Trial reportNutrition & diabetes2016
Manipulating the sequence of food ingestion improves glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients under free-living conditions.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Impact of Macronutrient Ordering on Postprandial Glycaemic Control in Diabetes: A Systematic Review.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2026Pooled it
- Nutrient intake order on metabolic outcomes in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta diabetologica · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of a meal sequence in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2022Pooled it
- Imprecision nutrition? Intraindividual variability of glucose responses to duplicate presented meals in adults without diabetes.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of the Food Order Behavioral Intervention in Prediabetes.Nutrients · 2023Trial
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- The insulinotropic effect of a high-protein nutrient preload is mediated by the increase of plasma amino acids in type 2 diabetes.European journal of nutrition · 2019Trial
- The impact of food order on postprandial glycaemic excursions in prediabetes.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2019Trial
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- Interpreting Continuous Glucose Monitoring Through Metabolic Physiology: A Framework for Precision Nutrition in Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Response to Meal Sequence Among Healthy UAE Adults: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Article
- Imprecision nutrition? Duplicate meals result in unreliable individual glycemic responses measured by continuous glucose monitors across four dietary patterns in adults without diabetes.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- The Relationship Between Dietary Patterns and Glycemic Variability in People with Impaired Glucose Tolerance.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- The Effect of Soy and Whey Protein Supplementation on Glucose Homeostasis in Healthy Normal Weight Asian Indians.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2023Article
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- Novel trends and concepts in the nutritional management of glycemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus-beyond dietary patterns: a narrative review.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2021Review
- Associations of continuous glucose monitoring-assessed glucose variability with intima-media thickness and ultrasonic tissue characteristics of the carotid arteries: a cross-sectional analysis in patients with type 2 diabetes.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021Observational
- Gut-Based Strategies to Reduce Postprandial Glycaemia in Type 2 Diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Review
- A Review of Recent Findings on Meal Sequence: An Attractive Dietary Approach to Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2020Review
- A Protein/Lipid Preload Attenuates Glucose-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction in Individuals with Abnormal Glucose Tolerance.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
Lipid and protein ingested before carbohydrate reduce postprandial hyperglycemia. We tested feasibility, safety and clinical efficacy of manipulating the sequence of nutrient ingestion in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). After a 4-week run-in, 17 T2D patients were randomized to either a control diet (CD) or to an experimental diet (ED) allowing the consumption of high-carbohydrate foods only after high-protein and high-fat foods at each main meal (lunch+dinner). Both diets were accurately followed and neutral on arterial blood pressure, plasma lipids and indices of hepatic and kidney function. After 8 weeks, in spite of a similar reduction of body weight (ED -1.9 95% confidence interval (-3.4/-0.4)kg, P<0.03; CD -2.0 (-3.6/-0.5)kg, P<0.02) and waist circumference (ED -2.9 (-4.3/-1.5)cm, P<0.002; CD -3.3 (-5.9/-0.7)cm, P<0.02), the ED only was associated with significant reductions of HbA1c (-0.3 (-0.50/-0.02)%, P<0.04), fasting plasma glucose (-1.0 (-1.8/-0.3)mmol l(-1), P<0.01), postprandial glucose excursions (lunch -1.8 (-3.2/-0.4)mmol l(-1), P<0.01; dinner: -1.0 (-1.9/-0.1)mmol l(-1), P<0.04) and other indices of glucose variability (s.d.: -0.5 (-0.7/-0.2)mmol l(-1), P<0.02; Coefficient of variation: -6.6 (-10.4/-2.7)%, P<0.02). When compared with the CD, the ED was associated with lower post-lunch glucose excursions (P<0.02) and lower glucose coefficients of variation (P<0.05). Manipulating the sequence of nutrient ingestion might reveal a rapid, feasible, economic and safe strategy for optimizing glucose control in T2D.
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