Effect of Partial Dietary Replacement From Animal to Plant-Based Protein for Type 2 Diabetes Management

Inclusion Criteria: * Adults (≥18 and ≤65 years old) * Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes; * Glycated hemoglobin from 7% to 11%; * Overweight or obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m² and \<40 kg/m²); * Use of any hypoglycemic and insulin; * Stable weight (maximum variation of approximately 5%) for at least 12 weeks before screening; * Not having undergone dietary intervention in the last 6 months; * Have the ability to understand and be able to adhere to intervention proposals; * Able and willing to provide an informed consent form for written and to comply with the requirements of the study protocol; Exclusion Criteria: * Type 1 diabetes mellitus; * Retinopathy with vision deficit that limits the activities proposed in the interventions; * Chronic kidney disease with estimated glomerular filtration \< 30 mL/min per 1.73m²; * Liver failure, chronic viral hepatitis; * Grade III or IV heart failure * Active or progressive neurodegenerative disease; * Prior stroke that has caused sequelae; * Use of medications that affect glucose metabolism (e.g. corticosteroids or immunosuppressants) or cause weight loss; * Chronic treatment with oral or parenteral corticosteroids (\>7 days consecutive treatment) within 4 weeks prior to screening; * Treatment with weight-reducing agents (eg, orlistat, sibutramine, topiramate, bupropion, liraglutide, semaglutide) within the last 12 weeks before screening; * Treatment with thyroid hormone that was not maintained at a stable dose in last 12 weeks before screening; * History of active substance abuse (including alcohol) within the last year; * Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) outside the normal range; * Fasting triglycerides ≥ 600 mg/dL; * Tumor diagnosed and/or treated (except basal cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or prostate cancer in situ) within the last 5 years; * Severe psychiatric illness; * Predisposition or diagnosis of eating disorders; * Women who are pregnant, intend to become pregnant during the study period, or who are currently breastfeeding; * Hyperglycemia characterized by acute symptoms: polyuria, polydipsia and/or weight loss in the last 3 months; * Metabolic and acute complications of diabetes such as ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar coma; * Potentially unreliable patients and those deemed by the investigator to be unsuitable for the study; * Night workers who work after 10pm; * Being on a vegetarian, vegan or flexitarian diet at the time of recruitment; * Having undergone bariatric surgery; * Carriers of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); * Any other medical condition/disorder that the investigators consider that are likely to: interfere with the patient's ability to complete the entire study period or participate in study activities; * Participants who require any treatment that could affect the interpretation, reliability or safety of data during the study intervention.