Personalized Nutrition Based on the Glycemic Response: Effect of Diet and Intestinal Microbiota

This study will investigate whether changes in the intestinal microbiota generated through a nutritional strategy based on functional foods, modifies postprandial glycemic responses in subjects with prediabetes and obesity, which in turn will generate a personalized dietary intervention through a prediction of postprandial blood glucose levels.

The increase in postprandial blood glucose constitutes a global epidemic and an important risk factor for the development of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Prediabetes is characterized by alterations in blood glucose concentrations and is considered an important risk factor for the development of T2D, considering that 70% of subjects with prediabetes will eventually develop the disease. Therefore, maintaining normal blood glucose concentrations is considered a critical point to prevent and control the development of T2D, mainly through lifestyle changes. In addition, the elevated postprandial glycemic responses (PPGRs) are an independent risk factor for the development of T2D and are associated with the presence of obesity. Dietary intake is a central determinant of blood glucose concentrations therefore to maintain these concentrations within normal values, it is important to make adequate decisions regarding food, to induce a normal PPGRs. There are several methods to control the PPGRs such as the carbohydrate count which depends on the phenotypic characteristics of the patient. Other methods aimed at estimating the PPGRs like the glycemic index, which quantifies the PPGR derived from the consumption of a single type of food already tested, having limited applicability in the evaluation of the PPGR in real life where food is a set of different types and amounts of food, which are consumed at different times of the day under different conditions of sleep, physical activity and other activities of daily life that alter glucose concentrations. Studies have shown inter and intrapersonal differences in PPGRs after consuming the same amount of the same food. Factors that can affect interpersonal differences in PPGRs include genetics, lifestyle, and insulin sensitivity. Another factor that may be involved is the gut microbiota. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether the changes in the intestinal microbiota generated through a nutritional strategy based on functional foods, modifies postprandial glycemic responses in subjects with prediabetes and obesity, which in turn may generate a personalized dietary intervention through a prediction of postprandial blood glucose levels by an algorithm based-diet. This nutritional strategy consists of providing a set of functional foods such as nopal, chia, soy, inulin and the isoflavone genistein, since there is evidence that these foods lower blood glucose concentrations and modify the intestinal microbiota. A clinical trial will be conducted with 100 adults with prediabetes and obesity who meet the inclusion criteria. These patients will be divided into two groups of 50 each and their glucose will be continuously monitored with a continuous glucose monitor which will be taking glucose concentrations every 15 min. The patients will have one of two treatments; placebo or nutritional strategy with functional foods. They will be determined before and after monitoring: anthropometric and biochemical parameters, food consumption, physical activity, lifestyle, metabolites in urine as well as determination of the composition of the intestinal microbiota.

A team researcher will use Stata 12, to perform randomization with a 1:1 allocation using random block sizes of 4. Patients and researchers who will evaluate the outcomes and perform the statistical analysis will be blinded to the assigned group.

Participants will be provided with a nutritional strategy based on functional foods to use over the 2 week trial. These will be nopal, chía seeds, inulin, soy protein and genistein.

The placebo group will receive a comparable set of food items that contain an equivalent number of calories per portion but without the added functional ingredients

Participants will be provided with a nutritional strategy based on functional foods to use over the 2 week trial. These will be nopal, chía seeds, inulin, soy protein and genistein.

The control group will receive a comparable set of food items that contain an equivalent number of calories per portion but without the added functional ingredients

Compare the effect between a nutritional strategy based on functional foods and the placebo group on postprandial glycemic response in subjects with obesity

Total daily interstitial glucose levels will be evaluated by using Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).

Determine if changes in the composition of intestinal microbiota after the consumption of a nutritional strategy based on functional foods modify the postprandial glycemic response in subjects with obesity.

Inclusion Criteria: Male and female. Adults between 18 and 60 years of age. BMI ≥ 30 and ≤ 50 kg/m2. Basal blood glucose 100 - 125 mg/dl The signing of the informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: Patients with any type of diabetes. Patients with high blood pressure. Patients with acquired diseases secondarily producing obesity and diabetes. Patients who have suffered a cardiovascular event. Patients with gastrointestinal diseases. Weight loss > 3 kg in the last 3 months. Catabolic diseases such as cancer and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Pregnancy status. Positive smoking. Drug treatment: Antihypertensive drugs or treatment (thiacycline, loop or potassium-sparing diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, angiotensin II receptor blockers, alpha blockers, calcium antagonists, beta blockers). Treatment with hypoglycemic agents (sulfonylureas, methylalanines , biguanides, incretins) or insulin and antidiabetic drugs. Treatment with statins, fibrates or other drugs to control dyslipidemia. Use of antibiotics in the three months prior to the study. Use of steroid drugs, chemotherapy, immunosuppressants, or radiation therapy. Anorexigenic or that accelerate weight loss such as orlistat. Supplements with any of the functional foods used in the study. Probiotic, prebiotic or symbiotic supplements.

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