Hormonal
A functional foods-based diet, emphasizing whole grains, legumes, nuts, and phytochemical-rich fruits and vegetables, improves glycemic control, insulin sensitivity, and lipid profiles in type 2 diabetes management.
Replace refined grains with whole grains (oats, barley, rye), include legumes (lentils, beans) and nuts in your daily diet, and eat a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables. This approach helps manage blood sugar and cholesterol more effectively than standard dietary advice alone.
Functional foods and their bioactive compounds could attenuate carbohydrate metabolism and hyperglycemia, improve pancreatic β-cell function and insulin secretion as well as insulin resistance, regulate lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and adipose tissue metabolism...
Why this rating
The paper is a review citing multiple in vitro, animal, and human studies, but lacks a single large-scale RCT.
Source
Functional foods-based diet as a novel dietary approach for management of type 2 diabetes and its complications: A review
Parvin Mirmiran · World Journal of Diabetes · 2014
DOI 10.4239/wjd.v5.i3.267
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