Application Of Functional Food in Blood Glucose Regulation

Abstract

Currently, as living standards continue to improve globally, the prevalence of diabetes is rising. This has led to diabetes becoming a significant global public health concern. Diabetes and its associated complications have a significant impact on human health. Traditionally, oral drugs and insulin injections are taken as the efficient ways to fight against diabetes, while always accompanied with adverse effects under certain conditions, which further underscores the importance of developing alternative treatments, among those, the functional foods based on natural active substances draw great attention, as their moderate efficiency and convenient administration manner. This paper presents a review of the glucose-regulating functional factors, including polysaccharides, polyphenols, flavonoids, and bioactive peptides with hypoglycaemic effects. It introduces the hypoglycaemic-related mechanisms of these factors and discusses the current shortcomings of research in this field, as well as future trends. This review provides insights that can inform the research and development of glucose-regulating functional foods.