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Finding out you have prediabetes is a wake-up call, not a life sentence. Research shows that making healthy lifestyle changes can significantly reduce your risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes.
If you have prediabetes, you’re not doomed to get type 2 diabetes, so long as you’re proactive about getting — and keeping — your blood sugar levels below the prediabetes range.
[4] [5] [6] The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends maintaining a healthy weight, getting at least 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of exercise per week (several brisk sustained walks appear sufficient), having a modest fat intake (around 30% of energy supply should come from fat), [7] and eating sufficient fiber (e.g., from whole grains).
Patients with diabetes should eat preferably a balanced and healthy diet. Meals should consist of half a plate of non-starchy vegetables, 1/4 plate of lean protein, and 1/4 plate of starch/grain. [18] Patients should avoid excess simple carbs or added fat (such as butter, salad dressing) and instead eat complex carbohydrates such as whole ...
It is critical for patients who monitor glucose levels at home to be aware of which units of measurement their glucose meter uses. Glucose levels are measured in either: [citation needed] Millimoles per liter (mmol/L) is the SI standard unit used in most countries around the world.
Prediabetes, often considered the step before diabetes, is when you have higher than usual blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. Your levels aren’t high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes ...
Aggressive treatments for prediabetes, such as the medication metformin, should be avoided, according to Dr. Victor Montori, an endocrinologist and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic. “If ...
Acarbose [1] [2] is an anti-diabetic drug used to treat diabetes mellitus type 2 and, in some countries, prediabetes.It is a generic sold in Europe and China as Glucobay (), in North America as Precose (Bayer Pharmaceuticals), and in Canada as Prandase ().