Can diabetics eat maltose?

Diabetes patients can not eat maltose.

Maltose is a disaccharide, which is easily digested and absorbed in the body and quickly converted into glucose, resulting in rapid increase in blood sugar. For diabetes patients, it is very important to control blood sugar. The following are specific reasons:

1. Risk of blood sugar fluctuations

Eating maltose will make blood sugar rise sharply in a short period of time, increasing the difficulty of blood sugar control, and may also cause a series of acute complications

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