A sweet way to say no to Diabetes-too good to be true: Palatinose-based regenerative therapy for reversing diabetes: Isomaltulose(also known as Palatinose), an artificial sweetener consisting of  glucose and fructose,  increases the expression of Sox17, Sox2, Pdx-1, and Ngn3, decreases mTOR expression, promotes regeneration of insulin-producing ß cells, increases insulin secretion, promotes glucose homeostasis and reverses T1D and T2D via down regulation of its target gene, 1/May/2018, 12.05 am