Prediabetes is increasingly prevalent and frequently progresses to diabetes, highlighting the need for effective preventive strategies. High-protein diets and diabetes-specific nutritional formulas have shown promise in improving glycemic control, but their clinical utility in prediabetes remains unclear.
To address this gap, a study evaluated the effectiveness and clinical utility of a high-protein diabetes-specific nutritional formula (DSNF-Pro) in 21 individuals with prediabetes. The study found that DSNF-Pro significantly improved postprandial metabolic responses compared with the standard nutritional formula (STNF), reducing incremental area under the curve (iAUC) for glucose by 73.4% and for c-peptide by 36.4%, while showing no significant difference in insulin iAUC, indicating improved glycemic control without increased insulin demand; iAUC represents the total postprandial rise…
