How to Prevent and Treat Prediabetes
Everyone knows that the main manifestation of this disease is increased blood glucose. At the stage of prediabetes, the fasting blood glucose level is below pathogenic. Doctors gave this transition state a difficult name – impaired glucose tolerance, in which the fasting glucose level is less than 7.0 mmol/l. Two hours after the exercise test, during which a person is allowed to drink 75 g of dissolved glucose, it achieves the range of 7.8–11.1 mmol/l. In recent years, doctors introduced another concept – impaired fasting glucose, in which the fasting glucose level is from 6.1 to 7.0 mmol/l, and two hours after the glucose level is within the normal range, that is, less than 7.8 mmol/l. Both diagnoses reflect impaired carbohydrate metabolism and a high likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes. However, there are no signs of disease (such as thirst, dry mouth, itchy skin) at this stage. They appear…
