Xanthan Gum and Guar Gum: Keto Friendly?

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let’s talk about xanthan gum and guar gum are they both keto-friendly and if you had a choice which one is better or worse let’s start with xanthan gum it’s used in a lot of different foods as a food thickener to provide texture they use it in recipes to make bread because it replaces like the gluten it’s an additive here’s the problem it’s usually made from corn glucose or even soy so if you were to consume this you want to make sure it’s non-gmo okay if it’s non-gmo it’ll be okay but if it’s GMO you don’t want to consume it because of the corn and the soy and then who knows where they got the glucose from right there now there’s a certain bacteria called Xanthomonas campestris if I spelled that right I have no idea but you can see the name xantham xanthan that’s where it comes from so this bacteria ferments corn glucose or soy obviously the carbohydrate in those three and it gives you this gum okay so 1/2 of a teaspoon is 1. 6 grams equals one carb but it also has one gram of fiber giving a zero net carb so this will not affect your blood sugar so yes it is keto friendly but make sure it’s a non GMO source okay now gar gum what’s that it comes from the guar bean and a half a teaspoon 1. 5 grams only will give you one gram of carb in one gram of fiber also giving you a zero net carb so this is good as well so these are very similar but the big difference is the source so just make sure if you do this it is non GMO this one is going to be non GMO naturally because they don’t genetically modify this being alright so if you haven’t seen my video on acceptable fluids on a ketogenic diet you might want to check that one out that’s a real popular one I think I have like 4 million views check it out right here