Erythritol and xylitol differentially impact brain networks involved in appetite regulation in healthy volunteers.
Anne Christin Meyer-GerspachJed O WingroveChristoph BeglingerJens F RehfeldCarel W le RouxRalph PeterliPatrick DupontOwen G O'DalyLukas Van OudenhoveMd Shahidul IslamPublished in: Nutritional neuroscience (2021)
Xylitol and erythritol have a unique combination of properties: no calories, virtually no effect on glucose and insulin while promoting the release of gut hormones, and impacting appetite-regulating neurocircuitry consisting of both similarities and differences with glucose.