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Hello, I’m new here. Just been told I’m pre-diabetes. I need to make some changes. Looking forward to tips and advice that might help.
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Hello, I’m new here. Just been told I’m pre-diabetes. I need to make some changes. Looking forward to tips and advice that might help.
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Welcome to the forum
A prediabetes diagnosis is basically a wake up call to do something about your diet and lifestyle to prevent things progressing to a more serious situation.
There is plenty you can do, making some dietary changes, getting more exercise if you can and losing weight if you need to, taking action on the former will usually result in the latter.
As all carbohydrates convert to glucose reducing those in your diet will help.
This link is for a low carb approach which many have found successful, there is good explanation and some menu plans to suit various tastes but you can just follow the principals and do your own thing. That is what I did and reduced my HbA1C from 50mmol/mol to 42 in 3 months, and to below 40 in another 6 which is where I have stayed 3 years on by making it may new way of eating.
Freshwell Low Carb Project - Home
lowcarbfreshwell.com
Other people find a low calorie regime works for them but whatever you choose has to be enjoyable otherwise it will not be sustainable.
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Welcome to the forum @Oliveonion
Sorry to hear you’ve been told you are at risk of developing T2 diabetes
We have had lots of members who have reacted to this news by making some relatively modest or more significant changes to their diet, activity levels, and lifestyle who have successfully been able to steer their numbers away from the diabetes diagnosis line.
Being at risk of diabetes is usually defines as an HbA1c between 42-47mmol/mol, with one or more readings above 48mmol/mol usually enough to confirm diabetes.
Were you told the result of your HbA1c?
There are two main approaches to diabetes management that are popular with forum members (with many variants among them). One is to focus on weight loss, particularly weight around the abdomen which can indicate visceral fat built up around organs like the liver and pancreas, stopping them working properly. Many members using this approach find that glucose levels improve naturally as their weight reduces - particularly if using a short term intervention such as the 800 calorie Newcastle Diet / NHS Soup and Shake plan.
The other approach is to focus on blood glucose management with a lower carbohydrate way of eating (typically less than 130g of carbohydrates a day). Reducing portions of all carbohydrates, not just the obvious sweet and sugary things, but bread, pasta, potatoes, cereals, grains, rice, and many fruits. Many members using this approach find that weight reduces naturally as their glucose levels improve.
Of course there are some that use a combination approach too!
One of the things about diabetes is that it can be very individual. And the same approach may not appeal, or work as successfully for two different people - so it’s really a question of experimentation, and developing a set of strategies and approaches that work for you, and which you can sustain long-term 🙂
Good luck, and keep asking questions 🙂
Sorry to hear you’ve been told you are at risk of developing T2 diabetes
We have had lots of members who have reacted to this news by making some relatively modest or more significant changes to their diet, activity levels, and lifestyle who have successfully been able to steer their numbers away from the diabetes diagnosis line.
Being at risk of diabetes is usually defines as an HbA1c between 42-47mmol/mol, with one or more readings above 48mmol/mol usually enough to confirm diabetes.
Were you told the result of your HbA1c?
There are two main approaches to diabetes management that are popular with forum members (with many variants among them). One is to focus on weight loss, particularly weight around the abdomen which can indicate visceral fat built up around organs like the liver and pancreas, stopping them working properly. Many members using this approach find that glucose levels improve naturally as their weight reduces - particularly if using a short term intervention such as the 800 calorie Newcastle Diet / NHS Soup and Shake plan.
The other approach is to focus on blood glucose management with a lower carbohydrate way of eating (typically less than 130g of carbohydrates a day). Reducing portions of all carbohydrates, not just the obvious sweet and sugary things, but bread, pasta, potatoes, cereals, grains, rice, and many fruits. Many members using this approach find that weight reduces naturally as their glucose levels improve.
Of course there are some that use a combination approach too!
One of the things about diabetes is that it can be very individual. And the same approach may not appeal, or work as successfully for two different people - so it’s really a question of experimentation, and developing a set of strategies and approaches that work for you, and which you can sustain long-term 🙂
Good luck, and keep asking questions 🙂
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