Greetings.

Has anyone here successfully reversed pre-diabetes with diet and exercise, or is inevitable that most will go on to develop type-2 diabetes?

I had a fasting reading of 105 three months ago. The doc put me on a diet and exercise program of which I followed, low fat, low carb and low sugar. I lost 5 pounds (was not overweight to begin with, only 170 lbs at 6' - and now 165 lbs) I retested again, after 3 months and my fasting results are 111. Why is it getting worse? What more can I do? Am I just doomed to develop diabetes. Could exercising harder, longer make any real difference? I am very bummed!

Ron.

.... I had a fasting reading of 105 three months ago. ..... Why is it getting worse? What more can I do? ....
It sounds like you are getting more insulin resistant. The jury is still out on what causes it. But if you are eating a lot of carbohydrate (potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, stuff made with flour and/or sugar etc.), your cells may be closing down insulin receptors to protect themselves from the toxic effects of excess glucose. This makes you insulin resistant and causes your blood glucose to rise. And the best thing you can do to stop this is go on a low carbohydrate diet.

I am a T1 diabetic, so the situation is a bit different. But I have also found that reducing insulin resistance, which had crept up on me over the years, using a low-carb diet and exercise has helped tremendously. I have been able to reduce my insulin substantially. And my BG is a lot lower and more stable.

So cut out all that carby food and replace it with meat, fish, eggs, cheese, sausages et. And exercise is good - get into a regular program and concentrate on resistance exercises. They increase blood flouw to the muscles, reducing insulin resistance. If you do these two things, youshopuld suceed. And if you don't, well, you would have tried your best!

Mark

Your concern compels me to think that There will be lot People, suffering with confusion of either being a Pre Diabetic or With High BSL, but no Diabetes.

So a Natural & Simple Question is - What are other possible Diseases, reasons, factors & causes that can give reading of High Blood Sugur, While there can be No Diabetes ?

This one, can really clear many myths & confusions and bring Hopes to many, Who may have accepted the Diabetes, just because of Meter Showing High Blood Glucose, While the reason could be something else needing care & treatment.

Please tell & Share the facts as experienced to favor so many like me.
"Takecare"

I just wanted you to know that the same thing has been happening to me. It seems the better I eat and the more I exercise, the higher my BS and the worse I feel. The last straw for me was having the lap-band surgery (paid out of pocket 10k) and still not able to lose weight. I finally had some saliva testing done myself and found out my cortisol levels are almost nil. This has caused MAJOR problems with my body....possibly including the insulin resistance. I know it has caused my female hormones to become totally unbalanced, which in turn causes more things to go wrong. My Endo. told me until I get the adrenal glands back on track, none of the other stuff will get better.
Just a thought! Good luck to you.

Dear Always....

Good to have you hear. I too am trying to control my diabetes or pre diabetes - with diet and exercise. I've been pretty successful, I believe for about 6 years. I had 1 A1C that was 7 - did the diet, lost weight etc and have kept my A1C' s 6 or under until recently I had one at 6.6, so am working again to get that under control. What kind of exercises are you doing? My doctor wants to be sure I add resistance to my exercise routine....as I understand, lifting weights is especially beneficial to Type 2...so you might try that...and of course the low carb - switch to whole wheat bread...things like that. I have to fight the high cholestrol - so I have to be careful of both carbs and fat - so that adds even more challenge. Miper - I'm unfamiliar with cortisol levels...adrenal glands...what is the issue there and what made you have the saliva test? What can you do about getting your adrenal glands working? Somtimes I believe there are so many things that impact our bodies it's hard to figure out exactly what is going on...there just isn't always one simple answer. Anyway, Always, hang in there -maybe it's just going to take time for your body to respond...

Ron,
The difference between a fasting of 105 and a fasting of 111 is really not statistically that significant. If you tested every single morning, you'd probably get somewhere in that range, but not necessarily the exact same number every day.

As for the inevitability of developing T2...well, I wouldn't say it's inevitable, but it is quite common. In most people with insulin resistance, it'll get somewhat worse as they age. However, the better you manage it with diet and exercise, the longer it'll take to progress. If you can stay at your lower weight and stick with the dietary changes, you might stave off the necessity for medications for many, many years.

Ruth