The Effect of Alpha Linolenic Acid Intake on Patients With Elevated Glycemic Status

Inclusion Criteria:

• Fasting blood glucose 6.1-8.4mmol /L;

• HbA1c 5.7-7.0%;

• Patients with previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes with stable drug hypoglycemictreatment and blood glucose controlled well.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 30 years old or over 75 years old;

• Suffering from severe metabolic disorders, malignancies, psychiatric conditions;

• undergoing insulin therapy, or antibiotic/probiotic use for more than threeconsecutive days in the last month.

• Daily cooking oil is flaxseed oil, rapeseed oil or other α -linolenic acid richvegetable oil;

• Intake more than 20g walnuts per day or more than 100g fatty fish per week in thelast month;

• Take nutritional supplements, such as fish oil capsules, perilla seed oil andflaxseed oil capsules, for nearly one month;

• Allergic to the content of intervention;

• Failure to eat the tested sample as prescribed and affect the efficacy or safetyjudgment.