Prediabetes

Prediabetic people at  higher risk of developing heart disease. Learn about blood sugar numbers and what to do about them in this video with Dr. Oz. Full Answer

Type 2 diabetes is much more likely to cause serious and potentially life-threatening complications like heart disease, stroke, blindness, and kidney disease. But prediabetes is still a threat to your health. In fact, recent research suggests that... Full Answer

If you have prediabetes you need to watch your refined carbs and make sure you get plenty of healthy monounsaturated fats like olive oil, avocado, seeds and nuts. It is important to eat lean protein, but most of all watch the refined sugars. Full Answer

Prediabetes rarely causes symptoms. So it is unlikely that prediabetes will cause pain and burning in your feet. Those sensations can be symptoms of type 2 diabetes, however, because that disease can cause damage to the nerves in the feet. This... Full Answer

When glucose (blood sugar) is above 100, but no higher than 125 on fasting blood tests, a person has prediabetes. (The person's sugar is high, but not so far above normal to cause symptoms or danger.) When the glucose consistently ranges above 125,... Full Answer

Hyperinsulinemia means there is a very high level of insulin in the blood. Over time, high insulin levels may cause high blood pressure (hypertension), weight gain, high cholesterol, and hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), and may... Full Answer

Progression to diabetes among those with prediabetes is not inevitable, although people with prediabetes are 5 to 15 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than people without prediabetes. Studies suggest that weight loss and increased... Full Answer

Millions of Americans are increasingly getting diagnosed as insulin insensitive or resistant, a prelude to diabetes as well as a key sign that the body's energy equations are out of balance. Here's the short story on how it happens: If you overconsume... Full Answer

Exercise can definitely improve your blood sugar if you have prediabetes, but you may also need to change your diet and lose weight to prevent the progression from prediabetes to diabetes. Talk to your dietitian or certified diabetes educator... Full Answer

While diabetes and prediabetes occur in people of all ages and races, some groups have a higher risk for developing the disease than others. Diabetes is more common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders,... Full Answer