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Natural Functional Beverages as an Approach to Manage Diabetes
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: Received: 17 October 2023 / Approved: 17 October 2023 / Online: 18 October 2023 (11:41:33 CEST)
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Carvalho, F.; Lahlou, R.A.; Pires, P.; Salgado, M.; Silva, L.R. Natural Functional Beverages as an Approach to Manage Diabetes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 16977. Carvalho, F.; Lahlou, R.A.; Pires, P.; Salgado, M.; Silva, L.R. Natural Functional Beverages as an Approach to Manage Diabetes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 16977.
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease, commonly associated with unhealthy habits and obesity, and it is becoming a serious health issue worldwide. As a result, new approaches to treat diabetes are required, and a movement towards more natural ones is emerging. Consuming fruit and vegetables is advised to prevent diabetes since they contain several bioactive compounds. A simple and ef-fective strategy to include them in the diets of diabetic and obese people is through beverages. This review aimed to report the anti-diabetic potential of different vegetable and fruit beverages. These functional beverages demonstrated in vitro potential to inhibit α-glucosidase and α-amylase en-zymes, and to improve glucose uptake. In vivo, the beverage consumption showed a reduction of blood glucose, increase of insulin tolerance, improvement of lipid profile, control of obesity, and reduction of oxidative stress. This suggests the potential of vegetable and fruit-based functional beverages to be a natural innovative therapy for the management of diabetes.
Keywords
Diabetes mellitus; functional beverages; fruits; vegetables; phenolic compounds; anti-diabetic ac-tivity
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dietetics and Nutrition
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