In:
BMC Medicine, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 20, No. 1 ( 2022-12)
Abstract:
Dietary modifications are crucial for managing newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and preventing its health complications, but many patients fail to achieve clinical goals with diet alone. We sought to evaluate the clinical effects of a personalized postprandial-targeting (PPT) diet on glycemic control and metabolic health in individuals with newly diagnosed T2DM as compared to the commonly recommended Mediterranean-style (MED) diet. Methods We enrolled 23 adults with newly diagnosed T2DM (aged 53.5 ± 8.9 years, 48% males) for a randomized crossover trial of two 2-week-long dietary interventions. Participants were blinded to their assignment to one of the two sequence groups: either PPT-MED or MED-PPT diets. The PPT diet relies on a machine learning algorithm that integrates clinical and microbiome features to predict personal postprandial glucose responses (PPGR). We further evaluated the long-term effects of PPT diet on glycemic control and metabolic health by an additional 6-month PPT intervention ( n = 16). Participants were connected to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) throughout the study and self-recorded dietary intake using a smartphone application. Results In the crossover intervention, the PPT diet lead to significant lower levels of CGM-based measures as compared to the MED diet, including average PPGR (mean difference between diets, − 19.8 ± 16.3 mg/dl × h, p 〈 0.001), mean glucose (mean difference between diets, − 7.8 ± 5.5 mg/dl, p 〈 0.001), and daily time of glucose levels 〉 140 mg/dl (mean difference between diets, − 2.42 ± 1.7 h/day, p 〈 0.001). Blood fructosamine also decreased significantly more during PPT compared to MED intervention (mean change difference between diets, − 16.4 ± 37 μmol/dl, p 〈 0.0001). At the end of 6 months, the PPT intervention leads to significant improvements in multiple metabolic health parameters, among them HbA1c (mean ± SD, − 0.39 ± 0.48%, p 〈 0.001), fasting glucose (− 16.4 ± 24.2 mg/dl, p = 0.02) and triglycerides (− 49 ± 46 mg/dl, p 〈 0.001). Importantly, 61% of the participants exhibited diabetes remission, as measured by HbA1c 〈 6.5%. Finally, some clinical improvements were significantly associated with gut microbiome changes per person. Conclusion In this crossover trial in subjects with newly diagnosed T2DM, a PPT diet improved CGM-based glycemic measures significantly more than a Mediterranean-style MED diet. Additional 6-month PPT intervention further improved glycemic control and metabolic health parameters, supporting the clinical efficacy of this approach. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01892956
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1741-7015
DOI:
10.1186/s12916-022-02254-y
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2022
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2131669-7
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