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Hi thank you for letting me join. I have just had a pre diabetes diagnosis, I am at the age my dad was when he was diagnosed Diabetic (61). I've signed up to the course my gp referred me to, and determined its not going any further!!!
Any advice would be really appreciated.
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Welcome to the forum, did they tell you your HbA1c score or give you any meds?

To prevent progression the obvious bit is avoiding the sweet stuff. The less obvious bit is avoiding large portions of carbs in a meal.
Carbs like cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta, rice etc etc get broken down to sugars so larger amounts of carbs can impact blood sugars even for prediabetic people. Many folks here aim for 130 or less carbs to aid control of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.
Excess weight (in particular around the tummy) can lead to insulin resistance. They say your waist measurement should be half your height, eg if 160cm high then your waist should be 80cm around.
If you do have weight around the tummy, the good news is that many people reducing carbs find it helps weight loss.
 
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Welcome to the forum, did they tell you your HbA1c score or give you any meds?

To prevent progression the obvious bit is avoiding the sweet stuff. The less obvious bit is avoiding large portions of carbs in a meal.
Carbs like cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta, rice etc etc get broken down to sugars so larger amounts of carbs can impact blood sugars even for prediabetic people. Many folks here aim for 130 or less carbs to aid control of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.
Excess weight (in particular around the tummy) can lead to insulin resistance. They say your waist measurement should be half your height, eg if 160cm high then your waist should be 80cm around.
If you do have weight around the tummy, the good news is that many people reducing carbs find it helps weight loss.
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Hi thanks for the reply. It's 42mmol at the minute. Been advised to join a 9 mth course to prevent it going higher. Are there any symptoms at this stage? Other than constant tiredness everything else seems OK.
 
One thing to get checked is your Vitamin B12 and also for anaemia but those would normally be checked in routine blood tests.
At 42mmol/mol that is just on the first rung of the 'at risk' range so not so bad and would unlikely to cause any symptoms.
Some modest changes to your diet should be sufficient but what changes you make need to be enjoyable as it need to be something sustainable to keep you level down.
Plenty of ideas in this link for making some changes. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
 
Welcome to the forum @Scoop24

Great to see you are determined to make some changes to help bring your glucose levels back below the ‘at risk’ zone

We’ve had quite a few members over the years who have joined having received the same news as you (at various points along the at-risk range) who have been able to find a way of eating that suited their metabolism, helped manage their glucose levels, and, if necessary, steered them towards a healthier weight for them.

Let us know how you get on with the course when it starts. Can you remember what it was called?
 
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