PMID- 29194424 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180726 LR - 20181113 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 12 DP - 2017 Dec 1 TI - Functional Foods and Lifestyle Approaches for Diabetes Prevention and Management. LID - 10.3390/nu9121310 [doi] LID - 1310 AB - Functional foods contain biologically active ingredients associated with physiological health benefits for preventing and managing chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A regular consumption of functional foods may be associated with enhanced anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, insulin sensitivity, and anti-cholesterol functions, which are considered integral to prevent and manage T2DM. Components of the Mediterranean diet (MD)-such as fruits, vegetables, oily fish, olive oil, and tree nuts-serve as a model for functional foods based on their natural contents of nutraceuticals, including polyphenols, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, sterols, pigments, and unsaturated fatty acids. Polyphenols within MD and polyphenol-rich herbs-such as coffee, green tea, black tea, and yerba mate-have shown clinically-meaningful benefits on metabolic and microvascular activities, cholesterol and fasting glucose lowering, and anti-inflammation and anti-oxidation in high-risk and T2DM patients. However, combining exercise with functional food consumption can trigger and augment several metabolic and cardiovascular protective benefits, but it is under-investigated in people with T2DM and bariatric surgery patients. Detecting functional food benefits can now rely on an "omics" biological profiling of individuals' molecular, genetics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, but is under-investigated in multi-component interventions. A personalized approach for preventing and managing T2DM should consider biological and behavioral models, and embed nutrition education as part of lifestyle diabetes prevention studies. Functional foods may provide additional benefits in such an approach. FAU - Alkhatib, Ahmad AU - Alkhatib A AD - Dasman Diabetes Institute, P.O. Box 1180, Dasman 15462, Kuwait. drahmadalkhatib@gmail.com. FAU - Tsang, Catherine AU - Tsang C AD - Faculty of Health and Social Care, Edge Hill University, St. Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP, UK. Tsang@edgehill.ac.uk. FAU - Tiss, Ali AU - Tiss A AD - Dasman Diabetes Institute, P.O. Box 1180, Dasman 15462, Kuwait. ali.tiss@dasmaninstitute.org. FAU - Bahorun, Theeshan AU - Bahorun T AD - ANDI Centre of Excellence for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research, University of Mauritius, MSIRI Building, Reduit 80837, Mauritius. tbahorun@uom.ac.mu. FAU - Arefanian, Hossein AU - Arefanian H AD - Dasman Diabetes Institute, P.O. Box 1180, Dasman 15462, Kuwait. hossein.arefanian@dasmaninstitute.org. FAU - Barake, Roula AU - Barake R AD - Dasman Diabetes Institute, P.O. Box 1180, Dasman 15462, Kuwait. roula.barake@dasmaninstitute.org. FAU - Khadir, Abdelkrim AU - Khadir A AD - Dasman Diabetes Institute, P.O. Box 1180, Dasman 15462, Kuwait. abdelkrim.khadir@dasmaninstitute.org. FAU - Tuomilehto, Jaakko AU - Tuomilehto J AD - Dasman Diabetes Institute, P.O. Box 1180, Dasman 15462, Kuwait. jaakko.tuomilehto@dasmaninstitute.org. AD - Diabetes Research Group, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. jaakko.tuomilehto@dasmaninstitute.org. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20171201 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 SB - IM MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*prevention & control MH - Diet, Mediterranean MH - *Functional Food MH - Humans MH - *Life Style PMC - PMC5748760 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Mediterranean diet OT - bariatric surgery OT - functional food OT - green tea OT - nutrition counselling OT - physical activity OT - polyphenols OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus OT - yerba mate COIS- No conflict of interest or otherwise is declared as part of this work. EDAT- 2017/12/02 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/27 06:00 PMCR- 2017/12/01 CRDT- 2017/12/02 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/11/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/11/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/12/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/12/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu9121310 [pii] AID - nutrients-09-01310 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu9121310 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2017 Dec 1;9(12):1310. doi: 10.3390/nu9121310.