SUBJECTS diabetic sugar

Early applications of crystalline fructose focused on foods for special dietary applications, primarily calorie reduction and diabetes control. The latter application sought to capitalize on a signiftcandy lower serum glucose level and insulin response in subjects with noninsulin-dependent diabetes melUtus (21,22) and insulin-dependent diabetes (23). However, because fmctose is a nutritive sweetener and because dietary fmctose conversion to glucose in the hver requires insulin in the same way as dietary glucose or sucrose, recommendations for its use are the same as for other nutritive sugars (24). Review of the health effects of dietary fmctose is available (25). 

SULPHONYLUREAS CLOZAPINE May cause t blood sugar and loss of control of blood sugar Clozapine can cause resistance to the action of insulin Watch/monitor for diabetes mellitus in subjects on long-term clozapine treatment... 

Extending these foregoing studies to the controversial problem of the value of sorbitol in the diabetic diet, Ellis and Krantz carried out typical tolerance tests with the compound. In normal human subjects, 50 g. of sorbitol increased the respiratory quotient above the normal basal level. Within an observation period of two hours, the effect was similar to that produced by an equal quantity of n-glucose. The blood sugar level was not significantly altered by the administration of sorbitol but was markedly elevated by n-glucose. In thirteen moderately severe diabetic... 

This subject has been well reviewed by Sidi et al. (S12). There is extensive evidence against there being any abnormality in blood glucose in psoriasis or any connection between diabetes and psoriasis. Studies attesting to the lack of clinical effect on the disease process of agents designed to lower blood sugar were also reviewed in the above publication. 

Most common sugar, abundant in free and combined form. Occurs free in blood, cerebrospinal fluid, lymph, urine of diabetic subjects, fruits, honey and plant juices Major component of many oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Occurs in sucrose combined with fructose. Comly. available by the acid hydrol. of potato starch (Europe) and cornstarch (USA). Fluid and nutrient replenisher. Food additive nutritive sweetener, humectant. Tablet diluent. pAat 12.34 (25°). Sweet taste, sweetness = 0.46 x sucrose. 

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