How to Prevent and Treat Prediabetes

More than 80 million Americans have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and many don’t even know it. Lindsay Yau, RD, wellness educator, Sharp Rees-Stealy's Center for Health Management, shares important information about prediabetes. Learn about risk factors, and how certain behaviors — such as healthy eating and physical activity — can help prevent and treat it.

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[Nora]

66 years old, not overweight, normal bp, high HDL, normal TGs, avoid consumption of refined carbs, and processed foods, fairly active; just diagnosed with PD. I am surprised and confused. However, it runs in my family also being low on vD and B12 are risks factors (that is probably my problem) they were low in my labs. I cannot lose too much weight, but I have decreased my carbs, increased veggies, fast for 16/8 two meals a day, and walk daily for 1hr (I had to stop working for now in order to control this condition because my work as a nurse is very demanding and stressful. I have also been having poor sleep. Wish me luck!

[thewrightcircle]

Wow! So detailed BUT real easy on the ear and brain. Thank you a millennium, was recently confirmed as pre-diabetic and was really feeling a bit overwhelmed because outside of regular exercise I do eat healthily. This video has empowered me to confidently face and reverse this condition.

[clintbelagang]

learn a lot from this..Thank you..i just got diagnosed with pre diabetes

[lindabilal]

I was listening to you on YouTube and Now I do understand clearly what you were communicating about prediabetes. Thank you for sharing your information.

[TheMsShanah]

was just snaking on raw almonds and dried cranberries. Just looked at the added sugar in the dried cranberries. Im done. And I def agree with the over eating dried fruits, its easy to do.

[demetricehicks]

Thank you for posting this. You are a great presenter and provided great detailed information.

[suhjeongah]

wow thank you so much for your video. I diagnosed prediabetes last year. I tried to eat healthy and did workout but there's nothing improvement in my blood sugar level.. I felt like there's no hope even if I tried. After I watched your video, I realised what I've known about diabetes is quite wrong. Thanks again for detailed information.

[franciaholmes]

Excellent explanation of prediabetes. Thank you. Overwhelmed at the moment havimg been told i am prediabetic high cholesterol. B.p which was always low is now 131/64. God bless you. Thanks very much.

[Nora]

It is been a year. I am preparing to retire, but I am planning to continue working as a part timer, in order to decrease any stress and to continue on my path to health. I am happy to inform that my way of handling things with my health has grant me freedom from pre-diabetes. My body and mind have adjusted well, and I know that, for as long as I live, I need to continue handling my health this way, . If I do not, my genes will play tricks on me again. It is also important to feel useful and productive, so lowering my work burden will allow me to manage my stress better. As a travel nurse, I can do this and take time off as I see it needed. No, I am not rich, but I cannot afford a little time to stop and relax when I am feeling overwhelmed. Besides, for me, my health is my best investment. Good health to us all; I pray you are doing well!

[victorstevens]

Excellent and Complete Summary of all important
factors for Prediabetes. Diet recommendations could
be separated out for dividing the video for convenient viewing
for parts. Lindsay is an excellent presenter.

[timequeen]

I am a prediabetic now, also have high blood pressure. I have been having small episodes since 2016 with low blood sugar. Doctors said to eat pasta, brown rice, potatoes, oj and glucose sugar tablets. It would last minutes then went into hours and then days and now weeks. Had a severe episode last october that lasted for several weeks. Horrible symptoms such as dizzyness, off feeling, tingling, itching all over, headaches and blurry visiion. I did my reseach on eating for low and high blood sugar and saw a nutriitionist. I started eating every two hours and the right foods. Like oatmeal with berries, egg on toast, avacado toast, pumpernickle bread and nuts. Then sensible meals. That all helps, but I have to do it daily now and I am still not quite back to normal. for the most part I always eat healthy anyway, but I do like my wine. Since I was injured I cannot do much excersise except in the pool. I do need to lose some weight! I am between 5.7&5.8. This is pretty scary for me. We all have to figure out what works best for us. I now drink a glass of lemon water each morning that cleans out your blood. I eat cucumbers with humis for my snacks or with peppers. I cary nuts in my purse. I like your video it is very detailed. Thank you. God speed to all of us!

[stefuni]

Hands down this is a very informative video. I learned so much in so little time.

[JacquiQ]

I stopped eating processes sugar and processed food and it only took 3 months to get my HBA1C down and no longer pre diabetic. I have thyroid issues, was overweight and string maternal genes with type two diabetes. I am still working out how much carbs is good for me and when I have too much. Takes time but good to know I could get out of the pre diabetic range so quickly. I will get it checked regularly to make sure it stays down.

[zueadam]

thanks for the detailed information. I understand much better now.

[shazg]

I learn so much from this video, thanks a lot!!

[weinerdad]

The food info was arguably not as accurate info as some of the other info (ie. basics of diabetes, and value of moderate exercise). First of all, every diabetic and prediabetic should have a glucometer available, to teach them the effect of different food choices on their body. Too much fear here of saturated fat and LDL cholesterol (which is split into particle sizes and small, dense LDL is more problematic than large fluffy, according to many researchers). The American Heart Association’s leadership and literature is inexplicably fearful of saturated fat, but if you look closer, they admit in their writing that sugar and processed simple carbohydrates are far worse. Eating lower fat protein is fine, if you prefer, to keep from consuming excess caloric energy, but the primary problem of food is not naturally occurring fats, it is consuming highly processed carbs and sugars and foods that include lots of unnatural seed oils (which she seems to claim are “heart healthy”).

Fat will not raise glucose much, that is true, but fat can keep glucose circulating longer. So, if you eat a lot of fat, avoid combining it with sugar and simple carbs. Fat is a more dense energy source than carbohydrates.

In the video she says repeatedly that protein won’t raise glucose, which is not correct. Protein will convert to glucose at a slower rate than carbohydrates and lower amount. Anyone who is on a lower carbohydrate diet can show you that protein will raise glucose over a few hours, but in a way that can be controlled and compensated for with endogenous insulin, physical activity or medication.

She puts a positive emphasis on sugar from fruits for some reason, as natural and full of nutrients. Broccoli has more nutrients than most fruits without the high amount of sugar. Juice is among the worst thing for diabetics, especially diabetics who have insulin resistance from fatty liver and fatty pancreas, because the sucrose and fructose contribute to the visceral fat that is causing a lot of insulin resistance.

Most grains contain high amount of starches, and they convert quickly to glucose. Fiber is important, but videos like these put a lot of emphasis on fiber containing grains without much consideration for the proven spikes that come from the starch. She says to eat any vegetable, and generally a raw vegetable might be better than a bag of processed junk food, but many vegetables contain high amounts of starch and when cooked and combined with fat (and sometimes sugar) to make them palatable, vegetables can be problematic: ie. corn, potatoes, peas. As far as “bad” lipids, high triglycerides are arguably the worst offender, and again, consumption of fat is not the primary cause of high triglycerides, it is genetics for some people, but mostly because of sugars and processed starches that get converted to high amounts of blood fat, and also high BMI. This causes inflammation and loss of energy, and self confidence; more stress, higher blood pressure, arterial damage, stiffening and clogging of arteries, poor circulation and more problems with glycation of tissues and dysfunction of nerves and organs.

Sugar is our #1 problem, highly processed food is the method of delivery of sugar and junky starches and oils. Protein and naturally occurring fats are getting too much fear and criticism, and sugary fruits are getting too much praise.

[mamachenault]

Thank you for the informative video, but I'm puzzled about eating 6 times a day, and all the talk about grains. All grains spike my blood sugar, even whole grains, and eating so many times a day has kept my blood sugar above the accepted normal level.

[eastwood]

Don't worry about saturated fat. It's good for your heart. Eat a keto diet to reverse diabetes.

[selfawaremolecules]

Thank you for the very informative content. Keep making more ❤

[isishill]

i have a sugar addiction and its so hard to stay away from it considering i have a family to feed who do not care how they eat lol i exercise but the eating healthy is more difficult for me. but really dont want to have diabetes so i hope i get it down soon