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Originally Posted by migo
Iam not overweight and iam pre-diabetes, do you think that exercises and diet will help?
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Yes, but the fact that you are not overweight makes it less likely that you have an easy dietary fix
If you can afford it (or can convince your doctor to prescribe it), it is not too early to start testing to see what foods elevate your blood sugar and to decrease the quantity or frequency of those foods.
My goal is to keep my blood sugar within normal ranges (below 100 for fasting, <120 within 2 hours after eating). Most of the time I'm there.
I keep it there by a lot of testing to find out what sends it out of the normal range - I test before eating, 1 hour after taking the first bite, 2 hours after the first bite and (if hour 2 is higher than hour 1) 3 hours after the first bite. If any reading is above 140, the next time I eat that food I decrease the quantity or buffer it by eating a fatty or protein item first.
There was a study out in December that indicated that many people with prediabetes already have (largely undiagnosed) chronic kidney disease. So it is never too soon to start paying close attention!
Once the weather is warmer & I'm less overwhelmed at work, I'll work on exercise, which is supposed to decrease insulin resistance.