Xylitol, as a functional sweetener, can participate in human metabolism. After entering the blood, it can penetrate into cells without insulin, and its metabolism is fast, which will not cause blood sugar to rise. It is the most suitable nutritional sugar substitute for diabetic patients. ~~~~

But xylitol, like glucose, is a carbohydrate composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Xylitol may not need insulin in the early stage of metabolism, but it needs insulin to promote it in the later stage of metabolism. Therefore, xylitol can not replace glucose to correct metabolic disorder, nor can it reduce blood sugar and urine sugar and improve clinical symptoms. Clinical practice shows that xylitol can not treat diabetes, and eating too much xylitol will increase blood triglycerides, which will cause coronary atherosclerosis. Therefore, diabetics should not eat more xylitol.

Compared with ordinary granulated sugar, xylitol has the advantage of low calorie, which helps to clean teeth to a certain extent, but excessive consumption may also bring side effects such as diarrhea, which cannot be ignored.