Pre-Diabetes

This condition is often ignored by physicians!
Less than 25% of patients who meet the criteria for pre-diabetes are treated by their physicians.
Over 1/3 of the American population has pre-diabetes and this is the biggest risk factor for the development of diabetes. One third of those patients will develop diabetes within 5 years.
Pre-diabetes is diagnosed with a HBA1c of 5.7 to 6.4
Most of those patients were not treated!
Treatment for pre-diabetes encompasses lifestyle changes, proper nutrition, supplements, exercise and stress management.
Eight loss and exercise are considered to be the best treatment for restoring the body’s ability to respond to insulin.
Losing even a few pounds can reduce the risk for health problems and help control glucose levels
Exercise can help prevent diabetes by lowering blood sugar. It also helps the cells to become more insulin sensitive.
Carbohydrate intake plays a significant role.
Following a low glycemic load diet that is high in fiber and low in sugars and some carbs can yield significant results. Get our glycemic load article Also there is a microbial component in the gut that may alter the caloric extraction from ingested food in people with insulin resistance.these people have low beneficial bacteria in their gut. Introduction of probiotics and increasing the fiber in the diet by increasing fruit and vegetables intake is helpful.
Whole foods prevent and reverse diabetes and insulin resistance. A healthy diet turns on the right gene messages , promotes a healthy metabolism and prevents insulin resistance and diabetes.
In addition, there are several supplements that can play a role in preventing insulin resistance, pre-diabetes and even diabetes.
Chromium, DNS, alpha lipoic acid and inositol are some of those.
The key to diabetes prevention is education of patients with pre-diabetes on diet and lifestyle modifications. We should rather prevent people from getting diabetes than managing our big diabetic population.