I don’t use Listerine specifically, really any kind that I have, but I think it must kill the bacteria in the throat that causes it to hurt or something. It’s worked every time I’ve tried it.

While you’re right that fructose is relatively safe for diabetics (like me), you’re dangerously wrong about high-fructose corn syrup!

High-fructose corn syrup and glucose-fructose are the same thing: glucose (corn syrup) infused with fructose. This makes it really dangerous stuff for anyone, but especially for diabetics, because it’s highly processed, so the sugars in it are instantly absorbed into the bloodstream.

Since they’re already processed, your body doesn’t need to break them down, so they send your blood glucose level (what diabetic test strips & meters measure) soaring, and then cause it to suddenly plummet soon afterwards. Think of the sugar high, and crash that you get after drinking a sugary soda or eating a candy bar (both big sources of glucose-fructose/high-fructose corn syrup). Well those peaks & crashes can be disastrous to a diabetic.

Diabetics either don’t produce enough insulin to break down sugars (Type 1), or their bodies can’t use the insulin they do produce (Type 2). So diabetics have to do all they can to maintain steady blood glucose levels, and avoid the huge peaks & crashes. Too high or too low, and you can go into shock or coma. You can even die. And the constant stress of those peaks & crashes does a number on your heart, your circulation, your liver, your kidneys… It can even make you go blind.