[Formula diets as baseline therapy for type 2 diabetes].
METHODS
Case 1: 59-year-old man with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus. Case 2: 69-year-old woman with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus.


METHODS
Case 1: BMI 36,8 kg/m2. Biochemical evaluation were normal except elevated transaminases. Case 2: BMI 37,0 kg/m2. Abdominal ultrasound showed a fatty liver. THERAPY AND FOLLOW UP: Both patients underwent a 12-week interven tion with a formula diet. In the first week the three principle meals were replaced by the formular diet. The three following weeks the patients received 2 meals of formular diet and a low-carb lunch. In the last 8 weeks only the dinner was replaced by the formular diet. In both patients HbA1c and body weight improved after 3, 6 and 12 months.


CONCLUSIONS
Using formula diets a fast weight loss and improvement of metabolic control can be achieved. Formula diets can be used as baseline therapy for newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes as well as to regain treatability in case of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.
Westdeutsches Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrum (WDGZ), Verbund Katholischer Kliniken Düsseldorf (VKKD).
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Westdeutsches Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrum (WDGZ), Verbund Katholischer Kliniken Düsseldorf (VKKD).
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D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy*; D003927:Diet, Diabetic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy
D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human