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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).
Prediabetes is a component of metabolic syndrome and is characterized by elevated blood sugar levels that fall below the threshold to diagnose diabetes mellitus.It usually does not cause symptoms but people with prediabetes often have obesity (especially abdominal or visceral obesity), dyslipidemia with high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. [1]
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 ...
If you can’t avoid it, you may still be able to delay prediabetes from developing into type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle changes to treat prediabetes include: Eating nutritious foods .
Apples. The original source of sweetness for many of the early settlers in the United States, the sugar from an apple comes with a healthy dose of fiber.
The ADA recommends that people with diabetes limit alcohol consumption as recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men). [ 1 ] [ 22 ] Consumption of alcohol above this amount may lead to elevations in blood sugar . [ 1 ]