Liver Fat as a Dietary Target of the Chinese Medical Nutrition Therapy (CMNT) Diet for Treating Type 2 Diabetes With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and NAFLD * Age between 18 and 75 years * BMI between 18.0 and 35.0 kg/m2 * Weight stable for at least 3 months prior to the study (gain or loss \< 4 kg) * Stable treatment for at least 3 months with 1-3 oral antidiabetic medications (with or without insulin therapy), or not yet received antidiabetic medication prior to the beginning of the study * Able to give written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Self-reported a food allergy * Alcohol abuse in the last 3 months (alcohol intake greater than 20 g per day for women; Alcohol intake for men greater than 40 g per day) * Other liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis B and C, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, nodular regenerative hyperplasia and focal nodular hyperplasia * Scheduled to be hospitalized for any surgical treatment during screening * Pregnant or planning of pregnancy during the study * Inability, physically or mentally, to adhere the procedures required by the study protocol * Level 3 hypoglycemic events (at least 3 times) occurring within the 90 days prior to screening * Hospitalization or emergency department visit for hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, hyperosmolar nonketotic coma, or diabetes * History of cancer within the past 5 years * Acute coronary or cerebrovascular event in the past 90 days, or heart failure * Hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke within the last 6 months