InhaltsangabePreface. Contributors. 1. Introduction. Nutraceuticals and Diabetes Prevention and Management. Part One: Glycemic Health and Type 2 Diabetes. 2. Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes. . 3. Preventing Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus. 4. Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load: Effects on Glucose, Insulin and Lipid Regulation. 5. Glycemia: Health Implications. 6. Glycemic Health, Type 2 Diabetes and Functional Foods. Part Two: Nutraceuticals and Type 2 Diabetes. 7. Dietary Fiber and Associated Phytochemicals in Prevention and Reversal of Diabetes. 8. Cinnamon, glucose and insulin sensitivity. 9. Soybean and Soy Component Effects on Obesity and Diabetes. 10. Minerals and Insulin Health. 11. Targeting Oxidant Stress as a Strategy for Preventing. Vascular Complications of Diabetes and Metabolic. 12. Ginseng in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A review of the. evidence in humans. 13. Traditional Chinese medicine in the management and. treatment of the symptoms of diabetes. 14. Fenugreek and traditional antidiabetic herbs of. Indian origin. 15. Nopal (Opuntia spp.) and other traditional Mexican. plants. 16. Natural resistant starch in glycemic management: From. physiological mechanisms to consumer communications. 17. Amino acids, proteins, protein hydrolysates or. bioactive peptides in the management of type 2. diabetes. 18. Future trends and directions. Appendix

Vijiai K. Pasupuleti, Ph.D. is founder of SAI International (Geneva, IL), a firm that engages in research, consulting and marketing for nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. At present Dr. Pasupuleti is actively involved in the nutraceuticals especially related to diabetes and has been managing his type 2 diabetes simply by using nutraceuticals combined with exercise and without any medication for more than 6 years. James W. Anderson, M.D. is Professor of Internal Medicine and Director, Metabolic Research Group, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY and Professor of Clinical Nutrition, University of Kentucky. Previously, for thirty years Dr. Anderson was Chief, Endocrine-Metabolic Section, VA Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky.

Preface. Contributors. 1. Introduction. Nutraceuticals and Diabetes Prevention and Management. Part One: Glycemic Health and Type 2 Diabetes. 2. Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes. . 3. Preventing Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus. 4. Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load: Effects on Glucose, Insulin and Lipid Regulation. 5. Glycemia: Health Implications. 6. Glycemic Health, Type 2 Diabetes and Functional Foods. Part Two: Nutraceuticals and Type 2 Diabetes. 7. Dietary Fiber and Associated Phytochemicals in Prevention and Reversal of Diabetes. 8. Cinnamon, glucose and insulin sensitivity. 9. Soybean and Soy Component Effects on Obesity and Diabetes. 10. Minerals and Insulin Health. 11. Targeting Oxidant Stress as a Strategy for Preventing. Vascular Complications of Diabetes and Metabolic. 12. Ginseng in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A review of the. evidence in humans. 13. Traditional Chinese medicine in the management and. treatment of the symptoms of diabetes. 14. Fenugreek and traditional antidiabetic herbs of. Indian origin. 15. Nopal (Opuntia spp.) and other traditional Mexican. plants. 16. Natural resistant starch in glycemic management: From. physiological mechanisms to consumer communications. 17. Amino acids, proteins, protein hydrolysates or. bioactive peptides in the management of type 2. diabetes. 18. Future trends and directions. Appendix