The Role of Dietary Protein in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes provides anoverview of how amino acid/protein can be used as a nutritional strategy tomodulate glycemic control. Featuring one of the most respected sportsscientists in the world, this Tutorial Lecture from the 2009 ACSM annualmeeting discusses the fact that hyperglycemia is a severely underestimatedproblem in type 2 diabetes and explains why pharmaceutical interventiondoes not provide ample protection from postprandial hyperglycemia. TheDVD details how the co-ingestion of protein (hydrolysate) with or withoutadditional leucine can be used to augment postprandial insulin secretion andimprove glucose homeostasis in long-term diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients.
- Glycemic Control
- Nutritional Intervention
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Aging and Sarcopenia
- Post-Exercise Nutrition
