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In modern lifestyles, high-fat diets and prolonged inactivity lead to more people developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). Based on the modern pathogenesis of T2D, food, and its components have become one of the top concerns for patients. Recent studies have found that dysbiosis and gut-related inflammation are more common in T2D patients. Probiotics and prebiotics play complementary roles in the gut as dietary supplements. Together, they may help improve dysbiosis and intestinal inflammation in people with T2D, increase the production of blood glucose-lowering hormones such as incretin, and help reduce insulin resistance and lower blood glucose. Therefore, changing the dietary structure and increasing the intake of probiotics and prebiotics is expected to become a new strategy for the adjuvant treatment of T2D.

Probiotics and Prebiotics as Dietary Supplements for the Adjunctive Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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In modern lifestyles, high-fat diets and prolonged inactivity lead to more people developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). Based on the modern pathogenesis of T2D,...

Probiotics and Prebiotics as Dietary Supplements for the Adjunctive Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Article Category: MINIREVIEW

Published Online: Mar 24, 2023

Page range: 3 - 9

Received: Dec 07, 2022

Accepted: Feb 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-013

Keywords
type 2 diabetes, probiotics, prebiotics, microbiota

© 2023 YUYING WANG et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Probiotics and Prebiotics as Dietary Supplements for the Adjunctive Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Article Category: MINIREVIEW

Published Online: Mar 24, 2023

Page range: 3 - 9

Received: Dec 07, 2022

Accepted: Feb 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-013

Keywordstype 2 diabetes, probiotics, prebiotics, microbiota

© 2023 YUYING WANG et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
type 2 diabetes, probiotics, prebiotics, microbiota