Use of a new sugar substitute, erithritol, in the diet therapy of type 2 diabetes patients
Sharafetdinov, K.K.; Gapparov, M.M.; Plotnikova, O.A.; Meshcheriakova, V.A.
Voprosy Pitaniia 71(3): 19-23
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8833 PMID: 12227012 Document Number: 549496
It was investigated the influence of a diet supplemented with erithritol on dynamic of basal and postprandial glycemia, lipid levels, blood pressure, body weight in 30 patients with type 2 diabetes. The results indicated that supplementation of erithritol (30 g/day) in traditional hypocaloric diet did not decrease the efficacy of dietary therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes. After ingestion 30 g erithritol dissolved in 300 ml of water, blood glucose did not show a marked increase in compared with 30 g isomalt (control).