Almond Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients in the age range of 25-65 years * on stable doses of metformin from past 3 months * having HbA1C less than 9% * LDL-c ≥100 mg/dl were recruited Exclusion Criteria: * Patients on insulin therapy, plioglitazone, insulin secretagogues, beta blockers or steroids or suffering from diabetes for more than 10 years * having high uric acid levels (≥ 8 mg/dl), * with accelerated hypertension (stage 2 hypertension according to JNC guidelines) , hypothyroidism, suffering from acute infection or any debilitating disease or with renal failure, * appreciable weight loss (more than 10%) during past 6 months * Patients with known food allergy, lipid altering medication or extraneous factors that can affect glycemic or lipid parameters