If people make the necessary lifestyle changes early, many can prevent or significantly delay the onset of type 2 diabetes (Photo: Gemini)
A prediabetes diagnosis is a warning, not a life sentence. It means blood sugar levels are higher than normal but can often be brought back to a healthy range through lifestyle changes before progressing to type 2 diabetes.
Dr Paul Masinde says prediabetes is the body’s early signal that blood sugar regulation is beginning to fail, but there is still time to reverse the process. “Prediabetes gives us a valuable window to intervene.
If people make the necessary lifestyle changes early, many can prevent or significantly delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. The main cause of prediabetes is insulin resistance, a condition in which the body’s muscles, fat and liver stop responding effectively to insulin, the hormone responsible for moving glucose from the bloodstream into cells for energy.
As the body struggles to compensate, blood sugar levels gradually rise,’’ explains Dr Masinde. Prediabetes occurs when blood sugar levels are above normal but not yet high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
