PMID- 36558484 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221226 LR - 20221227 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 24 DP - 2022 Dec 15 TI - Revised Protein Sparing Diet in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. LID - 10.3390/nu14245325 [doi] LID - 5325 AB - Effective nutrition therapy is a pressing issue in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) management. As such, this research aimed to determine the performance of a revised dietary strategy built on the protein-sparing diet in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to obtaining a rapid and stable improvement in glucometabolic control, body weight, body composition, and energy metabolism when applying the strategy in just twenty-one days. The revised protein-sparing diet differs from the traditional protein-sparing modified fast (PSMF) because it does not include foods. The daily calorie intake of this diet is exclusively derived from Isolate whey protein in addition to a formulation of Isolate whey protein enriched with essential amino acids in free form, with the addition of lipids such as extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil as a source of medium chain fatty acids, where the latter is taken for only the first four days of the diet, together with the use, for the same duration, of extended-release metformin, as the only antihyperglycemic allowed. Anthropometric measurements, bioimpedance analysis, indirect calorimetry, and blood chemistry assessments were conducted at the beginning of the study, time 0 (T0), and at the end, time 1 (T1), i.e., on the 21st day. The main outcomes of the revised protein-sparing diet after only twenty-one days were a reduction in body weight with the predominant loss of visceral atherogenic abdominal fat and, therefore, a possible contextual reduction in ectopic fat deposits together with a simultaneous reduction in insulin resistance and normalization of insulin levels, maintenance of free fat mass and basal metabolism, restoration of metabolic flexibility, and improvement of the glucometabolic and lipidic parameters. These results demonstrate the promising potential of the revised protein-sparing diet as an "etiologic tool" in the integrated nutritional treatment of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. FAU - Cincione, Raffaele Ivan AU - Cincione RI AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Losavio, Francesca AU - Losavio F AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Cibelli, Giuseppe AU - Cibelli G AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Messina, Giovanni AU - Messina G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0011-867X AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Polito, Rita AU - Polito R AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Casula, Elias AU - Casula E AD - IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00128 Rome, Italy. FAU - Cincione, Pamela Pia AU - Cincione PP AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Amatruda, Marco AU - Amatruda M AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Limone, Pierpaolo AU - Limone P AD - Department of Humanities, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221215 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 RN - 0 (Whey Proteins) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism MH - Whey Proteins MH - Obesity MH - Body Weight MH - Diet PMC - PMC9788379 OTO - NOTNLM OT - body composition OT - diabetes reversal OT - ectopic fat OT - fat mass OT - free fat mass OT - indirect calorimetry OT - metabolic inflexibility OT - obesity OT - revised protein sparing diet OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus COIS- The authors have no conflict of interest to declare. EDAT- 2022/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/27 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/15 CRDT- 2022/12/23 01:53 PHST- 2022/10/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/23 01:53 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu14245325 [pii] AID - nutrients-14-05325 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu14245325 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2022 Dec 15;14(24):5325. doi: 10.3390/nu14245325.