Functional Foods and Diabetes II

Dear Colleagues,

Diabetes mellitus is known to be a common chronic metabolic disease, mainly manifested by hyperglycemia and often accompanied by the dysregulation of blood lipid metabolism. Growing evidence has shown that a high-carbohydrate diet does not provide any advantage in levels of blood glucose and plasma lipid compared to a high-fat diet for both type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients. A high-carbohydrate/high-fiber diet has been suggested to improve blood glucose control and suppress plasma cholesterol concentrations in diabetic patients compared with a low-carbohydrate/low-fiber diet. It has been suggested that water-soluble fiber is better for regulating glucose and lipid metabolism in humans. Moreover, is a ketogenic diet suitable for diabetic patients? Dietary intake is an important issue for glucose and lipid metabolism in diabetic patients.

Compared with that of basic nutrition, the consumption of functional foods promotes optimal health and reduces the risk of chronic diseases. In recent decades, bioactive components of functional foods have been greatly considered to control or even improve dysregulation of glucose and lipid metabolism. In this Special Issue, researchers are encouraged to submit manuscripts (both in the form of original research and review articles) focusing on properties of functional foods or dietary intake in control of various aspects of glucose and lipid metabolism in diabetes.

Prof. Dr. Meng-Tsan Chiang
Dr. Chung-Hsiung Huang
Guest Editors

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• diabetes
• functional foods
• dietary intake
• bioactive components
• glucose metabolism
• lipid metabolism