[Harikishan]

Yes we can control diabetes with strict diet and exercise in early stages of diagnosis say for 3/4 years . But you cannot control for ever without medication. This is my personal experience.

[jrstellini]

Check out "Eat to Live" by Dr. Joel Fuhrman.

I was diagnosed with type 2 last December (age 27), I weighed 175lbs, my A1C was over 14. They started me on Lantus insulin at 10 units and I was to increase by one unit every other day of my morning reading was above a certain number. I got up to 16 units but then started seeing my glucose readings come down so I weaned my insulin down too (with the blessing to do so from my doctor). By the end of February I weaned myself completely off of it. By April I was down to 153lbs, and my A1C was 5.7 (that's right pre-diabetic).

I can't promise it will work for everyone but it certainly has helped me out!

[tomynil]

I think you can reverse it dramatically just with a change in lifestyle.
I mean sure, you can treat it with drugs if you lack the will but you will keep doing that all your life and living with drugs and their side-effects sucks anyway.
I strongly encourage people to consider looking in lifestyle changes.
Is diabetes curable?

[migo]

Iam not overweight and iam pre-diabetes, do you think that exercises and diet will help?

[neohdiver]

Originally Posted by migo

Iam not overweight and iam pre-diabetes, do you think that exercises and diet will help?

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.