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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