What is Prediabetes?

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[MikeMarchlik]

Thank you for this. I got blood work and had 5.7 and I started worrying my pancreas was failing. This Doctor is great!

[itzradical]

My mom got diagnosed with pre diabetes I came here for help

[carlosdenully]

When I went to the doctor he said my blood level for Diabetes was 6.3 after he told me I was so scared than I started doing Diet & eating healthy & working out plus pills that he gave me for Cholesterol & Pre-Diabetes pills. After 3 months when I went back my Blood Level went down to 5.7 & he was very happy as well was I. I haven’t seen him in about 10 months but I’m still doing my diet & working out. I have to see him again to take another blood work. But this is very scary changed me a lot.

[leedza]

He probably mentions this elsewhere, but insulin resistance associated with prediabetes and type 2 is probably one of the most important factors in a lot of chronic health conditions, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity etc.

[renzoarvinrjacinto]

i feel i have prediabetes because iam easily hungry and i always sat sweat and chocolate

[faylouise]

Sadly, very sadly and damaging the guidelines are not accurately reflecting physiology. If they were they would be looking at insulin and the direct cause of raised insulin, amount and quality of carbohydrates. Prediabetes is a state of inflammatory responses, to say prediabetes is in effect saying a little pregnant. can't be. Glucose control is but a symptom of.... Let's learn to look at this not from a glucogenic perspective, that is just wrong. This presentation does not convey information, but rather propagate mislead paradigm that really needs to be knocked down.

[renzoarvinrjacinto]

pre diabetes are higher than normal but you are not considered diabetes. its mean pre diabetes are nearly diabetes. your sugar not normal but you have not diabetes

[stassji]

It's a state you don't want to be in. ;')

[MR-rpxr]

There is no such thing as prediabetes you either got it or you have not just like high blood pressure there is no set rules over blood counts etc unless it's extremely high