Diabetes is an illness caused by high levels of blood glucose resulting from inappropriate insulin production and/or defective insulin action. People with diabetes are more susceptible to other illness such as stroke or heart attack, and often have poor or slow healing.

Warning Signs of Insulin Resistance/Pre-diabetes  

–  belly fat

–  sugar cravings

–  fatigue, especially after meals

–  high blood pressure

–  high triglycerides

–  hypoglycemia

–  low HDL

–  high cholesterol

–  inflammation in the body

Family History that May contribute to Diabetes or Insulin Resistance 

–  heart disease

–  obesity

–  stroke

–  dementia

Fact:  Pre-diabetes carries with it all the risks of having full blown diabetes

Fact:  Consistent dietary and lifestyle interventions can help to reverse pre-diabetes

Fact:  High insulin levels contribute to accelerated aging

The most important thing is that with lifestyle changes and dietary changes, prediabetes may be reversed or prevented. Talk to an integrative physician to learn how to make changes now to avoid the progression of prediabetes or insulin resistance to diabetes.

 “Successful programs to improve lifestyle choices on healthy eating and physical activity must be made more widely available, because the stakes are too high and the personal toll too devastating to fail.” – Ann Albright, PhD, RD director of CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation