Beneo's Palatinose aids fight versus flab
One study compared two groups of 20 overweight or obese men aged 32 to 64. One ate 50g of Palatinose for breakfast and 25g three hours later for lunch and one ate a high glycaemic index sugar blend. Both groups ran for 30 minutes two hours after breakfast. Lower blood glucose levels and insulin release and 18% higher fat use was observed with Palatinose.
A second study in 2011 tested how carbohydrate ingestion affected exercising type one diabetes patients.
Patients ate 75g of either Palatinose or dextrose two hours before a 45-minute run. "Changes in blood glucose and mean glucose were dramatically improved under Palatinose," said Dr Richard Bracken, who led the research at Swansea University, Wales, in the UK.
The study found dextrose coaxed the body to draw on it rather than fat, during exercise. "However, use of Palatinose during running allowed for a greater amount of fat to burn," said Bracken. Beneo presented the results at a symposium in Heidelberg, Germany.
