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page to your friends and colleagues. A recent report from the
University of Kuopio in Finland has found that fructose may be
an acceptable alternative to sugar in the diet of people with
diabetes who are liable to high after meal glucose
concentrations (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March
1994). In patients with mild non-insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus, fructose may contribute lower after meal glucose and
insulin responses than most other carbohydrate sources. In
clinical studies, fructose has either improved metabolic control
of diabetic patients or caused no significant changes. Patients
susceptible to hypertriglyceridemia should avoid high doses of
fructose because of a potential hypertriglyceridemic effect.
Long-term experiences about the use of