A Sardine Diet Intervention Study to Assess Benefits to the Metabolic Profile in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •T2D treated with antidiabetic oral drugs and/or insulin
• •Current or previous (within 3 months) intake of omega 3 suplements
• •Known allergy or intolerance to fish or fish protein
• •Diagnosis of active neoplasic disease
• •Suffering from an acute illness which requires a recovery period higher than one week
• •Currently chronic treatment with oral steroids or nonesteroidal anti-inflammatory for more than 5 days, at least 1 month before randomization
• •Pregnant or breast-feeding patients
• •Serious acute vascular events (cardiac or cerebral) diagnosed previous 2 months before the randomization
• •Current or previous (within 6 months) participation in another study
• •Chronic renal insufficiency (creatinine \>1,5 mg/dl)
• •Any conditions that the investigator considers may render the patient unable to complete the study
• •During the interventional study, based on current standards of T2D care, doctors will introduce anti-diabetic oral drugs or insulin into the patient's treatment, where they consider it to be necessary.