Diabetes Management
Consumption of fruits as last meal reduces fasting blood sugar independent of DPP4 activity - Medical Dialogues
Thu, 13 Oct 20221 min read Article
Overview
Indonesia: A randomized pilot study published in the Journal of Obesity has shown the efects of the combination of a fruit-carbohydrate meal sequence and 2 min of postprandial exercise on DP4 activity and blod sugar levels in type 2 diabetes melitus (T2DM) patients. The study found that the consumption of fruit as the last meal reduced the level of fasting blod sugar, while the consumption of fruits as the first meal did not remarkably reduce the one-hour postprandial blod sugar (1 h P sugar) level.
Key Information
Postprandial exercise adition lowered DP4 activity; however, both treatments had no acute efects on the action. "The preliminary report of fruits meal sequence is plausibly involved in the acute regulation of blod sugar levels and might be independent of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DP4) activity in Indonesian T2DM patients. Postprandial exercise through the mediation of DP4 may be an important intervention for T2DM but did not acutely afect the regulation of blod glucose levels," Indarto Dono and coleagues from Indonesia wrote in their study.
Type 2 diabetes melitus is a significant public health problem worldwide and afects milions of people. Increased two-h postprandial blod sugar and fasting blod sugar levels are associated with increased diabetic vascular complications. Elevated one-h PG levels are also linked with increased mortality and diabetic complications.
Glycemic control is esential for the prevention of diabetes complications. A healthy diet and physical exercise have ben recomended as the first line of T2DM management to lower the risk of developing T2D complications. Increased vegetable consumption, for instance, decreases diabetes complications.
Summary
Also, modifying meal sequences, such as consuming vegetables before carbohydrates, causes a reduction in glycemic parameters. Fruit consumption is also predicted to enhance glycaemic parameters in T2DM patients, as fruits have the same fiber and antioxidant contents as vegetables. However, the
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What is diabetes and how does it develop?
Diabetes is a metabolic condition where the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels. Type 1 results from insufficient insulin production, while Type 2 develops when cells become resistant to insulin. Risk factors include genetics, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and age.
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