Prediabetes, sometimes referred to as border diabetes … it sounds like another lifestyle disease that you have to worry about, right? Unfortunately, it is another important health problem to expand your radar, since 2 out of 3 South Africans have predicates, as is carried out from a survey of the demographic health survey SA. This means that two of the three people they see (including themselves!), Could have predicative.
The good news is that if you have predicates, simple changes in the lifestyle normalize your blood sugar level and thus reduce or delay your chances of developing type -2 diabetes. “Prediabetes can also mean that you have a high risk of developing type -2 diabetes. The difficult part is that prediabetes have no symptoms. Let us go directly …
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What is prediabetes?
In medical terms, prediabetes occurs when blood sugar (also known as blood sugar) is higher than normal, but is not high enough to be classified either as a type -1 or type -2 diabetes. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the sober blood glucose mirror of less than 6 mmol/l than normal. About 7 mmol/l fasten -glucose (if you haven’t eaten) require further checks, but can indicate diabetes. Between these two border points, the prediabetes area is: 6 to 7 mmol/l. “The medical terms for above-average blood sugar are impaired sober glucose (IFG), an impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired glucose regulation (IGR) or non-diabetic hyperglycaemia,” explains Dr. Madlala.
How do I test prediabetes?
If you are worried about prediabetes, search for medical interventions and insist on a blood test. “The most common test will be to check their HBA1C Values that have been on average blood sugar levels in the last two to three months. If your HBA1C mirror is between 42 mmol/mol (6%) to 47 mmol/mol (6.4%), this means that it is higher than normal and you have the risk of developing type -2 diabetes, ”says Dr. Madlala.
Are there symptoms that I should pay attention to?
Unfortunately, prediabetes have no symptoms. If you start to heal symptoms such as more often (especially at night), drastic and unintentional weight loss, tiredness, blurred vision, cut cuts and wounds, to heal, genital itch or thrush, extreme thirst, you have the risk that you have already developed type -2 -diabetes. “Always listen to your body and monitor it exactly to new changes. Know the risk factors and the support is available that can help you prevent or delay type -2 diabetes,” says Dr. Madlala.
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How to shoot prediabetes
Prediabetes requires a complete overhaul of the lifestyle – no negotiations there! “Consistent changes to lifestyle can potentially reverse prediabetes or even delay the start of type -2 diabetes. These changes focus on healthy eating, regular physical activity and weight management,” says Dr. Madlala.
Eating healthy food
Especially green, leafy vegetables. We should all eat half a plate of green, bladable vegetables for lunch and dinner. Do you do that? It is a simple but powerful change!
Train a day every day
It doesn’t have to be complicated. A half -hour walk runs around the block or some squats and stretch in your lounge when walking through the block is not an option.
Lose weight if you have to
Obesity is an essential risk factor for the development of type -2 diabetes because they can make insulin resistant. If you can drink water instead of bubbling drinks or juice and make the other two changes (half a plate with a green, leafy vegetables and daily movement), you are on the best way to lose weight.
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