Diabetes can not eat xylitol:
Sugar alcohols not sugar, is used to increase the sweetness of food ingredients, sugar and alcohol as a substitute for sucrose or glucose is widely used in patients with diabetes-specific foods, or for a variety of diet food and pharmaceutical tablets, chewable tablets, and syrup and other products.
To xylitol as an example. As xylitol and glucose, after oxidation in the body release heat. Early in the metabolism of xylitol, may not need insulin to participate, but later in the metabolism, you need insulin to promote.
After eating xylitol, normal blood sugar range and speed than glucose and sucrose intake, but once the excessive intake of diabetic patients will have side effects, resulting in elevated serum triglycerides, cause coronary atherosclerosis, it is not suitable for patients with diabetes eat xylitol.
