Is inulin safe for Diabetics?
Inulation neutral in odor and taste, contributing only a marginally sweet taste, about 10% of sucrose, but only provides a limited number of calories. Upon digestion, inulin is not hydrolyzed into monosaccharide moieties in the upper intestinal tract and enters the large intestine almost unchanged. As a result, inulin has a glycemic index of zero, neither increasing the glycemic nor the insulin levels in the blood, making it an ideal food for diabetics. The use of inulin as food for diabetics is documented since early this century.
