Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is characterized by insulin resistance which is associated with glucose intolerance, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, a procoagulant state, and an increase in the microvascular and the macrovascular disease. Diabetics are frequently hyperlipidemic and they are at a high risk for coronary heart disease. The high cardiovascular mortality which is associated with Type 2 DM is due to a prolonged, exaggerated, postprandial state. The postprandial dysmetabolism and the associated oxidative stress may link the insulin resistance and the Type 2 DM to the disproportional...