If you’ve been trying to slim down, you might be
wondering if your vaping hobby is sabotaging your weight loss efforts. After all, so many e-juices come in sinfully
sweet flavors that mimic the snacks and desserts we don’t dare consume
regularly. Many of us treat ourselves to
flavors like doughnuts, cupcakes, gummy candies and cookies in an e-liquid
form on a daily basis.
Obviously, vaping a cookie flavor doesn’t affect the
body in the way that actually eating a cookie does. Still, many vapers are left wondering if
e-liquid actually has any calories, and if so, what those calories are doing to
their waistlines. We’re going to get
into exactly how vape juice impacts your weight loss goals whether you’re using
a salt-based or freebase e-juice.
Should
You be Counting Calories While You Vape?
In short, no.
As it turns out, e-liquid does in fact have calories. However, those calories are minimal to say
the least. Each milliliter of e-liquid
contains about four or five calories. If
you purchase a 30ml bottle of juice, you’ll consume about 120 to 150 calories
before the bottle is empty.
Now, how often you vape will determine how many
calories you take in each day from your e-liquid. For example, if you vape 1mL of e-liquid a
day, that’s four or five calories daily.
If you go through 5mL in a day, you’re looking at 20 to 25
calories.
Now, let’s start putting things into perspective. A stalk of celery contains six calories,
therefore having more than a milliliter of e-liquid. Meanwhile, the average cupcake possesses 130
or so calories. As you can see, the
calories in e-liquid definitely aren’t abundant enough to make you gain weight.
Plus, keep in mind that the average person burns
somewhere around 50 calories per hour while they’re sleeping. In other words, there’s really no point in
counting the calories that are in vape juice.
Where
Do Those Calories Go?
Another issue when it comes to counting the calories
in e-liquid is that they’re not being digested.
Scientists don’t really know what happens to the calories that are
absorbed into the lungs. Therefore,
there’s a good chance that those calories aren’t actually affecting you in the
same way that the calories in food do.
Will
Vaping Make Me Gain Weight?
By now, it should be clear that vaping won’t make you
gain weight. In fact, many vapers have
noticed that they don’t feel as tempted to indulge in sugary snacks simply
because they’re vaping the flavor that they find themselves craving on a
regular basis.
Additionally, nicotine is a stimulant and appetite
suppressant, meaning that it’s capable of making you lose a small amount of
weight if consumed on a daily basis.
This is why many people gain a few pounds after quitting smoking.
Vape
Away!
As you can see, you can vape away without thinking
about the calories that you’re consuming while enjoying your hobby. If you’re trying to shed some weight, vaping
will not interfere with your efforts.
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