Diabetes
Say goodbye to sweetness from now on?
Unwilling people discover xylitol
A commonly used functional sweetener
Because it has little effect on blood glucose values and low energy values
It is generally favored by diabetic friends
Xylitol foods are even known
"Sugar-free food"
so
Diabetics can
Eat it recklessly?
Xylitol (c5h12o5), is a kind of pentacarboxyol, is an intermediate product of xylose metabolism, the appearance of white powder crystals, very soluble in water, widely present in fruits, vegetables, cereals, fungi and other foods and wood, straw, corn cobs and other plants, is a natural, healthy sweetener.
Its sweetness is very similar to that of sucrose, but it has the advantage of low calories compared with sucrose, so it is often used as a sugar substitute and is favored by diabetics.
We usually refer to sugar refers to monosaccharides and disaccharides, such as sucrose, white sugar, glucose, fructose, and xylitol belongs to the sugar alcohol compound, is the product of monosaccharide reduction, according to the latest report of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization, sugars include monosaccharides, disaccharides and sugar alcohols, therefore, xylitol also belongs to the sugar group.
However, the metabolism of xylitol does not need insulin to promote, can directly through the cell membrane to provide nutrients for the tissue, the human body after ingestion of xylitol, the blood glucose content increased very little, not enough to cause an increase in blood sugar values. This is why eating xylitol with a sweet taste is stable but the blood sugar is stable.
We often hear sugar friends say that xylitol foods are "sugar-free foods" in clinical practice, but this statement is actually inappropriate. The so-called "sugar-free" is only because the sucrose content in xylitol foods is less than that of ordinary foods, but xylitol is also a carbohydrate composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen elements, which can also release heat energy after oxidation in the human body.
In addition, staple foods (biscuits, pastries, etc.) reduce sucrose at the same time, in order to pursue taste, often increase the amount of starch, oil and fat, resulting in high calories. The substances that cause our blood sugar to rise are not only sugar, but also the overall calories, so excessive consumption of xylitol foods should be avoided.
A brand of xylitol soda biscuits is compared to the nutritional content of ordinary soda biscuits
From the above figure, we can see that compared with ordinary soda biscuits, xylitol soda biscuits have a lower carbohydrate content, but their fat content is much higher than that of ordinary soda biscuits, more than 3 times that of ordinary biscuits, and the total energy is significantly increased, which is 1.26 times that of ordinary biscuits, and these can affect the patient's blood sugar level.
In addition, the sodium content in xylitol soda biscuits is also more than that of ordinary biscuits, about 1.75 times. Diabetic patients are often associated with high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and other underlying diseases, and advocate a low-salt and low-fat diet, so xylitol biscuits with high sodium content should not be consumed too much.