Pre diabetes help

[Christineblue]

Hi, I have recently had blood results and been told my blood sugar levels are at 43 and heading for type 2 diabetes. Could anyone advise what this means and what measures I need to take, I need to lose weight would this solve the issue.

[Gpetc1]

I have been living with prediabetes for at least ten years and have drifted into the t2d range on HbA1c just three times. I have done this by diet and exercise . My BMI is about 21. Roy Taylor's books will almost certainly help you.....

[Dunn_j]

I have had this for a number of years now. You can control it with diet. There are many foods which convert to sugar in your body. It's a matter of balancing the carbohydrates. There is a very helpful book by Dr Michael Mosley called The Blood Sugar Diet. He did a tv programme on it as well. Very interesting. The NHS also run courses on how to manage.

[Christineblue in reply to Dunn_j]

Thank you, I have a few Dr Mosley Books and just about to e arm oh his Fast 800 diet plan then hopefully move to 5:2. I will get the Blood Sugar one too

[Dunn_j in reply to Christineblue]

I would go straight to blood sugar one. It helped me enormously

[Happyrosie]

As well a what’s been said - go to the website of the British Diabetic Association for advice ne help.

[Christineblue in reply to Happyrosie]

Thank you I will check that out

[GaryP5780]

Hi Christine, both the answers that have been given previously are spot on and I would also encourage you to kick the carbohydrates and sugar as the first step. They really are your greatest enemy and if you have been used to all of those foods, then it will take some will power because your body got so used to them, but it is worth it. it you have other allergies and skin conditions, you'll find that those will improve to. If you can, move to a more probiotic diet which we help to rebalance your gut and process the sugars that you do take in (yes there are sugars in vegetables too!). Depending on your weight, just extra walking and swimming so that it is not too hard on the joints will help. Losing the sugars will also imprave conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. It won't eliminate them, but it will reduce the inflammation that carbs and sugar causes considerably. Stay away from low fat foods, they are the worst culprits, because they make out that they are your friend, when they are actually higher in sugar than the full fat alternative. They should point you in the right direction. Good luck!!!

[Christineblue in reply to GaryP5780]

Thank you that’s all interesting, what causes this to happen, never had an issue before

[Happyrosie in reply to Christineblue]

check out the Diabetes pages on the NHS Choices website.

[RoseGarden80]

Diabetes UK is the website to use...