All sugars are not alike: Isomaltulose better than table sugar for type 2 diabetes patients

[Northerner]

Like sucrose (table sugar), the natural disaccharide isomaltulose (PalatinoseTM) consists of glucose and fructose, but it is apparently more suitable for people with type 2 diabetes with regard to regulating blood glucose levels. This has now been confirmed in a new study carried out by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), a partner in the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD). The study showed for the first time on subjects with type 2 diabetes that the favorable metabolic effect of isomaltulose is due to the almost opposing release profiles of the gut hormones GLP-1 and GIP*.

The research team led by Farnaz Keyhani-Nejad and Andreas F. H. Pfeiffer of DIfE has now published its results in the journal Diabetes Care.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160216111400.htm

 

[Robin]

Oh, Phew! The name sounded suspiciously like Isomalt, one of our old friends, the polyols, but apparently it isn't!
Major disadvantage seems to be that it's the same calories as sugar, but tastes less sweet, so you have to eat more of it to get the same effect. Best way forward would still seem to be, educate your palate not to want sweet things!