Glycemic Response in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes

Plasma Glucose and Insulin Response in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

This will be a randomized crossover design with nutrition supplement interventions.

This will be a randomized crossover design with three oral nutrition supplement interventions. The subjects will be randomized to one of three interventions on three separate study days, one week apart.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 20-75 years
• Type 2 diabetes controlled with diet or diet and metformin (Glucophage)
• Hemoglobin A1C less than 9.0%
• Fasting blood glucose less than 180 mg
• Hematocrit levels within normal limits
• Having obtained his/her informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Abnormal thyroid function
• Creatinine >2.0 mg/dl
• Potassium <3.5 mEq/l
• Gastrointestinal disease: ulcer, gastritis, diarrhea, gastroparesis, vomiting
• Currently unstable diabetes or under treatment for cancer, heart disease, renal disease
• Unable to give informed consent or follow instructions
• Current insulin therapy or insulin therapy within the past month
• Patient who are pregnant
• Allergies to milk, soy or any component of the test product
• Patient who in the investigators assessment cannot be expected to comply with treatment
• Currently participating or having participated in another clinical trial
• Patients with anemia