Prediabetes Information:
Prediabetes
Prediabetes is a condition millions of Americans have today.
This term is often used in conjunction with another term known as insulin resistance.
It used to be known as Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Impaired Fasting Glucose, but the American Diabetes Association has since renamed it to more truly reflect the type of condition pre-diabetes is.
Prediabetes is usually defined by having above average blood sugar levels, but they're not yet high enough consistently to be considered full diabetes.
Prediabetes carries a lot of problems on its own because most people who have this condition go on to develop full fledged adult onset type II diabetes within five to ten years of developing prediabetes symptoms.
Prediabetes is often marked by blood sugar swings, weight gain and obesity. Many people with prediabetes tend to gain the most weight around their middle, on their belly.
There are currently an estimated 54 million people in the United States with prediabetes, and new research has shown that serious long term damage is already occurring to the body when someone has prediabetes.
These problems include damage to the heart and circulatory system primarily, but most people with prediabetes show no symptoms.
People who have prediabetes are at higher risks for cardiovascular disease; they have a 1.5 chance of developing the disease compared to people with normal blood sugar levels, and people with full diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop the disease.
Thankfully, it's known by both herbalists and modern scientists that prediabetes can be managed, and even reversed in many cases, simply by changing your lifestyle a bit.
There are medications which can help delay the onset of type II diabetes in people with prediabetes; however, most research shows results are much better by simply increasing the amount of exercise you get, and changing your diet.
The best form of exercise for treating prediabetes naturally is moderate, and just thirty minutes a day.
Doing things such as walking, swimming or gardening might be all you need.
Losing weight is important too, and the increased exercise helps with that. Most people can see huge differences in their blood sugar levels just by losing five to ten pounds.
If you're obese, the more you lose the better your blood sugar levels will respond.
Changing how you eat is another important part of managing prediabetes naturally.
This is because it helps you to lose the weight you need to lose, and part of the eating changes also help moderate your blood sugar levels naturally.
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