " and they have plenty of choices, so even if they don't touch some of the stuff, they eat something. zinc, etc. and diet > I got liquid zinc from Kirkman's but one of the ingredients is > propylene glycol. Does anyone know what that is? > > Also, my son has been on gfcf diet with not much success for six months. He > continues to be as picky as he was before pre-diet. He eats pancakes, fried > fish and chicken gfcf, raisins, cookies I make but have been able to go > beyond that. > > Please help if you can. Any new food I show him he refuses to eat. > > > Lana > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 Jim is correct. It is used to de-ice planes because the freezing point of propylene glycol is -59 degrees C. In addition, proylene glycol is a safe, effective pharmaceutical excipient which acts as a humectant and solubilizer. Without the proylene glycol in the zinc liquid, the zinc would fall out of solution. Propylene glycol is listed in the United States Pharmacopeia as a pharmaceutical aid. It must meet strict purity standards to gain the USP designation. The Merck Index defines propylene glycol as a viscous, harmless liquid when taken internally. It is actually considered safer than glycerine when ingested. The American Pharmaceutical Association describes PG as a humectant, solubilizer and stabilizer of vitamins. This ingredient has been used safely for decades in pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements. Kirkman would not use an unsafe ingredient. The grade of PG used to spray airplane wings is a commercial, unpurified grade. Pharmaceuticals utilize the USP grade. Re: zinc, etc. and diet All I know about it is that the airline industry uses it to de-ice their airplanes! My brother-in-law was a mechanic for Continental, my husband worked the ramp, and my sister and I also worked for them, so this is a FACT, not just hear-say. As for getting your son to eat new foods -- what I sometimes do, is get a 6-hole muffin tin and put small amounts of a variety of foods in it. My boys love the different " plate " and they have plenty of choices, so even if they don't touch some of the stuff, they eat something. zinc, etc. and diet > I got liquid zinc from Kirkman's but one of the ingredients is > propylene glycol. Does anyone know what that is? > > Also, my son has been on gfcf diet with not much success for six months. He > continues to be as picky as he was before pre-diet. He eats pancakes, fried > fish and chicken gfcf, raisins, cookies I make but have been able to go > beyond that. > > Please help if you can. Any new food I show him he refuses to eat. > > > Lana > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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