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Pre Diabetes
Pre diabetes 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.
Pre diabetes is usually defined by having above average blood sugar levels,
but they're not yet high enough consistently to be considered full diabetes.
Pre-diabetes carries a lot of problems on it's own, though, because most people
who have this condition go on to develop full fledged adult onset type two
diabetes within five to ten years of developing pre-diabetes symptoms.
Pre diabetes is often marked by blood sugar swings, weight gain and obesity.
Many people with pre diabetes 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
pre-diabetes, and new research has shown that serious long term damage is
already occurring to the body when someone has pre-diabetes. These problems
include damage to the heart and circulatory system, primarily, but most people
with pre-diabetes show no symptoms.
People who have pre-diabetes are at higher risks for cardiovascular disease
and have a greater chance of developing the disease compared to people
with normal blood sugar levels. People with full diabetes are two to four
times more likely to develop the disease.
Thankfully, though, it's known by both herbalists and modern doctors and
scientists that pre-diabetes 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 two diabetes in
people with pre-diabetes, however, most research shows results are much better
by simply increasing the amount of exercise you get and changing your diet a
bit.
The best form of exercise to get for treating pre-diabetes naturally is
moderate - just thirty minutes a day. Doing things such as walking,
swimming or gardening, for instance, might be all you need. Losing weight is
important too, though, 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, of course, the more you lose the better your blood
sugar levels will respond. Most doctors want to see a ten to fifteen percent
reduction in body weight for people with pre-diabetes.
Changing how you eat is another important part of managing pre-diabetes
naturally. Part of 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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