Can Diabetics Consume Stachyose?

Stachyose is a substance that originally exists in nature. It is contained in the vegetables we often eat and the Chinese medicinal materials used to treat diseases. The content of stachyose in ground ginseng is the highest. Stachyose is a naturally occurring tetrasaccharide and a functional oligosaccharide that can significantly promote the proliferation of beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacteria. The sweetness is 22% of sucrose, and the taste is pure without any bad taste or smell.

Improve gastrointestinal function.

The regulator of intestinal microecology mainly consists of three types: probiotics, prebiotics and symbiotic bacteria. Probiotics refer to intestinal bacteria, such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus. Prebiotics refer to substances that have a selective regulatory effect on one or several bacteria. Stachyose belongs to this type of substance and can promote the rapid proliferation of bifidobacteria. If used together with other prebiotics, it can help to adjust intestinal flora to a large extent, relieve constipation, and help maintain intestinal vitality. Stachyose has the dual function of serving as water-soluble dietary fiber and promoting the proliferation of bifidobacteria, so it can improve intestinal function, shorten the digestion time of food, increase water content, inhibit saprophytic bacteria, decompose carcinogens, induce the synthesis of interferon and promotes cell division substances, activate natural killer cells and promote immunoglobulin antibodies and macrophages, thereby improving gastrointestinal function.

Help lower blood lipids and lose weight.

According to research, a decrease in beneficial gut bacteria will lead to increased synthesis and absorption of cholesterol. Stachyose reduces cholesterol synthesis and absorption by increasing beneficial bacteria and decreasing harmful bacteria.

Increase the body's immunity.

Stachyose is an oligosaccharide and a type of water-soluble dietary fiber. It has a specific value-added effect on bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. Bifidobacteria interact with mesenteric epithelial cells to form a protective biological barrier, which is beneficial to preventing the invasion of harmful bacteria. As scientists conduct in-depth research on the functions of stachyose, they have successively discovered that stachyose has a variety of health care functions for the human body, such as delaying aging, assisting in lowering blood pressure, and enhancing immunity.

Help relieve constipation, diarrhea and regulate endocrine.

Stachyose not only helps eliminate heavy metal lead from the body, but also helps relieve constipation and diarrhea when taken for a long time. Stachyose is used by bifidobacteria to produce a large amount of short-chain fatty acids, which can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation. At the same time, the stachyose molecule contains a large number of hydroxyl groups, which can absorb water well in the intestines, which has a therapeutic effect on diarrhea.

Can diabetics eat stachyose?

For diabetic patients, their general intestinal flora has deteriorated. The number of beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacterium is much lower than that of normal people. The amount of putrefactive bacteria and putrefactive substances in the intestine is higher than that of normal people. Stachyose can effectively proliferate in the human body. Bifidobacteria in the intestine enhance the body's intestinal resistance by lowering the pH value of the intestine, occupying a protective role and competing for nutrients, inhibiting the growth and reproduction of harmful bacteria in the intestine, thus improving the sugar metabolism function of diabetic patients.

Will stachyose increase blood sugar?

Stachyose is an oligosaccharide that cannot be broken down and absorbed by the human body. Only after stachyose enters the human intestine can it be highly selectively digested and utilized by bifidobacteria in the intestine, so taking stachyose will not increase blood sugar in human body. Moreover, taking stachyose by diabetic patients can effectively improve the sugar metabolism function of diabetic patients and help diabetic patients convert their blood sugar levels to normal levels.

Many people with diabetes feel that their intestinal function has improved and their sugar metabolism function has improved. The main reason is the addition of stachyose. Therefore, for diabetic patients, appropriate supplementation of stachyose can improve intestinal function, improve glucose metabolism, and is very helpful in stabilizing blood sugar.