Cubes wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:48 pm
King Tuts wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 1:54 pm
Hello Forum,
For the items that need a Thinner, we use a 100% Coconut Oil and or a 100% Flavorless Terpene. We do not use any PG or VG.
After my market research
It's not safe to vape fatty oils under any circumstances and it can lead to lipid pneumonia. Why are you using that? :/
Googling "vaping coconut oil" should have been part of your market research
From the research I have done, I have found that the small vaped amounts of Lipids or Fats from Plants, is quite safe. The amount of Lipids Vaped from these cartridges is very minimal and again, the research I have done shows to be very safe.
This is one of the many "debates" or articles I had read prior to making a decision.
https://forum.vapelife.com/discussion/3 ... liquidizer
"I've been reading a lot of misinformation about this, and would like to debate whether or not coconut oil can be used safely as a liquidizer. To start off, there are products that already have coconut oil in them, particularly CBD oils. The main reason coconut oil is a concern, is because you will see there is a potential "risk" for lipid pneumonia. I believe I can explain where this comes from.
You will notice all marijuana based coconut oil products use fractionated coconut oil, for a very specific reason. I think this is where all the BS comes from, using NORMAL COCONUT OIL is the concern. Fractionated coconut oil removes nearly all the long chain triglycerides, which are the concern, it consists of mainly MCFA medium-chain fatty acids. According to:
https://www.biocbdplus.com/vape-mct-oil-benefits medium-chain fatty acids are the exception, they do not accumulate because of their naturally high absorption rate.
Also according to them:
Further research tells us MCT oil does not cause lipid pneumonia because:
MCTs have a smaller molecular size, therefore are quickly and completely absorbed rapidly like glucose.
MCTs do not act like a “fat” and behave more like a carbohydrate.
MCTs are more water-soluble because of the small length of carbon chain.
And other complex reasons.
The only other concern would be the type of fractionated coconut oil, obviously higher quality would potentially have less long chain triglycerides. Without much research on this though, it's hard to say how pure it really has to be. Would a few long chain triglycerides be of no concern, or would it? There are no standards for this unfortunately which is the danger currently.
I'm not saying I would be comfortable with vaping fractionated coconut oil with these questions unanswered, but I do believe everyone is full of **** saying that all coconut oil simply causes lipid pneumonia period. Amazing how many products are out there already with coconut oil, you would think we would hear of ACTUAL cases, instead of POTENTIAL lipid pneumonia."
I appreciate your comment and concern but again, from all the research I have done, this was the best option for us as an additive or thinner.
As consumers, yes, we should always do our due diligence and check out what we are buying and this is also why I'm being very transparent on what we have
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I believe it's safe now it's up to others to make their own decision
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