Priorities in the development of specialized food products with optimized composition for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Tutelyan, V.A.; Sharafetdinov, K.K.; Lapik, I.A.; Vorobyeva, I.S.; Sukhanov, B.P.
Voprosy Pitaniia 83(6): 41-51
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8833 PMID: 25929021 Document Number: 673025
The medical and biological rationale for the use of food ingredients in the development of specialized food products with optimized composition for patients with type 2 diabetes is given in the review. It is shown that the key aspects of the development of specialized foods for patients with type 2 diabetes are meeting the physiological needs of the patient in nutrients and biologically active substances, providing favorable metabolic effects of functional ingredients included in the product, maintaining the traditional quality of the enriched product, adjustment of the product composition in order to mitigate the possible changes caused by the introduction of functional ingredients.