Effects of Triacylglycerol Structure on Gut Hormones and Haemostatic Markers

Subjects aged between 30 and 60 years old (male and female) with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) will be recruited for this study. A randomized, crossover, double-blind study design will be carried out to investigate the acute effects of high fat meals prepared using palm olein (PO), chemically interesterified palm olein (IPO) and high oleic sunflower oil (HOS) (control) on study subjects with T2DM. Study subjects will have to undergo three postprandial challenges, separated by at least one week interval. Fasting blood sample and duplicate baseline blood samples will be taken in the morning of postprandial day. After that, subjects will be asked to consume a test meal consisting a high fat muffin baked using the aforementioned oils and a milkshake within 10 minutes. After meal, venous blood samples will be taken at time-points 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 min, 3 h, 4 h, 5 h, 6 h and post-heparin plasma 5 min and 15 min for analysis. Pulse wave analysis will be conducted to evaluate central blood pressure and arterial stiffness. Meal appreciation will be assessed by utilising visual analogue scale (VAS) before eating, after eating and at each time-point.