Effect of a Low Advanced Glycation End Products Diet of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

The present study showed that a reduction of approximately 56% in CML consumption promoted a 30% reduction in this blood biomarker. This effect was associated with increased fiber intake and reduced consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids, trans fatty acids, and cholesterol, in addition to a positive linear correlation with lipid peroxidation, body water, and dPFGAs. This represents a potential benefit, given that these factors favor insulin resistance (IR) and vascular endothelial injury, and consequently, the processes of diabetes and atherosclerosis. Thus, reducing the daily consumption of CML in the diet, combined with preparing foods at lower temperatures, constitutes a potentially protective nutritional intervention in the context of diabetes and, especially, vascular health, with a plausible impact on the prevention of cardiometabolic complications. It is worth noting that future research for analyses of total PFGAs, specific PFGAs such as pyrraline and pentosidine, and with dPFGAs, and/or studies involving a table of dietary PFGA composition with foods of Brazilian origin are necessary due to their importance in the public health context in Brazil. Furthermore, the need for long-term studies on restricting PFGA consumption is highlighted.