Hi, everyone. I’m hoping that some of you here can help me out here: A close relative of mine has “prediabetes”. It seems that this basically means that his glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.
I did some online research and it appears that moderate weight loss (proper diet and excercise) is the “treatment” for prediabetes.
My question is:
1. Does this mean that a prediabetic does not necessarily end up with diabetes?
2. What would be the proper diet for a pre-diabetic?
3. “If you have prediabetes, you are at a 50 percent increased risk for heart disease or stroke, so your doctor may wish to treat or counsel you about cardiovascular risk factors, such as tobacco use, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.” Um…freaking out. Can somebody please tell me this is not usually the case? Can the diet and excercise decrease this risk?
(Patient is 46 year old male, overweight, with a family history of heart disease and high blood pressure. I’m in a position to help him keep an appropiate diet, but I’m clueless about what that would be.)
I would appreciate any information, especially in the “proper diet” area.
Thank you.