Trial reportOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2020
Effects of Fasting-Mimicking Diet and Specific Meal Replacement Foods on Blood Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Metabolic impact of intermittent energy restriction and periodic fasting in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness of a periodic fasting-mimicking diet programme in patients with type 2 diabetes: a trial-based analysis and a lifetime model-based analysis.BMC primary care · 2025Trial
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- Self-initiated lifestyle changes during a fasting-mimicking diet programme in patients with type 2 diabetes: a mixed-methods study.BMC primary care · 2024Trial
- Fasting-Mimicking-Diet does not reduce skeletal muscle function in healthy young adults: a randomized control trial.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Trial
- Intermittent fasting to treat diabetes: time to update clinical practice guidelines.The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology · 2026Review
- Association between blood glucose indicators and metabolic diseases in the Chinese population: A national cross-sectional study.Chinese medical journal · 2025Article
- Mapping evidence and identifying risks: A systematic scoping review of meal replacements in type 2 diabetes.World journal of diabetes · 2025Article
- Effects of fasting on HDL particle function and size distribution.Journal of lipid research · 2025Review
- Impact of Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) on cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
- Fasting Mimicking Diet for Metabolic Syndrome: A Narrative Review of Human Studies.Metabolites · 2025Review
- The effect of different dietary restriction on weight management and metabolic parameters in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2024Review
- Intermittent fasting and its impact on toxicities, symptoms and quality of life in patients on active cancer treatment.Cancer treatment reviews · 2024Review
- The effects of different intermittent fasting regimens in people with type 2 diabetes: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Fasting: From Physiology to Pathology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- The Effect of Dietary Interventions on Hypertriglyceridemia: From Public Health to Molecular Nutrition Evidence.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Is Intermittent Fasting Better Than Continuous Energy Restriction for Adults with Overweight and Obesity?Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Review
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Abstract
Type 2 diabetes represents a serious societal health problem due to the vulnerability to cardiovascular events. Diet therapy is the most basic treatment for type 2 diabetes. The present study was conducted to study the effect of a fasting-mimicking diet and specific meal replacement foods on blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Our study included 100 patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent a physical examination which were enrolled and randomly assigned as 50 patients each to the test group (with low energy-specific meal replacement meals during a fasting-mimicking diet) and the control group (with specific meal replacement foods given normal adult doses). After 4 months, efficacy indicators which were fasting blood glucose, 2-hour postprandial venous blood glucose, and glycosylated haemoglobin of the experimental group were all lower than those of the control group (
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