Treatment for Prediabetes? (require, meal, blood, diet)

[suzy_q2010]

All pre-diabetes means is that your numbers are creeping into the territory for a formal diagnosis of diabetes.

What you do about it depends on your individual risk factors and whether you can implement lifestyle changes and maintain them if they do improve the numbers.

https://www.joslin.org/info/what_is_pre_diabetes.html

[Dawter]

Originally Posted by newtovenice

Prediabetes means you do not have diabetes.

You do not need medication for a disease you do not have.

Maintain a healthy weight, healthy (lower carb) diet, get sleep and exercise. Maintain your physical health.

If I could give you another thumbs up, I would but I guess I have to spread the reputation.

[markjames68]

Originally Posted by lchoro

I mentioned it to a friend who's been taking pravastatin for 20 years. He is prediabetes at age 75 which is not bad. There are different options for statins. I think he had muscle pain at the beginning which went away.



And now they no longer recommend statins for primary prevention of heart attacks as of 2015. He's just as likely to have died if he was taking statins.

And cholesterol prior to statins was only an issue if over 300. Then 200. Now they’re pushing for 160 or lower.

[newtovenice]

Originally Posted by markjames68

And cholesterol prior to statins was only an issue if over 300. Then 200. Now they’re pushing for 160 or lower.

And BP keeps getting lowered too, with each updated guideline.

[Mikala43]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

All pre-diabetes means is that your numbers are creeping into the territory for a formal diagnosis of diabetes.

What you do about it depends on your individual risk factors and whether you can implement lifestyle changes and maintain them if they do improve the numbers.

https://www.joslin.org/info/what_is_pre_diabetes.html

I had a couple pre-diabetes A1C readings, so I bought a glucose monitor to find out what was causing it. It allowed me to bring my next A1C reading back to normal range.

[Teacher Terry]

My friend met with a nutritionist and changed her diet. Her pre-diabetes went away.

[oldgardener]

Originally Posted by Teacher Terry

My friend met with a nutritionist and changed her diet. Her pre-diabetes went away.

Which is the reason for telling a patient they have prediabetes.

[evening sun]

cut the carbs.

[newtovenice]

88% of people with diabetes are overweight/obese.

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by newtovenice

88% of people with diabetes are overweight/obese.

Diet, including calorie control to normalize weight, is part of the standard treatment of diabetes - and pre-diabetes.

See section 5 here:

https://care.diabetesjournals.org/co...19_UPDATED.pdf

What do you suggest for the 12% who are not "overweight/obese"?