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Pre-diabetes is a serious medical condition that can lead to the development of type 2 diabetes. Pre-diabetes can often be reversed, but it does not go away by itself and must be treated through changes in lifestyle, diet and exercise, oral medications, or a combination of all of these things.
Links to help you connect with the right support and resources for living with, and managing your pre-diabetes. If you know of a support group or social network we can add to our site email us…
In addition to serious medical issues, pre-diabetes is also associated with other, less serious, but annoying health problems.
The following conditions (show below) often show up when a person is insulin resistance, pre-diabetic, or has type 2 diabetes.
If you have any of these signs or symptoms, you may be at risk for pre-diabetes, or already have pre-diabetes…
Pre-diabetes and diabetes statistics and death rates (state by state chart and clickable map.)
Free online calculators and worksheets to help you track your diet, blood sugar, exercise, BMI and waist-to-hip ratio.
Here are a few recent headlines:
Losing Weight With Pre-Diabetes is Harder Than for Non-Pre-Diabetics
A joint report from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), discusses how difficult it …
Nicotine From Cigarettes Promotes Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes
The glycemic action of food simply refers to how fast and how profound the effect a food is on your blood glucose levels. The GI index is still widely debated but there is little doubt to those who check their blood glucose that some foods do have a greater impact on blood glucose that others.
Exercise and proper diet can help manage and even reverse insulin resistance and prediabetes. Here are some resources to help you make lifestyle change including finding a weight loss program, dietitians, and educational programs.
Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about insulin resistance and pre-diabetes including what it is, what causes it, and if it can be reversed through lifestyle changes and weight loss.
Pre-diabetes is a condition that raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and eye disease. People with pre-diabetes are 5-15 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than are people with normal glucose values. Progression to diabetes among those with pre-diabetes is not inevitable. Studies show that people with pre-diabetes who lose at least 7% of their body weight and engage in moderate physical activity at least 150 minutes per week can prevent or delay diabetes and even return their blood glucose levels to normal. More facts…
In addition to the potential for diabetes, other medical problems commonly present with either insulin resistance ( Metabolic Syndrome X), pre-diabetes, or type 2 diabetes include…
Three commonly ordered medical tests for diagnosing pre-diabetes including morning fasting glucose test, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and the glucose challenge test.
Pre-diabetes effects insulin production and how the body metabolizes carbohydrates. A person with pre-diabetes may gain weight easily if they are insulin resistant, especially if they eat a high-carb diet. Learn more about what pre-diabetes is and how to treat it…
Product recalls, warnings and changes in testing site instructions happen a lot in the diabetes product world. Recent product warnings have been released for meters made by Abbot (including their Freestyle meters), as well as for some AccuChek meters. In December of 2010, 359 million blood glucose test strips were recalled in one product alert alone.
Medical Glossary of terms relating to metabolic disorders and diseases including pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, diabetes, PCOS, metabolic syndrome X, and more…
Glossary of medical terms – Letter A: A1C to Avandia…
Pre-diabetes Glossary of medical terms – Letter B – Background retinopathy to bunion…
